Researching Eric Milroy
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 857 people with the Milroy surname? In that year Milroy was ranked number 2726 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Eric means "ever-powerful" and is of Scandinavian origin.
Records of Eric Milroy on Ancestry
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| Did you know that there are currently 692 people with the Milroy surname in the UK? Milroy is now ranked number 3387 for popularity in the UK. |
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Eric Milroy
Eric "Puss" MacLeod Milroy (4 December 1887 – 18 July 1916) was a rugby union player who represented and Watsonians. He was capped twelve times for Scotland between 1910 and 1914, his first appearance coming as a surprise replacement for the Scottish captain, George Cunningham. He was selected for the 1910 British Isles tour to South Africa after other players were forced to withdraw. Due to illness, he only participated in three matches, and did not take part in any of the tests against . In 1914, he captained Scotland against, and against in the last international match before the outbreak of the First World War.
At the start of the war, Milroy was commissioned in the Black Watch and was killed in action in Delville Wood, France, during the Battle of the Somme. He was one of 31 Scottish rugby internationals to be killed in action. Milroy is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the missing dead of the Somme.
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