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Albert Wade
Birth nameAlbert Luvian Wade
Date of birth20 September 1884[1]
Place of birthGlasgow, Scotland[2]
Date of death28 April 1917(1917-04-28) (aged 32)
Place of deathOppy Wood, Arras, France
SchoolDulwich College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
London Scottish F.C.
Barbarian F.C.		 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1908  Scotland 1 Pts:0;
Tries:0;
Conv:0;
Pens:0;
Drop:0

Lt. Albert Luvian Wade (20 September 1884 – 28 April 1917) was a Scottish rugby union player. He was killed in World War I.[3]

Early life

Wade, known as Bertie, was born in Glasgow. He attended Dulwich College, where he captained the First XV.[1]

Rugby union career

He played for London Scottish FC and was capped for Scotland on 21 March 1908,[3] 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.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b McCrery, Nigel (2014). Into Touch: Rugby Internationals Killed in the Great War. Pen and Sword. p. 208. ISBN 9781781590874.
  2. ^ Albert Wade Profile on scrum.com
  3. ^ a b Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany, p. 109. (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
  4. ^ "Casualty Details: Wade, Albert Luvian". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 23 June 2018.


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