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Eric Templeton Young

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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)
  1. ^ Bath, p109
  2. ^ An entire team wiped out by the Great War (The Scotsman)