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| Birth name | Charles Gerald Taylor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 May 1863 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ruabon, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 24 January 1915 (aged 51) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | HMS Tiger, Dogger Bank, North Sea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Royal Naval College, Portsmouth Royal Naval College, Greenwich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Engineer Captain Charles Gerald Taylor LVO (8 May 1863 – 24 January 1915) was a Royal Navy officer and Wales international rugby union player[1] who played club rugby for Blackheath. He was the first Welsh international to be killed in action during World War I.[2][3] Taylor was an all-round athlete, and at one time was the Welsh pole vault champion.[4]
- ^ WRU player profile[permanent dead link]
- ^ Rugby Heroes who went to War BBC Online Matthew Ferris, November 2008
- ^ Veterans remembered with stadium charity collection Welsh Rugby Union site 10 July 2008
- ^ Jenkins (1991), pg 151.