Bungy Watson

James Henry Digby "Bungy" Watson (31 August 1890 - 15 October 1914) was an English rugby union player. He won 3 caps for England, all in the 1914 Five Nations Championship.[1] He was a medical doctor.[2] He was killed while serving as surgeon aboard HMS Hawke when it was torpedoed and sunk by U-9 in 1914 during World War I and is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Bungy Watson | Rugby Union | Players and Officials | ESPN Scrum
  2. ↑ http://www.hambo.org/kingscanterbury/view_man.php?id=237
  3. ↑ CWGC - Casualty Details


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