The Honours List includes all players who gained international caps during their Army Service. Players who were capped before their Army Service and did not play for their Country whilst serving are not included; likewise players who were capped after leaving the Service are omitted. This means that such distinguished players as W C Powell (Welsh Guards and Wales) and CF Grieve (Duke of Wellington's Regiment and Scotland) are not included.
The records up to 1914 make it difficult to be certain whether some players were serving in the Army when they gained International honours. In such cases the players have been given the benefit of the doubt.
The abbreviation (capt) signifies players who captained their Country. The regiment or corps are those in which players were serving when they played International rugby.
| Year |
Army Player |
Country |
No of Caps |
Regt/Corps |
| 1871 |
CW Sherrard |
England |
2 |
Royal Engineers |
| CA Crompton |
England |
1 |
Royal Engineers |
| 1872 |
F B G d'Aguilar |
England |
1 |
Royal Engineers |
| R P Maitland |
Scotland |
1 |
Royal Artillery |
| F T Maxwell |
Scotland |
1 |
Royal Engineers |
| H W Renny Tailyour |
Scotland |
1 |
Royal Engineers |
| 1873 |
C H Rickards |
England |
1 |
Royal Artillery |
| 1874 |
C W Crosse |
England |
2 |
Kings Dragoon Guards |
| F L Cunliffe |
England |
1 |
Royal Artillery |
| W F H Stafford |
England |
1 |
Royal Engineers |
| A K Stewart |
Scotland |
2 |
Army Medical Services |
| A H Young |
Scotland |
1 |
Inniskilling Fusiliers |
| 1875 |
A P Cronyn |
Ireland |
3 |
Royal West Kent Regiment |
| 1875 J W Dunlop |
Scotland |
1 |
Royal Artillery |
| 1876 |
W C W Rawlinson |
England |
1 |
Lincolnshire Regiment |
| 1877 |
H H Johnston |
Scotland |
2 |
Army Medical Services |
| H W Murray |
Ireland |
3 |
Indian Medical Services |
| E I Pocock |
Scotland |
2 |
Indian Army |
| 1878 |
E W D Croker |
Ireland |
1 |
A& SH |
| 1879 |
W W Pike |
Ireland |
5 |
Army Medical Services |
| Year |
Army Player |
Country |
No of Caps |
Regt/Corps |
| 1881 |
R D Garnons-Williams |
Wales |
1 |
R Fusiliers |
| 1882 |
W N Bolton |
England |
11 |
Wiltshire Regt |
| J B Buchanan |
Ireland |
3 |
Army Medical Services |
| R G Thompson |
Ireland |
1 |
Army Medical Services |
| F S Heuston |
Ireland |
3 |
Army Medical Services |
| 1883 |
R S F Henderson |
England |
5 |
Army Medical Services |
| 1884 |
W Edgeworth-Johnstone |
Ireland |
1 |
Royal Irish Regiment |
| 1885 |
T W Irvine |
Scotland |
10 |
Indian Medical Services |
| 1887 |
C M Moore |
Ireland |
3 |
Army Medical Services |
| 1888 |
A Walpole |
Ireland |
2 |
Royal Engineers |
| Year |
Army Player |
Country |
No of Caps |
Regt/Corps |
| 1893 |
P Maud |
England |
2 |
Royal Engineers |
| 1894 |
T J Crean |
Ireland |
9 |
Army Medical Services |
| 1894 |
W G Neilson |
Scotland |
1 |
A & SH |
| 1895 |
T H Stevenson |
Ireland |
7 |
Army Medical Services |
| 1896 |
G O Turnbull |
Scotland |
5 |
Indian Army |
| 1897 |
R H Mangles |
England |
2 |
Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment |
| PE O'Brien Butler |
Ireland |
6 |
Army Service Corps |
| 1898 |
R O'H Livesay |
England |
2 |
Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment |
| F F S Smithwick |
Ireland |
2 |
Army Chaplain's Department |
| C E Wilson |
England |
1 |
Queen's Regiment |
| 1899 |
EF Campbell |
Ireland |
4 |
Army Chaplain's Department |
| R F A Hobbs |
England |
2 |
Royal Engineers |
| Year |
Army Player |
Country |
No of Caps |
Regt/Corps |
| 1902 |
J C Pringle |
Ireland |
2 |
Royal Engineers |
| E D Simson |
Scotland |
17 |
Indian Medical Services |
| 1903 |
G A D Harvey |
Ireland |
5 |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| B A Hill England |
England |
9 |
Ordnance Services |
| J E C Partridge |
South Africa |
1 |
Welch Regiment |
| R S Smyth |
Ireland |
3 |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| 1904 |
E D Caddell |
Ireland |
13 |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| C G Robb |
Ireland |
5 |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| T T H Robinson |
Ireland |
10 |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| E J Ross |
Scotland |
1 |
Indian Army |
| 1905 |
W M Grylls |
England |
1 |
Indian Army |
| B Maclear |
Ireland |
11 |
Royal Dublin Fusiliers |
| H G Monteith |
Scotland |
8 |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| W L Y Rogers |
England |
2 |
Royal Artillery |
| 1906 |
F Casement |
Ireland |
3 |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| G E B Dobbs |
England |
2 |
Royal Engineers |
| W B Purdon |
Ireland |
3 |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| J T Simson |
Scotland |
7 |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| M White |
Ireland |
6 |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| 1907 |
A W Newton |
England |
1 |
Royal Dublin Fusiliers |
| W C Wilson |
England |
2 |
Leicestershire Regiment |
| 1908 |
G C Gowiland |
Scotland |
7 |
Royal Engineers |
| L Robertson |
Scotland |
9 |
QO Cam H |
| 1909 |
C A Bolton |
England |
1 |
Manchester Regiment |
| E C Deane |
Ireland |
1 |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| H C Harrison |
England |
4 |
Royal Marines |
| 1910 |
H Berry |
England |
4 |
Gloucestershire Regiment |
| C T O'Callaghan |
Ireland |
7 |
10th Royal Hussars |
| A S Taylor |
Ireland |
4 |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| Year |
Army Player |
Country |
No of Caps |
Regt/Corps |
| 1911 |
W E Mann |
England |
3 |
Royal Artillery |
| A R Ross |
Scotland |
4 |
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich |
| R F Simson |
Scotland |
1 |
Royal Artillery |
| 1912 |
W V Edwards |
Ireland |
2 |
Royal Irish Fusiliers |
| R Hemphill |
Ireland |
4 |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| A H MacIlwaine |
England |
5 |
Royal Artillery |
| J A Pym |
England |
4 |
Royal Artillery |
| C M Usher |
Scotland (Capt) |
16 |
Gordon Highlanders |
| 1913 |
T C Bowie |
Scotland |
4 |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| J J Clune |
Ireland |
6 |
Army Veterinary Corps |
| R E Gordon |
Scotland |
3 |
Royal Artillery |
| J B Minch |
Ireland |
5 |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| A W P Todd |
Ireland |
3 |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| 1914 |
J C A Dowse |
Ireland |
3 |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| J L Huggan |
Scotland |
1 |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| R Mac K Scobie |
Scotland |
3 |
Royal Engineers |
| First World War 1914-1918 - international games were suspended for the duration |
| Year |
Army Player |
Country |
No of Caps |
Regt/Corps |
| 1920 |
H L V Day |
England |
4 |
Royal Artillery |
| C W Jones |
Wales |
3 |
Welch Regiment |
| J T Smyth |
Ireland |
1 |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| 1921 |
P E R Baker Jones |
Wales |
1 |
Royal Artillery |
| I J Kilgour |
Scotland |
1 |
1Northumberland Fus |
| Q E M A King |
England |
1 |
Royal Artillery |
| 1922 |
J A Middleton |
England |
1 |
Royal Army Service Corps |
| 1923 |
J D Clinch 30 |
Ireland |
30 |
Middlesex Regiment |
| 1924 |
C K T Faithful |
England |
3 |
Duke of Wellington's Regiment |
| R K Millar |
Scotland |
1 |
Royal Engineers |
| W J Stewart |
Ireland |
10 |
Indian Medical Services |
| A T Young |
England |
18 |
Royal Tank Regiment |
| 1925 |
W F Browne |
Ireland |
12 |
Duke of Wellington's Regiment |
| W H Stevenson |
Scotland |
1 |
Indian Army |
| 1926 |
A R Aslett |
England |
6 |
KORR |
| Sir Thomas Devitt |
England |
4 |
Seaforth Highlanders |
| T E Rees |
Wales |
4 |
Welsh Guards |
| J R B Worton |
England |
2 |
Middlesex Regiment |
| 1927 |
H McVicker |
Ireland |
5 |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| 1928 |
G V Palmer |
England |
3 |
Queen's Royal Regiment |
| D Turquand Young |
England |
5 |
Royal Tank Regiment |
| 1929 |
A L Novis |
England (Capt) |
7 |
Leicestershire Regiment |
| H Rew |
England |
10 |
Royal Tank Regiment |
| K M Wright |
Scotland |
4 |
Royal Artillery |
| Year |
Army Player |
Country |
No of Caps |
Regt/Corps |
| 1930 |
E W F de Vere Hunt |
Ireland |
5 |
Royal Artillery |
| D A Kendrew |
England (Capt) |
10 |
Leicestershire Regiment |
| 1931 |
G J Dean |
England |
1 |
Royal Tank Regiment |
| V J Pike |
Ireland |
13 |
Royal Army Chaplain's Department |
| H H C Withers |
Ireland |
5 |
Royal Engineers |
| 1932 |
R G S Hobbs |
England |
4 |
Royal Artillery |
| A Vaughan-Jones |
England |
3 |
Royal Artillery |
| 1933 |
E H Sadler |
England |
2 |
Royal Signals |
| CL Troop |
England |
2 |
Duke of Wellington's Regiment |
| 1934 |
B T V Cowey |
Wales |
4 |
Welch Regiment |
| J A Crawford |
Scotland |
1 |
Royal Engineers |
| 1935 |
R Leyland |
England |
3 |
Army Education Corps |
| H J Sayers |
Ireland |
10 |
Royal Artillery |
| 1936 |
C O'N Wallis |
Ireland |
1 |
East Surrey Regiment |
| B E W McCall |
Wales |
3 |
Welch Regiment |
| 1937 |
W M Inglis |
Scotland |
6 |
Royal Engineers |
| CL Melville |
Scotland |
3 |
Black Watch |
| F J Reynolds |
England |
3 |
Duke of Wellington's Regiment |
| E J Unwin |
England |
4 |
Middlesex Regiment |
| 1939 |
F J V Ford |
Wales |
1 |
Welch Regiment |
| Second World War 1939-1945 - international games were suspended for the duration |
| Year |
Army Player |
Country |
No of Caps |
Regt/Corps |
| 1947 |
F H Coutts |
Scotland |
3 |
King's Own Scottish Borders |
| G R Davies |
Wales |
11 |
Royal Signals |
| T G H Jackson |
Scotland |
12 |
Royal Signals |
| J Matthews |
Wales (Capt) |
17 |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| D D Valentine |
Scotland |
2 |
King's Own Scottish Borders |
| A G M Watt |
Scotland |
6 |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| D F White |
England |
14 |
Northamptonshire Regiment |
| N M Hall |
England (Capt) |
17 |
Royal Signals |
| 1948 |
A Cameron |
Scotland (Capt) |
17 |
Royal Artillery |
| 1949 |
D W C Smith |
Scotland |
8 |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| W C Major |
Wales |
2 |
Welch Regiment |
| Year |
Army Player |
Country |
No of Caps |
Regt/Corps |
| 1950 |
J L Baume |
England |
1 |
Royal Northumberland Fusiliers |
| JP Hyde |
England |
2 |
Northamptonshire Regiment |
| G C Phipps |
Ireland |
5 |
Royal Hampshire Regt |
| D M Scott |
Scotland |
10 |
KRRC |
| 1951 |
E M P Hardy |
England |
3 |
Duke of Wellington's Regiment |
| B A Neale |
England |
3 |
Royal Artillery |
| D W Shuttleworth |
England |
2 |
Duke of Wellington's Regiment |
| H M Thomson |
Scotland |
7 |
Royal Signals |
| 1952 |
D S Gilbert-Smith |
Scotland |
1 |
Duke of Wellington's Regiment |
| R C Bazley |
England |
10 |
Royal Engineers |
| J G M W Murphy |
Ireland |
6 |
Royal Army Chaplain's Department |
| R Roe |
Ireland |
21 |
Royal Army Chaplain's Department |
| 1953 |
R J Robins |
Wales |
13 |
Royal Signals |
| J S Swan |
Scotland |
17 |
Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers |
| 1954 |
R Higgins |
England |
13 |
Royal Signals |
| H F McLeod |
Scotland |
40 |
Royal Scots Greys |
| E J S Michie |
Scotland |
15 |
Royal Engineers |
| 1955 |
AB Edwards |
Wales |
2 |
Royal Army Education Corps |
| J H Hancock |
England |
2 |
Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers |
| 1956 |
N M Campbell |
Scotland |
2 |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| 1957 |
K J F Scotland |
Scotland (Capt) |
27 |
Royal Signals |
| 1958 |
N S Bruce |
Scotland |
31 |
Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
| H J Morgan |
Wales |
27 |
Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers |
| 1959 |
H O Godwin |
England |
11 |
Royal Leicestershire Regiment |
| Year |
Army Player |
Country |
No of Caps |
Regt/Corps |
| 1960 |
G W Payne |
Wales |
3 |
Royal Engineers |
| G Sharp |
Scotland |
4 |
Royal Signals |
| R B Shillinglaw |
Scotland |
5 |
King's Own Scottish Borders |
| 1961 |
M J Campbell-Lamerton |
Scotland (Capt) |
23 |
Duke of Wellington's Regiment |
| 1963 |
J P Fisher |
Scotland (Capt) |
25 |
Royal Army Chaplain's Department |
| 1964 |
T A Moroney |
Ireland |
3 |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| 1965 |
C P Simpson |
England |
1 |
Royal Anglian Regiment |
| 1966 |
J D MacDonald |
Scotland |
8 |
Royal Corps of Transport |
| M G Molloy |
Ireland |
27 |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| 1969 |
I S G Smith |
Scotland |
8 |
Royal Army Dental Corps |
| Year |
Army Player |
Country |
No of Caps |
Regt/Corps |
| 1985 |
B W McCall |
Ireland |
1 |
Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers |
| Year |
Army Player |
Country |
No of Caps |
Regt/Corps |
| 1992 |
R I Wainwright |
Scotland (Capt) |
27 |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| T A K Rodber |
England |
44 |
Green Howards |
| 1997 |
M J Stewart |
Scotland |
33 |
Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment |
| Year |
Army Player |
Country |
No of Caps |
Regt/Corps |
| 2009 |
A Satala |
Fiji |
6 |
1 Royal Regiment of Scotland |
