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 Hutchison, William Ramsay played for Scotland Internationals: 1 : 1911 E- William Hutchison was born on 16 January 1889, in Glasgow, the son of John Hutchison MA LL.D and Mrs Margaret Paterson McCall Hutchison. Played as a Lock for: War service: Captain, 6th/7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, the Pioneer Battalion of the 59th (2nd North Midland) Division. He was killed in action on 22 March 1918 in France, and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France [Bay 5]. ‘In the north, the Third Army had endured an equally bloody day. . . . .the havoc that befell the 59th Division caused chaos in the north. The 59th’s two forward brigades were destroyed by midday and a counter-attack by the third brigade was delivered with more courage than skill. . . . . As a significant force the 59th Division no longer existed.’
In Memory of Captain WILLIAM RAMSAY HUTCHISON 6th/7th Bn., Royal Scots Fusiliers who died age 29 on 22 March 1918 Son of John Hutchison, M.A., LL.D., and Mrs. Margaret Paterson McCall Hutchison, of 4, St. John''s Terrace, Hillhead, Glasgow. Scottish Rugby International. Remembered with honour ARRAS MEMORIAL
