Lt. James Young Milne Henderson (9 March 1891 – 31 July 1917) was a Scottish rugby union player and British Army officer who was killed in World War I.[1]
| Birth name | James Young Milne Henderson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 9 March 1891 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 31 July 1917 (aged 26) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Flanders, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby Union career edit
Amateur career edit
He was educated at George Watson's College and played for the Watsonian RFC. A diverse athlete, he also played cricket, field hockey and was a champion swimmer as well, winning the East of Scotland swimming championship.[2]
He moved to Travancore, India for business. There he played for Madras Rugby Club.[3]
Provincial career edit
He played for the Blues Trial side against the Whites Trial side on 21 January 1911, while still with Watsonians.[4]
International career edit
Business career edit
Milne Henderson was a works manager for the Scottish food company McVitie and Price.
Military career edit
He served in the Highland Light Infantry and was mentioned in despatches by Field Marshal the Earl Haig.[3] He was killed in the Third Battle of Ypres in July 1917. He is commemorated at the Menin Gate Ypres Memorial.[5]
Family edit
Milne Henderson was born James Young Henderson in Edinburgh to John, a chartered accountant and bank manager, and Edwardina "Ina" Young Henderson. (The family added the Milne to their surname a few years after he was born.) He had four brothers and one sister.[6]
His younger brother 2nd Lt. John Milne Henderson of the Royal Flying Corps was killed six months later in France.[7] Their oldest brother was Royal Navy Commodore Thomas Milne Henderson OBE (1888–1968).
References edit
- ^ Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007. p. 109. ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- ^ McCrery, Nigel (2014). Into Touch: Rugby Internationals Killed in the Great War. Pen and Sword. pp. 176–177. ISBN 9781781590874. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ a b Chapman, Paul (2016). Menin Gate South: In Memory and in Mourning. Pen and Sword. p. 273. ISBN 9781473850903.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000576/19110123/110/0009.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Casualty: Milne-Henderson, James Young". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ "Notable Citizen – The Late Mr. J. Milne Henderson". The Scotsman. 29 July 1946. p. 4.
- ^ "Casualty: Second Lieutenant Milne-Henderson, John Milne". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
External links edit
- "An entire team wiped out by the Great War". The Scotsman, 6 November 2009
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