Eric Templeton Young
Appearance
Eric Templeton Young (1891 or 1892 – 28 June 1915) was a Scottish rugby union player. As a Captain serving with the 6th Battalion of The Cameronians, he was killed in World War I[1] during the Gallipoli Campaign in Turkey[2] and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.
References
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- ^ Bath, p109
- ^ An entire team wiped out by the Great War (The Scotsman)
External links
Categories:
- Use dmy dates from November 2012
- Scottish rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Glasgow Academicals rugby union players
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Cameronians officers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- 1915 deaths
- 1890s births
- Scottish rugby union biography stubs
- British Army personnel stubs