About Ernest Duncan Caddell
Lived 1881 – 1942 (aged 60). Ernest Duncan Caddell was an Irish rugby union player and military officer.
Ernest Duncan Caddell (18 November 1881 — 27 May 1942) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Dundalk, Co. Louth, Caddell attended Portora Royal School and Trinity College Dublin.
Caddell was a Dublin University and Wanderers halfback, capped 13 times for Ireland from 1904 to 1908, often forming a halfback combination with Thomas Robinson. He scored two tries in a win over England at Lansdowne Road in 1907.
A British Army officer, Caddell served with the Field Ambulance in World War I, during which he was mentioned in dispatches and awarded with the Military Cross. He had several overseas postings over the next two decades before retiring in 1936, with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
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Who was Ernest Duncan Caddell?
Irish rugby union player
When was Ernest Duncan Caddell born?
Ernest Duncan Caddell was born on 18 November 1881.
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Ernest Duncan Caddell died on 27 May 1942.
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Ernest Duncan Caddell was a rugby union player and military officer.
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Ernest Duncan Caddell was Irish.
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