Albert Luvian Wade

Albert Wade
Birth name	Albert Luvian Wade
Date of birth	20 September 1884
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death	28 April 1917 (aged 32)
Place of death	Oppy Wood, Arras, France
School	Dulwich College
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Scrum-half
Senior career
Years	Team
	London Scottish F.C.; Barbarian F.C.
International career
Years	Team
1908	Scotland

Lt. Albert Luvian Wade (20 September 1884 – 28 April 1917) was a Scottish rugby union player. He was killed in World War I.^[3]

Early life

Wade, known as Bertie, was born in Glasgow. He attended Dulwich College, where he captained the First XV.^[1]

Rugby union career

He played for London Scottish FC and was capped for Scotland on 21 March 1908,^[3] at Inverleith in the Scotland vs England match which was won by Scotland.

Military service

Wade was killed at Oppy Wood, near Arras on 28 April 1917, whilst serving as a Lieutenant in 17th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment, on temporary attachment to a trench mortar battery. He was 32 years of age and has no known grave, being commemorated on the Arras Memorial.^[4]