Ronald Simson - Mashpedia All-in-One Encyclopedia

This article is about the Scottish rugby union player. For the Scottish football goalkeeper, see Ronnie Simpson.

Ronald Francis Simson, (died on 14 September 1914, aged 24) was a Scottish rugby union player for Scotland.^[1] Simson was the first rugby international - of any nationality - to die in the war.^[2] He was killed in the First Battle of the Aisne,^[2] which was the Allied follow-up offensive against the right wing of the German First Army (led by Alexander von Kluck) & Second Army (led by Karl von Bülow) as they retreated after the First Battle of the Marne earlier in September 1914. He was a lieutenant with the Royal Field Artillery.^[3]

He played for London Scottish, a team especially hard hit because many of them joined the London Scottish regiment.^[2] Simson was capped for Scotland in 1911.^[1]

References [edit]

Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)

^ ^a ^b Bath, p109
^ ^a ^b ^c An entire team wiped out by the Great War (The Scotsman). Retrieved 8 December 2009
^ Commonwealth War Graves Commission: SIMSON, RF. Retrieved 8 December 2009

External links [edit]

War Graves database
An entire team wiped out by the Great War (The Scotsman)

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Name	Simson, Ronald
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Short description	Scottish rugby union player
Date of birth
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Date of death	14 September 1914
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