About Hal Withers
Lived 1904 – 1948 (aged 43). Hal Withers was a rugby union player and military personnel.
Henry Hastings Cavendish Withers (11 October 1904 — 6 September 1948) was a British Army officer, engineer and Ireland international rugby union player of the 1930s.
The son of an Army colonel, Withers was born in Bengal and educated at Cheltenham College.
Withers, a forward, was a product of Army rugby and gained five Ireland caps. He played all of Ireland's 1931 Five Nations fixtures and featured against the touring Springboks at the end of the year.
A graduate of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Withers was commissioned into the Royal Engineers and posted to India in 1934. He served as a garrison engineer in Quetta and in 1940 was decorated with Distinguished Service Order for "gallant and distinguished services" on active service during World War II.
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Who was Hal Withers?
rugby player
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Hal Withers was born on 11 October 1904.
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Hal Withers died on 6 September 1948.
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Hal Withers was a rugby union player and military personnel.
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