Charles Sherrard
Birth name | Charles William Sherrard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 25 December 1848 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | London[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 1938 (aged 88–89) (registered in December), Beckenham (Bromley, Kent) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Rugby School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Charles William Sherrard, RE (25 December 1848 – 1938) was a British Army officer and rugby union international who represented England from 1871 to 1872.[1] Additionally, along with Lieutenant Charles Arthur Crompton RE, he was the first member of the armed forces to represent their national side.[2]
Early life
Charles Sherrard was born on 25 December 1848 in London, the son of James Corry Sherrard, Esq. of Reigate. He attended Rugby School, and was a member of Hutchinson House, leaving in 1865.[3]
Rugby union career
Sherrard played for
Army service
Sherrard was gazetted as lieutenant to the Royal Engineers in 1870 rising to the rank of captain in 1882, through to major in 1888, lieutenant-colonel in 1895 and finally colonel by 1899. He also served as the Instructor in Fortifications, at the
Family and later life
Sherrard married Clara Maud Brooke, with whom he had six children. Clara died in 1919. He married Elizabeth Ballantyne in 1922, at the age of 73. He died in Beckenham (Bromley), aged 89, in 1938.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d Charles Sherrard Profile on scrum.com
- ^ Army Players and International Representation (1871 onwards) Archived 1 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Rugby School; Michell, Arthur Tompson, 1853–1923, RUGBY SCHOOL REGISTER. VOLUME II – FROM AUGUST, 1842, TO JANUARY, 1874.
- ^ "No. 27454". The London Gazette. 15 July 1902. p. 4512.
- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 20 September 2011.