Rugby player
| Birth name | Albert Luvian Wade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 20 September 1884 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 28 April 1917(1917-04-28) (aged 32) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Oppy Wood, Arras, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Dulwich College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lt. Albert Luvian Wade (20 September 1884 – 28 April 1917) was a Scottish rugby union player. He was killed in World War I.
Early life
Wade, known as Bertie, was born in Glasgow. He attended Dulwich College, where he captained the First XV.
Rugby union career
He played for London Scottish FC and was capped for Scotland on 21 March 1908, at Inverleith in the Scotland vs England match which was won by Scotland.
Military service
Wade was killed at Oppy Wood, near Arras on 28 April 1917, whilst serving as a Lieutenant in 17th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment, on temporary attachment to a trench mortar battery. He was 32 years of age and has no known grave, being commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
References
- ^ McCrery, Nigel (2014). Into Touch: Rugby Internationals Killed in the Great War. Pen and Sword. p. 208. ISBN 9781781590874.
- Albert Wade Profile on scrum.com
- ^ Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany, p. 109. (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- "Casualty Details: Wade, Albert Luvian". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
External links
- "An entire team wiped out by the Great War". The Scotsman, 6 November 2009
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