Blair Swannell information

Blair Swannell
	Major B. I. Swannell
Birth name	Blair Inskip Swannell
Date of birth	20 August 1875
Place of birth	Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire, England
Date of death	25 April 1915 (aged 39)
Place of death	Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, Adrianople Vilayet, Ottoman Turkey
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	77 kg (12 st 2 lb)
School	Repton School
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	forward, number 8
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
; ; ?–1904; 1904–?	Olney RFC; Western Turks; Northampton; Northern Suburbs Rugby Club
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
	East Midlands
International career
Years	Team
1899,1904; 1905	British Isles; Australia
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom; Australia
Service/branch	British Army; Australian Army
Years of service	1902–03; (UK); 1914-15; (Australia)
Rank	First Lieutenant (UK); Major (Australia)
Unit	35th Battalion (Buckinghamshire), Imperial Yeomanry (1902-03); 1st Battalion, Australian Expeditionary Force (1914-15)
Battles/wars	Second Boer War; World War I Gallipoli campaign Landing at Anzac Cove †; ;

Blair Inskip Swannell (20 August 1875 – 25 April 1915)^[1] was an English-born international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Northampton, and internationally for the British Isles and later Australia. He was invited to tour with the British Isles on their 1899 tour of Australia and then their 1904 tour of Australia and New Zealand. He played a total of seven Test matches on these tours, and scored one Test try – against Australia during the 1904 tour. After settling in Australia, Swannell played a single game for his new home when they faced New Zealand. He was viewed as a violent player, and this made him unpopular with other players. Former Australian captain Herbert Moran said of him that "... his conception of rugby was one of trained violence".^[7]

During the Second Boer War, Swannell served in the British Army in South Africa, rising to the rank of lieutenant.

During the First World War he transferred from the Australian Army to the Australian Imperial Force in September 1914; and, retaining his rank of captain, he served with the 1st Battalion. Promoted to major on 1 January 1915, he was killed on 25 April 1915 while taking part in the Landing at Anzac Cove, during the first day of the Gallipoli Campaign.^[8]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Scrum.com player profile of Blair Swannell". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
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^ ^a ^b "Scrum.com Test match details of Blair Swannell". Scrum.com. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Heroes Collection: The great Edgar Mobbs & the great Tom Richards". World Rugby Museum. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
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^ "Blair Swannell : Rugby Player". World War 1 talk. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
^ Moran, Paddy; Viewless Winds – the recollections and digressions of an Australian surgeon; P Davies Pub., London (1939)
^ Lane, Daniel, "ANZAC hero Ted Larkin: The greatest sacrifice of all", The Sydney Morning Herald, (18 April 2015).

[scrum-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Scrum.com player profile of Blair Swannell". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.

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[scrum2-3] "Scrum.com Test match details of Blair Swannell". Scrum.com. Retrieved 30 August 2010.

[heroes-4] "Heroes Collection: The great Edgar Mobbs & the great Tom Richards". World Rugby Museum. Retrieved 31 August 2010.

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[6] "Blair Swannell : Rugby Player". World War 1 talk. Retrieved 31 August 2010.

[Moran_1939-7] Moran, Paddy; Viewless Winds – the recollections and digressions of an Australian surgeon; P Davies Pub., London (1939)

[8] Lane, Daniel, "ANZAC hero Ted Larkin: The greatest sacrifice of all", The Sydney Morning Herald, (18 April 2015).

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