Capt. William Campbell Church (5 August 1883 – 28 June 1915) was a Scottish rugby union player.[1][2]
| Birth name | William Campbell Church | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 August 1883 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Partick, Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 28 June 1915 (aged 31) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Gallipoli, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life edit
Church was born in Partick, Glasgow, to William Reginald Monteith Church, a chartered accountant and stockbroker, and Christina Ainslie Church.[3] He was educated at Glasgow Academy but left for Switzerland in 1902.[4][5] He was educated at South African College.
Rugby Union career edit
Amateur career edit
He moved back to Scotland to attend university,[6] where he played for Glasgow Academicals.[4] He played on the wing for rugby union side.[4]
Provincial career edit
He was capped by Glasgow District in 1906.[7]
International career edit
Church was capped for Scotland in 1906.[8] He was also selected to play against New Zealand but he declined this.[4]
Military career edit
He was killed in action in World War I while serving with the Cameronians during the Gallipoli campaign.[8] He is on the Helles Memorial for the missing at Gallipoli.[9][10]
References edit
- ^ Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- ^ "William Campbell Church". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "1883 CHURCH, WILLIAM CAMPBEL (Statutory registers Births 646/3 1096)". Scotland's People. National Records of Scotland and the Court of the Lord Lyon.
- ^ a b c d "University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of Captain William Campbell Church". www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk.
- ^ "William Campbell Church : Rugby Player | Military History Forum". www.militarian.com.
- ^ "Rugby international among new names to be added to university war memorial". The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee). 25 June 2018 – via PressReader.
- ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ a b Bath, p. 109
- ^ "Casualty: Captain Church, William Campbell". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ "William Campbell Church – Friends of Glasgow Necropolis". www.glasgownecropolis.org.
External links edit
- "An entire team wiped out by the Great War". The Scotsman, 6 November 2009
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