Ronald Simson

Ronald Francis Simson, (died on 14 September 1914, aged 24) was a Scottish rugby union player for. Simson was the first rugby international - of any nationality - to die in the war. He was killed in the First Battle of the Aisne, which was the Allied follow-up offensive against the right wing of the German First Army (led by Alexander von Kluck) & Second Army (led by Karl von Bülow) as they retreated after the First Battle of the Marne earlier in September 1914. He was a lieutenant with the Royal Field Artillery.

He played for London Scottish, a team especially hard hit because many of them joined the London Scottish regiment. Simson was capped for in 1911.