FINAL SCRUM by Nigel McCrery ( 9781473894501 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

FINAL SCRUM
INTERNATIONAL RUGBY PLAYERS KILLED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

By:

Nigel McCrery

Format:

Hardback

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£19.99

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£14.59

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£5.40

ISBN 10:

1473894506

ISBN 13:

9781473894501

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Publisher:

PEN & SWORD BOOKS LTD

Pub. date:

31 January, 2018

Pages:

208

Description:

Powerful combination of Rugby and Second World War action. Companion volume to bestselling Into Touch (WW1 Rugby Internationals).

Synopsis:

After the terrible losses of The Great War, twenty years later the Second World War resulted in the death of some of the finest sporting icons. This book honours the ninety international rugby players who lost their lives. Fifteen were Scottish, fourteen English, eleven Welsh and eight Irish. Australia and New Zealand suffered with ten and two internationals killed respectively and France eight. Germany topped the list with nineteen. In the same way that the Authors best-selling Into Touch remembered the 130 Internationals lost in the First World War, Final Scrum gives an individual biography of each of the ninety with their international and club playing record as well as their backgrounds, details of their military careers and circumstances of their death. We learn where they are buried or commemorated together with at least one photograph of each player. Rugby enthusiasts will find this book a fascinating and moving record of the sacrifice of the finest young men of their generation who fought in the second worldwide conflict of the 20th Century.

Illustrations:

16 pages b&w plates

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Pen & Sword Military

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