Group    From 1885 

London Welsh RFC

Categories: Sport / Games

Countries: Wales

The club was formed in 1885 to cater to ex-pat Welsh rugby players living in London. Following a successful period they turned professional in 2009 and moved to Oxford in 2012. However this was financially unsustainable and the club returned to Richmond in 2015 and went into liquidation in 2016.  An amateur club emerged from the ashes.

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London Welsh RFC

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London Welsh Rugby club - WW1

Unusually the plaque gives the birth and death years for each name. From a W...

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Old Deer Park clubhouse

This clubhouse was built in 1969 with funds given by members and friends of t...

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Stan Bowles

Stan Bowles

Footballer. Stanley Bowles was born in Collyhurst, Manchester. He played for several football teams before joining Queen's Park Rangers in 1972. Capped five times for playing for England. He is rem...

Person, Sport / Games

1 memorial
David Brynmor Chiles-Evans

David Brynmor Chiles-Evans

A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1. 2022: Geraint Llewelyn has kindly allowed us to use this photo and has provided the following information: The photo was tak...

Person, Sport / Games

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Sir Thomas Sopwith

Sir Thomas Sopwith

Aviator and aircraft manufacturer. Designed the Sopwith Camel. Aged 10 accidentally killed his father in a shooting accident. Expert ice skater and a legend in the yachting America's Cup. Born 92 C...

Person, Aviation, Engineering, Sport / Games, Transport

1 memorial
Bill Richmond

Bill Richmond

Boxer. Born a slave in Richmondtown, Staten Island, New York. He become a servant of Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland, a lieutenant-general in the British army, and it is presumed that he bec...

Person, Race Issues, Sport / Games, USA

1 memorial
Royal Wimbledon Golf Club

Royal Wimbledon Golf Club

Former members include Field Marshal Earl Haig, and future kings Edward VIII and George VI.

Group, Community / Clubs, Sport / Games

1 memorial

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Captain John Smith

Captain John Smith

Citizen and cordwainer (cobbler), first among the leaders of the settlement at Jamestown, Virginia from which began the overseas expansion of the English speaking peoples. Born Lancashire. 16 year...

Person, Exploring, Race Issues, USA

2 memorials