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 Ross, James (‘Jummy’) played for Scotland James Ross was born on 15 February 1880, Rutherford, Roxborough. Played as a Forward for: Cargilfield School, Fettes College, London Scottish, Barbarians Internationals: 5 : 1901 W+ I+ E+ ; 1902 W- ; 1903 E+ Profession: Stock Exchange Remarks: Brother of Edward Ross (Indian Army and capped for Scotland). Played for Barbarians: v Penarth (11-0) v Devonport (0-6) in 1902; v Swansea (0-28) v Cardiff (10-3) in 1903; v Penarth (4-5) v Cardiff (0-8) v Swansea (0-23) in 1904; v Penarth (5-6) v Swansea (6-26) v Cardiff (8-5) in 1905; v Cardiff (8-5) v Devonport (0-18) v Plymouth in (6-15) in 1906. War service: 2565 Private, 1/14th Battalion, London Regiment, (The London Scottish) [General Headquarters Troops under the Cavalry Corps] He was killed in action on 31 October or 1 November 1914, at Messines, during the First Battle of Ypres, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium [Panel 54].
In Memory of Private JAMES ROSS 2565, 1st/14th Bn., London Regiment (London Scottish) who died on 01 November 1914 Remembered with honour YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL *Private 2565, 1st/14th (County of London) Battalion (London Scottish), London Regiment. Missing in action after the London Scottish charge at Messines in the first battle of Ypres on Halloween 31st October/1st November 1914. Born Rutherford, Roxburgh in 1880, enlisted London, resident Chipstead. Son of Richard Ross. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 54. Member of the Exchange. Extract from the Stock Exchange Memorial Book - PRIVATE JAMES ROSS, London Scottish, was born at Rutherford, Roxburgh, N.B., in 1880, the son of Richard Ross. He was educated at Cargilfield, Trinity, Edinburgh, and at Fettes College, where he carried off several prizes, and was in the Hockey Eleven, Cricket Eleven, and Rugby Fifteen (captain 1897-8-9). He left school and joined the firm of Renton Bros. and Co. in 1899 and became a member of the Stock Exchange in 1905. In 1901-2 he had won his Scottish International Cap as a forward. Later still he took to rowing and was a member of the Kingston Rowing Club, but he soon gave up rowing for golf and joined the Raynes Park Golf Club. Latterly he was a member of the Chip-stead Club. When the war broke out he was a partner in Robson and Ross. He enlisted straightway in the London Scottish, and went to France in September 1914. He was missing after the London Scottish charge at Messines in the first battle of Ypres on Hallowe'en, October 31-November 1, and nothing further has ever been heard of him.
