Frank Tarr, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Frank Tarr

English rugby player

Date of Birth: 14-Aug-1887

Place of Birth: Ironville, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 18-Jul-1915

Profession: rugby union player

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Frank Tarr

  • Francis Nathaniel Tarr (14 August 1887 – 18 July 1915) was an English international rugby union player.
  • He played centre for the Leicester Tigers and, between 1909 and 1913, won four caps for England, scoring two tries.
  • He also earned three Blues while reading law at Oxford. He later became a solicitor in Leicester before volunteering for overseas service during the First World War.
  • He was killed in July 1915 near Ypres on the Western Front, after being hit by a shell splinter while serving as a lieutenant in the 1/4th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment.
  • Tarr was one of 27 former England internationals killed in the war.

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