Eric Templeton Young

For other people named Eric Young, see Eric Young (disambiguation).

Eric Templeton Young (1891 or 1892 – 28 June 1915) was a Scottish rugby union player. As a Captain serving with the 6th Battalion of The Cameronians, he was killed in World War I^[1] during the Gallipoli Campaign in Turkey^[2] and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.

References

Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)

↑ Bath, p109
↑ An entire team wiped out by the Great War (The Scotsman)

External links

Commonwealth War Graves database
An entire team wiped out by the Great War (The Scotsman)

Scottish rugby players killed in World War I

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