Birth name | Walter Gordon Neilson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 1 October 1876 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bothwell, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 29 April 1927 | (aged 50)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Aldershot, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | George Thomson, uncle George Neilson, brother Robert Neilson, brother Willie Neilson, brother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Colonel Walter Gordon Neilson, CMG, DSO (1 October 1876–29 April 1927) was a Scotland international rugby football player.[1]
He later became an Army officer, serving in the Boer War and World War I.[2]
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