Birth name | William Campbell Church | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 5 August 1883 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Partick, Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 28 June 1915 | (aged 31)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Gallipoli, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Capt. William Campbell Church (5 August 1883 – 28 June 1915) was a Scottish rugby union player.[1][2]
Church was born in Partick, Glasgow, to William Reginald Monteith Church, a chartered accountant and stockbroker, and Christina Ainslie Church.[3] He was educated at Glasgow Academy but left for Switzerland in 1902.[4][5] He was educated at South African College.
He moved back to Scotland to attend university,[6] where he played for Glasgow Academicals.[4] He played on the wing for rugby union side.[4]
He was capped by Glasgow District in 1906.[7]
Church was capped for Scotland in 1906.[8] He was also selected to play against New Zealand but he declined this.[4]
He was killed in action in World War I while serving with the Cameronians during the Gallipoli campaign.[8] He is on the Helles Memorial for the missing at Gallipoli.[9][10]