The Scottish War Memorials Project

DerekR · Last edited by DerekR on Sun Feb 11, 2007 12:22 pm; edited 1 time in total

Scottish Rugby Union Memorial - Murrayfield

Located at the south east side of Murrayfield Stadium, near the railway bridge.
Erected in memory of the Scottish Rugby Union players who fell in both world wars. Unfortunately the memorial does not list any names.

OS map ref NT226727
UKNIWM Ref no: 2047

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There must be a place under the sun where hearts of olden glory grow young .....

DerekR · Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:49 pm Post subject:

World War I Scottish Players Killed
[From SRU library]

Name Caps Played
1. R F Simson 1 1911
2. J L Huggan 1 1914
3. J Ross 5 1901-03
4. L Robertson 9 1908-13
5. F H Turner 15 1911-14
6. J Pearson 12 1909-13
7. D M Bain 11 1911-14
8. W C Church 1 1906
9. E T Young 1 1914 g
10. P C B Blair 5 1912-13
11. W M Wallace 4 1913-14
12. D R Bedell-Sivright 22 1900-08 d. ? Gallipoli (w)
13. W M Dickson 7 1912-13 g
14. D D Howie 7 1912-13
15. A Ross 5 1905-09
16. C H Abercrombie 6 1910-13
17. J S Wilson 2 1908-09
18. R Fraser 4 1911
19. E Milroy 12 1910-14
20. J G Will 7 1912-14
21. T A Nelson 1 1898
22. W T Forrest 8 1903-05
23. A L Wade 1 1908
24. J Y M Henderson 1 1911
25. J A Campbell 1 1900
26. S S L Steyn 2 1911-12
27. G A W Lamond 3 1899-1905
28. W R Hutchison 1 1911
29. R E Gordon 3 1913
30. W R Sutherland 13 1910-14
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There must be a place under the sun where hearts of olden glory grow young .....

Roxy · Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:29 pm Post subject:

Taken yesterday prior to the Calcutta Cup game.

It would be nice if there were no vehicles in the way.
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Remembering my ggf, Pte Thomas Roberts, 10 SR, killed 25 Sep 15 at Loos.
Also remembering Flt Lt Al Squires and CXX/3 killed 2 Sep 06 in Afghanistan.

DerekR · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 12:08 pm Post subject:

Walter Sutherland, "Wattie Suddie", Hawick & Scotland rugby legend killed by a stray shell at Hulloch on his 28th birthday.

‘It is hard to realise that one who so recently had walked the streets of the old Border town, who was held in such affection by its youth, whose bright smile and cheery nature were like rays of sunshine, had gone and would never again adorn its peaceful life. The memory of such a life, with so many just claims to remembrance, will always stand out as a permanent inspiration and a bright example to all who may follow the Rugby game’.

‘He was made of the stamp of which heroes are made’.

Name: SUTHERLAND, WALTER RIDDELL
Initials: W R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders
Unit Text: 8th Bn.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 04/10/1918
Additional information: Son of Alexander and Isabella Riddell Sutherland, of the Imperial Hotel, Hawick, Roxburghshire. Received 13 caps playing for the Scottish International rugby team, between 1910 and 1914.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. C. 22.
Cemetery: HOUCHIN BRITISH CEMETERY

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DelBoy · Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 3:55 pm Post subject:

Here's a bit about William M. Wallace from an old medal auction page.

http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=2978082

Lieutenant William Middleton Wallace, born 1892, Edinburgh, educated at Edinburgh Academy and King's College, Cambridge, was one of the best schoolboy athletes of his day; Rugby 'Blue' for Cambridge in the Varsity matches of 1912 and 1913 (full back); played for Scotland against England, 1913 and 1914 and also against Wales and Ireland 1914. He was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade, 15 August 1914 and left for France on the 30th, just 15 days later. He may have been the first undergraduate at the front. Wallace served with the 1st Bn. Rifle Brigade until 13 February 1915 and was present at the Battle of the Aisne, at Frelinghien and at Ploegsteert Wood. He became an Observer with 2 Squadron, 1st Wing, Royal Flying Corps, 14 February 1915 and saw considerable action in the Armentières - La Bassée area including Neuve Chapelle, Aubers and Rue de Ouvert; Lieutenant 21 July. Lieutenant Wallace was killed in action whilst flying as an Observer with 2 Squadron at Sainghin near Lille 22 August 1915 ("Rugby Football International's Roll of Honour" refers)

DelBoy · Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 4:06 pm Post subject:

From "International Rugby Union: A Compendium of Scotland's Matches" by John Mcl. Davidson, 1994.

Scottish international rugby players 1939-45 Roll of Honour.

1940: D.K.A. Mackenzie
1941: T.F. Dorward, A.W. Symington
1942: P. Munro, J.M. Ritchie, R.M. Kinnear, W.A. Ross, J.G.S. Forrest, D. St. C. Ford
1943: G. Roberts, W.M. Penman
1944: A.S.B. McNeil, W.N. Renwick, G.H. Gallie
1945: E.H. Liddell

Plus, Boer War Roll of Honour.

1900: D.B. Monypenny