Horace Thomas
Not to be confused with American lawyer and public official Horace Holmes Thomas
Birth name | Horace Wyndham Thomas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 28 July 1890 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Monmouth School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | King's College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Horace Wyndham Thomas (28 July 1890 – 3 September 1916) was a Welsh international rugby union fly-half who played club rugby for Swansea. He won just two caps for Wales, and was one of thirteen Welsh internationals to die in conflict during World War I.
Rugby career
Thomas was born to a rector from
Thomas would play only one more game for Wales, under the captaincy of Tommy Vile, in the team's opening match of the 1913 Five Nations Championship against England. Wales lost the game and Thomas ended his international rugby career without a win. Thomas left Britain to take up a post in Calcutta. While in Calcutta he joined and later became captain of the Calcutta Football Club.
International matches played
Wales[5]
- England 1913
- South Africa 1912
Later life
In 1916 Thomas volunteered to serve his country in World War I. He reached the rank of
Bibliography
- Billot, John (1974). Springboks in Wales. Ferndale: Ron Jones Publications.
- Smith, David; Williams, Gareth (1980). Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-0766-3.
References
- ^ Welsh Rugby Union player profiles[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Flanders Battlefields". Archived from the original on 9 October 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
- ^ Billot (1974), pg 99.
- ^ Billot (1974), pg 100.
- ^ Smith (1980), pg 472.
- ^ TNA WO 95/2586/1, Entry for 3 September 1916
- ^ Rugby Heroes who went to War BBC Online Matthew Ferris, November 2008