Richard Garnons Williams, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Garnons Williams

Welsh rugby union player

Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1856

Place of Birth: Llowes, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 25-Sep-1915

Profession: military officer, rugby union player

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Not to be confused with the rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1940s, and 1950s Dickie Williams Not to be confused with the Australian rugby league footballer Richard Williams (rugby league)Colonel Richard Davies Garnons Williams (15 June 1856 – 27 September 1915) was a British Army officer and Welsh rugby union player who represented Wales, Brecon and Newport.
He played in the first Wales international rugby union match in 1881. Garnons Williams became an officer in the British Army in 1876, and retired from regular service in 1892, though he continued to serve in a voluntary capacity until 1906.
Already aged 58 at the outbreak of the First World War, he rejoined the army and was killed in action in 1915.