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Daniel J. McLean

Rugbeians in the Great War

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The courage and sacrifices during World War I of the students who attended the influential boarding school best known for the sport that bears its name.Few schools can claim to have had such a deep and diverse effect on British history as Rugby. Its influence on the sporting field is well-known, but this book examines the roles played by Rugbeians in many different spheres during the Great War. Politicians and academics, Olympians and artists all left their ordinary lives to fight for their country and it was their school which bound them together. Some such as Ernest Swinton, inventor of the tank, and Maurice Hankey, Cabinet Secretary, had d… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-1-5267-4286-5
  • EAN: 9781526742865
  • Produktnummer: 36027584
  • Verlag: Pen & Sword Books
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
  • Seitenangabe: 288 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB

Über den Autor


Daniel McLean was born in Kent and after school served as a Logistics Officer in the Royal Navy. At the age of 24 he left the armed forces and read Theology at Oriel College, Oxford, before beginning the teaching career which brought him to Rugby School in 2015. There he is employed as Head of Philosophy and Theology, Assistant Housemaster and Contingent Commander of the Combined Cadet Force.

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