David McLaren Bain

Scotland international rugby union player

  • William Bain (father)
  • Edith Frederika McLaren Bain (mother)

Capt. David McLaren Bain (10 September 1891 – 3 June 1915) was a Scotland rugby union player.

Bain was born in Edinburgh, to William Bain and Edith Frederika McLaren Bain.[1] He played for Oxford University RFC and was capped for Scotland in 1911–14.[2] Bain captained Scotland against Wales in 1914.[3]

He was killed in France in World War I, while serving with the Gordon Highlanders.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
  2. ^ a b Bath, p. 109
  3. ^ a b "An entire team wiped out by the Great War". The Scotsman. 6 November 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  • Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)

External links

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