The following is a List of England international rugby union footballers killed in the World Wars. The number of caps they gained is in brackets. Where it is e.g. 9+1, the second number is the number of Lions caps.
First World War
There were 27 players killed in the First World War.
- Harry Alexander; (7) died on 17 October 1915 Aged 35[1]
- Henry Berry; (4) died on 9 May 1915, Aged 32.[1]
- Henry Brougham, died on 18 February 1923 (of war wounds), Aged 34.[1]
- Arthur James Dingle; (3) died on 22 August 1915, Aged 23[1][2]
- George Eric Burroughs Dobbs, (1) died on 17 June 1917, Aged 32.[1][3]
- Leonard Haigh, (7) died on 6 August 1916 Aged 29.[1][4]
- Reginald Harry Myburgh Hands, (2) ("Reggie Hands") died on 20 April 1918, Aged 29[1] Hands was a South African who played cricket for South Africa and rugby for England.
- Arthur Leyland Harrison VC; (2) died on 23 April 1918, Aged 32[1]
- Harold Augustus Hodges; (2) died on 24 March 1918, Aged 32[1][5]
- Rupert Edward Inglis; (3) died on 18 September 1916, Aged 53[1][6]
- Percy Dale Kendall; (3) died on 21 January 1915, Aged 34[1][7]
- John Abbott King; (12) died on 9 August 1916, Aged 32[1][8]
- Ronald Lagden; (1) died on 3 March 1915, Aged 26[1][9]
- Douglas Lambert; (7) died on 13 October 1915, Aged 32[1][10]
- Alfred Frederick Maynard; (3) died on 13 November 1916, Aged 22[1][11]
- Edgar Roberts Mobbs, (7) ("Mobbsy") died on 29 July 1917, Aged 37[1]
- William Moore Bell Nanson; (2) died on 4 June 1915, Aged 34[1][12]
- Francis Eckley Oakeley; (4) died on 25 November 1914, Aged 23[1][13]
- Robert Pillman; (1) died on 9 July 1916, Aged 23[1][14]
- Ronald William Poulton-Palmer, (17) ("Ronnie Poulton") died on 5 May 1915, Aged 25[1]
- John Raphael, (9+1) died on 11 June 1917, Aged 35[1][15]
- Reginald Oscar Schwarz MC, ("Reggie Schwarz") (3) died on 18 November 1918, Aged 43[1] Schwarz also played cricket for South Africa and rugby union for England.
- Lancelot Slocock; (8) died on 9 August 1916, Aged 29[1]
- Francis Nathaniel Tarr; (4) died on 18 July 1915, Aged 27[1][16]
- Alexander Todd, (2+4) died on 21 April 1915, Aged 41[1]
- James Henry Digby Watson; (3) died on 15 October 1914, Aged 24.[1][17]
- Charles Edward Wilson; (1) died on 17 September 1914, Aged 43
- Arthur James Wilson, (1) died on 1 July 1917, Aged 29[1]
Second World War
There were 15 players killed in the Second World War: