Richard Garnons Williams

Colonel Richard Garnons Williams

Birth name	Richard Davies Garnons Williams
Date of birth	(1856-06-15)15 June 1856
Place of birth	Llowes, Wales, UK
Date of death	27 September 1915(1915-09-27) (aged 59)
Place of death	Loos, France
School	Magdalen College School, Oxford
University	Trinity College, Cambridge
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1874–1876 Cambridge University R.U.F.C. () Brecon RFC () 1880–1881 Newport RFC 3 (0) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1881 Wales 1 (0)
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Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Commands	12th Royal Fusiliers
Battles / wars	World War I Battle of Loos  †
Memorials	Loos Memorial

Colonel Richard Davies Garnons Williams (15 June 1856 – 27 September 1915)^[a] was a British Army officer and Welsh rugby union player who represented Wales, Brecon and Newport. He played in the first Wales international rugby union match in 1881.

Garnons Williams became an officer in the British Army in 1876, and retired from regular service in 1892, though he continued to serve in a voluntary capacity until 1906. Already aged 58 at the outbreak of the First World War, he rejoined the army and was killed in action in 1915.

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