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Researching & Sharing the Lives of Saracens Rugby Club Players Who Served During the First World War

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Sport and the First World war

Finding Our Fallen Saracens….Touring the Battlefield Cemeteries 2018

One of our key goals in this project has been to identify and share the final resting places of our Saracens who lost their lives during the First World War. We are very grateful to the Lottery Heritage Fund for their support in this regard, and hope that our initial tour of the WW1 battlefield…

October 15, 2018 in Sport and the First World war.

The Rose and Poppy Gates

One of the great tragic realisations when dealing with commemorating the Great War is that exactly one hundred years ago today (16th March) in 1916 is not yet halfway through the war itself. Yet even by this relatively early stage the level of casualties is above and beyond anything experienced by any of the participating…

March 16, 2016 in First World War History, Sport and the First World war.

Saracens v Stade Toulousain – ‘Maysso’ – France’s first international casualty

Saracens opponents this Saturday are the mighty Toulouse, aristocrats of French rugby, and the only team to lift the European trophy 4 times, including in its very first season in 1995/96. Their place at the top of the top table of French rugby goes back to the early 20th century, winning their first of a record…

January 20, 2016 in Sport and the First World war.

H.F. Vincent – A Saracens Artilleryman in WW1

The Saracens WW1 project is fuelled by a lot of hard work from everyone concerned in trying to trace the players who served in World War One, and more often than not the research is done from behind a desk with the aid of email, digitised records, telephones, and networking within the rugby business. But…

April 9, 2015 in Herbert Vincent, Saracens 1913-14, Sport and the First World war.
Sport and war 1914

The Relationship Between Sport & War in 1914

No exact total of the dead from the Great War will ever be recorded, but it is unofficially set at between ten and thirteen million for all those nations involved. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission list the total number of deaths for the Empire forces as 1,114,786. In the most costly engagements of the war,…

July 6, 2014 in Sport and the First World war.

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