Lt. James Young Milne Henderson (9 March 1891 – 31 July 1917) was a Scottish rugby union player and British Army officer who was killed in World War I.[1]
| Birth name | James Young Milne Henderson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 9 March 1891 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 31 July 1917 (aged 26) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Flanders, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby Union career
editAmateur career
editHe was educated at George Watson's College and played for the Watsonian RFC. A diverse athlete, he also played cricket, field hockey and was a champion swimmer as well, winning the East of Scotland swimming championship.[2]
He moved to Travancore, India for business. There he played for Madras Rugby Club.[3]
Provincial career
editHe played for the Blues Trial side against the Whites Trial side on 21 January 1911, while still with Watsonians.[4]
International career
editBusiness career
editMilne Henderson was a works manager for the Scottish food company McVitie and Price.
Military career
editHe served in the Highland Light Infantry and was mentioned in despatches by Field Marshal the Earl Haig.[3] He was killed in the Third Battle of Ypres in July 1917. He is commemorated at the Menin Gate Ypres Memorial.[5]
Family
editMilne Henderson was born James Young Henderson in Edinburgh to John, a chartered accountant and bank manager, and Edwardina "Ina" Young Henderson. (The family added the Milne to their surname a few years after he was born.) He had four brothers and one sister.[6]
His younger brother 2nd Lt. John Milne Henderson of the Royal Flying Corps was killed six months later in France.[7] Their oldest brother was Royal Navy Commodore Thomas Milne Henderson OBE (1888–1968).
References
edit- ^ Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007. p. 109. ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- ^ McCrery, Nigel (2014). Into Touch: Rugby Internationals Killed in the Great War. Pen and Sword. pp. 176–177. ISBN 9781781590874. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ a b Chapman, Paul (2016). Menin Gate South: In Memory and in Mourning. Pen and Sword. p. 273. ISBN 9781473850903.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000576/19110123/110/0009.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Casualty: Milne-Henderson, James Young". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ "Notable Citizen – The Late Mr. J. Milne Henderson". The Scotsman. 29 July 1946. p. 4.
- ^ "Casualty: Second Lieutenant Milne-Henderson, John Milne". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
External links
edit- "An entire team wiped out by the Great War". The Scotsman, 6 November 2009
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