This is one of a series of posts to mark the international Rugby players who died during The Great War. If anyone has further information on the men concerned, I’d be most grateful if it could be added to the thread. Gareth Wilson, Arthur James played for England Internationals: 1: 1910 I+ Arhur Wilson was born on 29 December 1886, son of Henry Bainbridge and Emily Wilson. Played as a Forward for: Glenalmond School, Northern, Camborne, Camborne School of Mines, Camborne Students, Cornwall Profession: Mines Manager/coffee planter Remarks: Olympic silver medal for Rugby (Great Britain v Australia (3-32) 1908). Mining in West Africa; coffee planter in India. War service: 8074, Private, 12th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, 73rd Brigade, 24th Division. He was killed in action on 1 July 1917, in Flanders, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium [Panel 6 and 8].
In Memory of Private ARTHUR JAMES WILSON 8074, 12th Bn., Royal Fusiliers who died age 29 on 31 July 1917 Son of Henry Bainbridge Wilson and Emily Wilson, of 7, Osborne Villas, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Remembered with honour YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL He's named on the British side !!
