List of England rugby union footballers killed in the World Wars

The following is a List of England international rugby union footballers killed in the World Wars. The number of caps they gained is in brackets. Where it is e.g. 9+1, the second number is the number of Lions caps.

First World War
There were 27 players killed in the First World War.
 * Harry Alexander; (7) died on 17 October 1915 Aged 35
 * Henry Berry; (4) died on 9 May 1915, Aged 32.
 * Henry Brougham, died on 18 February 1923 (of war wounds), Aged 34.
 * Arthur James Dingle; (3) died on 22 August 1915, Aged 23
 * George Eric Burroughs Dobbs, (1) died on 17 June 1917, Aged 32.
 * Leonard Haigh, (7) died on 6 August 1916 Aged 29.
 * Reginald Harry Myburgh Hands, (2) ("Reggie Hands") died on 20 April 1918, Aged 29 Hands was a South African who played cricket for South Africa and rugby for England.
 * Arthur Leyland Harrison VC; (2) died on 23 April 1918, Aged 32
 * Harold Augustus Hodges; (2) died on 24 March 1918, Aged 32
 * Rupert Edward Inglis; (3) died on 18 September 1916, Aged 53
 * Percy Dale Kendall; (3) died on 21 January 1915, Aged 34
 * John Abbott King; (12) died on 9 August 1916, Aged 32
 * Ronald Lagden; (1) died on 3 March 1915, Aged 26
 * Douglas Lambert; (7) died on 13 October 1915, Aged 32
 * Alfred Frederick Maynard; (3) died on 13 November 1916, Aged 22
 * Edgar Roberts Mobbs, (7) ("Mobbsy") died on 29 July 1917, Aged 37	16
 * William Moore Bell Nanson; (2) died on 4 June 1915, Aged 34
 * Francis Eckley Oakeley; (4) died on 25 November 1914, Aged 23
 * Robert Lawrence Pillman; (1) died on 9 July 1916, Aged 23	17
 * Ronald William Poulton-Palmer, (17) ("Ronnie Poulton") died on 5 May 1915, Aged 25
 * John Raphael, (9+1) died on 11 June 1917, Aged 35
 * Reginald Oscar Schwarz MC, ("Reggie Schwarz") (3) died on 18 November 1918, Aged 43	. Schwarz also played cricket for South Africa and rugby union for England.
 * Lancelot Slocock; (8) died on 9 August 1918, Aged 29
 * Francis Nathaniel Tarr; (4) died on 18 July 1915, Aged 27
 * Alexander Todd, (2+4) died on 21 April 1915, Aged 41
 * James Henry Digby Watson; (3) died on 15 October 1914, Aged 24.
 * Charles Edward Wilson; (1) died on 17 September 1914, Aged 43
 * Arthur James Wilson, (1) died on 1 July 1917, Aged 29

Second World War
There were 14 players killed in the Second World War:


 * Brian Henry Black (10+5)
 * Lewis Alfred Booth (7)
 * Paul Cooke (2)
 * Vivian Gordon Davies (2)
 * H.D. Freakes (3)
 * R.A. Gerrard (14)
 * W. G. E. Luddington (13)
 * Robert Michall Marshall (5)
 * A. Obolensky (4)
 * Ernest Ian Parsons(1)
 * Henry Rew (10+4)
 * Christopher Champain Tanner (5)
 * Derek Edmund Teden (3)
 * N.A. Wodehouse (14)