| 词条 | Rowland Fraser | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Rowland Fraser | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1890|01|10|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1916|07|01|1890|01|10|df=y}} | death_place = | height = | weight = | school = | university = Pembroke College, Cambridge | relatives = | occupation = | ru_position = Forward | ru_amateuryears = 1908-10 | ru_amateurclubs = {{ubl|Cambridge University RFC|Edinburgh University}} | ru_amateurclubcaps = | ru_amateurclubpoints = | ru_clubyears = | ru_proclubs = | ru_clubcaps = | ru_clubpoints = | ru_nationalyears = 1911 | ru_nationalteam = {{ru|Scotland}} | ru_nationalcaps = 4 | ru_nationalpoints = | module = ----{{infobox military person|embed=yes |allegiance = {{UK}} |branch = {{Army|UK}} |serviceyears = |rank = Captain |unit = 6 Rifle Brigade |commands = |battles = Battle of the Somme |placeofburial = |placeofburial_coordinates = |mawards = |memorials = Thiepval Memorial}} }} Rowland Fraser (10 January 1890 – 1 July 1916) was a rugby union player, who played as a forward for {{nrut|Scotland}}, and also for Cambridge University RFC. Born in Perth, Scotland, he went up to Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1908, where he played in the Varsity Matches of 1908, 1909 and, as captain, 1910. He was selected to play for Scotland in 1911, losing all games of the Five Nations Championship. At the start of the First World War, he was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade, and was eventually promoted to Captain in November 1915. Soon after getting married in June 1916, his regiment participated in the Battle of the Somme, and he was killed in action on the first day, hit by a bullet and shrapnel. He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial to the missing of the Somme. Early lifeRowland Fraser was born in Perth, Scotland on 10 January 1890. He attended Merchiston Preparatory School from 1900 to 1903, then Merchiston Castle from 1903 to 1908, before going up to Pembroke College, Cambridge.{{sfn|Sewell|1919|p=51}} Rugby careerFraser was selected to represent Cambridge University RFC in the Varsity Matches of 1908, 1909 and, as captain, 1910. The first of these was a draw, but Cambridge lost the next two.{{sfn|Sewell|1919|p=51}} He was then picked to play for {{nrut|Scotland}} in 1911, playing his debut against France.[1] Scotland lost all four games of the 1911 Five Nations Championship, and was the first international side to be defeated by France.{{sfn|Sewell|1919|p=51}} Fraser and Frederick Harding Turner were the only two forwards to play in all four.[1] According to E. H. D. Sewell, the contemporary rugby journalist, he was not to blame for his lack of wins, being a "hard-working [forward]... a good dribbler, and a magnificent tackler."{{sfn|Sewell|1919|p=51}} International appearances
Military serviceFraser was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade on 15 August 1914. He trained with the 6th Battalion at Sheerness, until he crossed to France with his unit on 4 January 1915. He was promoted to lieutenant in August 1915, and to captain in November.{{sfn|Sewell|1919|p=51}} In June 1916, Fraser returned home on four days leave, and was married on 20 June to May Dorothy Ross of New South Wales, Australia returning the following day to France.{{sfn|Sewell|1919|p=53}} Ten days later, Fraser was killed in action in the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916. He was leading his company in an assault on German positions, when he was hit by a machine-gun bullet. His orderly got him into a shell-hole and dressed his wound but was then struck by shrapnel.{{sfn|Sewell|1919|p=52}} He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial to the missing of the Somme (Pier and Face 16 B and 16 C).[6] See also
References1. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://www.ourfc.org/NewsItem.aspx?ID=2603 | title=FREDERICK HARDING TURNER REMEMBERED | publisher=Oxford University Rugby Football Club | date=5 February 2015 | accessdate=2 June 2016}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/statsguru/rugby/match/19144.html|title=France v Scotland|publisher=ESPN}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/statsguru/rugby/match/19147.html|title=Scotland v Wales|publisher=ESPN}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/statsguru/rugby/match/19149.html|title=Scotland v Ireland|publisher=ESPN}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/statsguru/rugby/match/19152.html|title=England v Scotland|publisher=ESPN}} 6. ^{{CWGC|id=750079|name=Fraser, Rowland}} Bibliography
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8 : 1916 deaths|Scottish rugby union players|Scotland international rugby union players|British military personnel killed at the Battle of the Somme|British Army personnel of World War I|Rifle Brigade officers|Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge|1890 births |
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