“There is one name in the history of the Saints that stands as much for gallantry, bravery, leadership and heroism as playing ability and statistics – Edgar Mobbs.” It would be impossible to ignore the importance of Edgar Mobbs in the history of Northampton rugby club. A winger making 234 appearances for the club, and…
Sydney, as we have seen, had fought his way into the Saracens 1st XV in 1909 as a 17-year-old, where his agile running into spaces as the Club’s first-choice half-back had won the appreciation of his teammates. With Britain declaring war against Germany on August 4th, his thoughts clearly turned to how best he could…
Although Europe’s great powers had not engaged one another in land-based conflict since 1871, Great Britain’s standing armed forces in 1913 numbered 522,000 men (more than 5 times higher than our current levels in 2014, by way of comparison). At the outbreak of war on August 4th 1914, however, none of these troops were stationed…
Saracens Rugby Club and W.W.1 