Albert Luvian Wade

Lt. Albert Luvian Wade (20 September 1884 – 28 April 1917) was a Scottish rugby union player. He was killed in World War I.[3]

Albert Wade
Birth nameAlbert Luvian Wade
Date of birth20 September 1884[1]
Place of birthGlasgow, Scotland[2]
Date of death28 April 1917(1917-04-28) (aged 32)
Place of deathOppy Wood, Arras, France
SchoolDulwich College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
London Scottish F.C.
Barbarian F.C.
()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1908 Scotland 1 Pts:0;
Tries:0;
Conv:0;
Pens:0;
Drop:0

Early life

Wade, known as Bertie, was born in Glasgow. He attended Dulwich College, where he captained the First XV.[1]

Rugby union career

He played for London Scottish FC and was capped for Scotland on 21 March 1908,[3] at Inverleith in the Scotland vs England match which was won by Scotland.

Military service

Wade was killed at Oppy Wood, near Arras on 28 April 1917, whilst serving as a Lieutenant in 17th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment, on temporary attachment to a trench mortar battery. He was 32 years of age and has no known grave, being commemorated on the Arras Memorial.[4]

References

  1. McCrery, Nigel (2014). Into Touch: Rugby Internationals Killed in the Great War. Pen and Sword. p. 208. ISBN 9781781590874.
  2. Albert Wade Profile on scrum.com
  3. Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany, p. 109. (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
  4. "Casualty Details: Wade, Albert Luvian". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
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