46 TIGERS

46 men who appeared for @LeicesterTigers lost their lives in the two world wars. We’ll take a little time to remember them.

Sgt. JOHN TWIGG

Tigers Career: 1913-14
Appearances: 37
Tries: 2
Points: 6

Died: 13 March 1915, Le Touret, France

2nd Lt CHARLES FAUSSETT

Tigers Career: 1907
Appearances: 3
Tries: 1
Points: 3

Died: 2 May 1915, Ypres, Belgium

Sgt. LEO BURTON

Tigers Career: 1911-14
Appearances: 56
Tries: 5
Points: 15

Died: 13 May, Ypres, Belgium

Lt. CHARLES BOURNS

Tigers Career: 1906-07
Appearances: 15
Tries: 0
Points: 0

Died: 25 May 1915, Ypres, Belgium

Lt. FRANK TARR

Tigers Career: 1906-13
Appearances: 94
Tries: 24
Points: 72

Died: 18 July 1915, Ypres, Belgium

Maj. HAROLD JEFFRIES

Tigers Career: 1905
Appearances: 4
Tries: 0
Points: 0

Died: 26 September 1915, Lijssenthoek, Belgium

2nd Lt. RALPH HEMMINGWAY

Tigers Career: 1905
Appearances: 1
Tries: 0
Points: 0

Died: 15 October 1915, Loos, France

Cpl. PERCY HOUGHAM

Tigers Career: 1914
Appearances: 3
Tries: 0
Points: 0

Died: 8 January 1916, Basra, Iraq

2nd Lt. ARCHIBALD BOWELL

Tigers Career: 1915
Appearances: 1 - Tigers v Barbarians, War Service game
Tries: 0
Points: 0

Died: 14 July 1916, Somme, France

2nd Lt. SYDNEY DOVE

Tigers Career: 1913-14
Appearances: 12
Tries: 2
Points: 10

Died: 16 August 1916, Guillemont, France

Sgt. BILL DALBY

Tigers Career: 1908-14
Appearances: 80
Tries: 26
Points: 78

Died: 15 September, Loos, France

Pvte. JOSEPH BREWIN

Tigers Career: 1913
Appearances: 1
Tries: 0
Points: 0

Died: 25 September 1916, Somme, France

L/Cpl. HUGH SOMERVILLE

Tigers Career: 1906
Appearances: 1
Tries: 0
Points: 0

Died: 21 November 1916, Varennes, France

Cpt. WALTER EVANS

Tigers Career: 1905
Appearances: 1
Tries: 0
Points: 0

Died: 15 December 1916, Cardiff, Wales

Lt. DAVID WADDELL

Tigers Career: 1912-13
Appearances: 11
Tries: 2
Points: 6

Died: 6 April 1917, Arras, France

Cpt. ERNEST WYNNE

Tigers Career: 1914
Appearances: 7
Tries: 1
Points: 3

Died: 8 June 1917, Bully Grenay, France

Lt. SYDNEY WOLFE

Tigers Career: 1914
Appearances: 10
Tries: 0
Points: 0

Died: 22 October 1917, Zonnebeke, Belgium

Cpl. ROBERT FERGUSON

Tigers Career: 1908
Appearances: 1
Tries: 2
Points: 6

Died: 9 January 1919, Poona, India

Maj. BERNARD McCRAITH

Tigers Career: 1900-01
Appearances: 10
Tries: 0
Points: 0

Died: 26 January 1919, Sangatte France