John George Will
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John George Will was a Scottish rugby union
player. He was killed in World War I
an air battle over Arras
.
He played for Cambridge University RFC and was capped for in 1912-14.
Will had played in the last match before the war, the Calcutta Cup
match at Inverleith
(Edinburgh), alongside James Huggan
who had died in 1914, and Frederick Harding Turner
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player. He was killed in World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
an air battle over Arras
Arras
Arras is the capital of the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. The historic centre of the Artois region, its local speech is characterized as a Picard dialect...
.
He played for Cambridge University RFC and was capped for in 1912-14.
Will had played in the last match before the war, the Calcutta Cup
Calcutta Cup
The Calcutta Cup is a rugby union trophy awarded to the winner of the annual Six Nations Championship match between England and Scotland. It is currently England's since the 2009 Six Nations Championship....
match at Inverleith
Inverleith
Inverleith is an inner suburb in the northern part of Edinburgh, Scotland, on the fringes of the central region of the city. It is an affluent suburb. Its neighbours include Trinity to the north and the New Town to the south, with Canonmills at the south-east and Stockbridge at the south-west...
(Edinburgh), alongside James Huggan
James Huggan
James Laidlaw Huggan was a rugby union player. He was killed in World War I at the First Battle of the Aisne...
who had died in 1914, and Frederick Harding Turner
Frederick Harding Turner
Frederick Harding Turner was a rugby union player. He was killed in World War I in the trenches near Kemmel on 10 January 1915 in a trench occupied by his platoon of the Liverpool Scottish when overseeing the organisation of a barbed wire entanglement.He played for Oxford University RFC, and...
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