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052: April 1998

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The 'Engineering' Scottish Rugby international

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George Lamond is one of the many thousands of officers who lost their lives in the Great War. Before his war service, he had excelled at sport (being a Scottish Rugby international) and also been heavily involved in raising the height of the original Aswan ('Low') Dam in Egypt. This engineering skill meant he was - during the war - involved in m...

4 January 1917 : Captain Frederick Courtenay Selous

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Frederick Lokes Selous was born 31 December 1851 in Hatherley, Gloucestershire, England. He was the son of Frederick Lokes Selous and Ann Holgate Selous. Selous was a British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist. He was the inspiration Sir H. Rider Haggard who wrote books regarding the fictional Allan Quatermain character and was the...

Blair Swannell: rugby star who fell at Gallipoli to be honoured on forthcoming Lions Tour to Australia

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The sporting achievements and military sacrifice of Blair Swannell, who represented both the British and Irish Lions and Australia, will finally receive formal recognition during this summer's Lions tour to Australia. According to a recent article in The Telegraph, Swannell will have a player-of-the-match award named in his honour for the Lions'...