“Tiger Tigers” - those who served in the Regiment and played rugby for Leicester FC's 1st XV

The following 47 individuals so far have been identified as playing first-team rugby for Leicester FC (Leicester Tigers) and also serving in The Leicestershire Regiment (The Tigers), and can therefore rightly be dubbed “Tiger Tigers”. Research is still revealing more names. Ranks shown were the highest achieved by the person, and not necessarily at the time he was playing rugby for the Leicester FC. Further details of their rugby careers can be found in the book "Tigers - Official History of Leicester Football Club 1880-2014". By clicking on their ‘link to web page’, you will directed to an individual’s web page on the Regimental web site.

 

Name

Battalion

Link to web page

Major H P Atkins

5th

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/69402-atkins-hugh-percival?q=

Capt R J Barr MC

44th AA Bn, 579th LAA Regt 

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/71117-barr-robert-john-mc?q=

 

Cpl E E Bates

7th

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/71616-bates-edward-ernest?q=

Capt C C Beaty-Pownall

2nd

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/71990-beaty-pownall-christopher-charles-cstj?q=

 2Lt A G E Bowell

9th

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/74837-bowell-archibald-gordon-edward?q=

Lt-Col J C Burdett DSO MC

6th            

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/77458-burdett-james-charles-dso-mc?q=

Sgt W A Dalby               

1st

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/83861-dalby-william?q=

2Lt S H Dennis                 

1/5th 

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/84892-dennis-samuel-henry?q=

Capt F C Drummond 

2nd, 1st

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/85940-drummond-frederic-cecil?q=

Maj W R Evans       

3rd

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/87498-evans-walter-richard?q=

2Lt S Farmer       

1/4th          

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/87784-farmer-stephen?q=

Pte M W Fisher       

2nd, 1st     

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/88498-fisher-m-walter?q=

CSgt A H Foxon 

1st

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/89295-foxon-arthur-h?q=

Lt J W Freer

10th

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/89583-freer-john-william?q=                             

Lt-Col G J German DSO TD

5th, 1/5th

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/90630-german-guy-johnson-dso-td?q=

Lt O J Hargrave

4th, 10th   

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/94584-hargrave-oswald-john?q=

Cpl P J Hougham

2nd

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/98411-hougham-percy-j?q=

Maj H J F Jeffries

5th

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/100588-jeffries-harold-john-fotheringham?q=

Maj-Gen D A Kendrew KCMG CB CBE DSO

2nd, 7th 

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/102135-kendrew-sir-douglas-anthony-kcmg-cb-cbe-dso?q=

CSgt W H Kitchen

1st

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/103036-kitchen-william-h?q=

Sgt J Lewis

1st, 2nd

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/104597-lewis-joseph?q=

Pte J T Lovett

1st

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/298245-lovett-john-thomas?q=

Maj A S McIntyre MC

3rd, 2nd

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/107815-mcintyre-arthur-seymour-mc?q=

Maj P J de A Moore MC

2/5th

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/109212-moore-peter-john-de-appleby-mc?q=MC

Lt R M Muddimer

 

597th LAA Regt, Q/438th LAA Regt 

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/187270-muddimer-robert-michael?q=

Lt-Col A L Novis MC

2nd, 1st

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/111404-novis-anthony-leslie-mc?q=

Maj F E Oliver Kt CBE TD DL

4th

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/111642-oliver-frederick-ernest-sir-cbe-td-dl?q=

H Page

4th

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/298242-page-h?q=

G E Pollard

 

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/204232-pollard-george-e?q=

Lt M S Scott

 

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/134014-scott-m-s?q=

H W Sibson

 

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/120216-sibson-harry-william?q=

Lt J W D Smith

8th

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/85322-dixie-smith-john-willoughby?q= 

WO2 P Smitten

1st, 2nd 

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/122197-smitten-percy?q=

Capt W E Squirrell TD

4th

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/122766-squirrell-wilfrid-ernest-td?q=

Col K W Symington TD DL

5th

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/124372-symington-kenneth-william-td-dl?q=

Lt F N Tarr

4th, 1/4th

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/124525-tarr-francis-nathaniel?q=

Cpl F Taylor

4th

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/124735-taylor-frank?q=

Capt J A Thomas

1st

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/125266-thomas-john-alfred?q=

Lt A C Thomson

Depot

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/125504-thomson-arthur-cleghorn?q=

Sgt J Twigg

2nd

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/126914-twigg-john?q=

Lt-Col R E H Ward MC TD

5th, 7th

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/128556-ward-richard-ernest-harding-mc-td?q=mc

Lt-Col (Gp Capt) W C Wilson CBE DSO MC

1st, 2nd 

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/131591-wilson-walter-carandini-cbe-dso-mc?q=dso 

Maj K B Wood MC

1/4th 

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/132031-wood-kenneth-berridge-mc?q=4th

Lt C F A Worsley-Worswick

6th, 3rd

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/132517-worsley-worswick-christopher-francis-aloysius?q=

Capt E E Wynne

1/5th  

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/133013-wynne-edward-ernest?q=

Lt-Col A L Yarnell OBE ERD

4th

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/133031-yarnell-arthur-leslie-obe?q=

2Lt W G Young

2nd

https://royalleicestershireregiment.past-view.com/entity/133239-young-wilfred-greenfield?q=

In addition Maj F E Oliver was President of Leicester FC 1931-39, Capt R J Barr was Honorary Secretary 1957-62 and President 1962-65, H W Sibson was President 1981-83, and Major Albert Chilton was General Secretary 1954-65.