Bungy Watson
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James Henry Digby "Bungy"[needs IPA] Watson (31 August 1890 – 15 October 1914) was an English rugby union player. He won 3 caps for England, all in the 1914 Five Nations Championship. He was killed while serving as a surgeon aboard HMS Hawke when it was torpedoed and sunk by U-9 in 1914 during World War I, and is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
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Birth name | James Henry Digby Watson | ||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1890-08-13)13 August 1890 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Southsea, England | ||||||||||||
Date of death | 15 October 1914(1914-10-15) (aged 24) | ||||||||||||
Place of death | HMS Hawke, Atlantic Ocean | ||||||||||||
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University | University of Edinburgh | ||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Physician | ||||||||||||
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Allegiance | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||
Service/ | Royal Navy | ||||||||||||
Rank | Surgeon | ||||||||||||
Unit | HMS Hawke | ||||||||||||
Memorials | Chatham Naval Memorial | ||||||||||||
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