Eric Milroy

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Eric Milroy

Birth name	Eric MacLeod Milroy
Date of birth	(1887-12-04)4 December 1887
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death	18 July 1916(1916-07-18) (aged 28) (missing in action)
Place of death	Delville Wood, France
School	George Watson's College
University	Edinburgh University
Occupation(s)	Chartered accountant
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1906–1914 Watsonians () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1909 1911 Edinburgh District Blues Trial () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1910–1914 Scotland 12 (3)
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Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1914–1916
Rank	Lieutenant
Unit	Black Watch
Battles / wars	World War I Battle of the Somme Battle of Delville Wood  †

Eric "Puss" MacLeod Milroy (4 December 1887 – 18 July 1916) was a rugby union player who represented Scotland and Watsonians. He was capped twelve times for Scotland between 1910 and 1914, his first appearance coming as a surprise replacement for the Scottish captain, George Cunningham. He was selected for the 1910 British Isles tour to South Africa after other players were forced to withdraw. Due to illness, he only participated in three matches, and did not take part in any of the tests against South Africa. In 1914, he captained Scotland against Ireland, and against England in the last international match before the outbreak of the First World War.

At the start of the war, Milroy was commissioned in the Black Watch and was killed in action in Delville Wood, France, during the Battle of the Somme. He was one of 31 Scottish rugby internationals to be killed in action. Milroy is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the missing dead of the Somme.