David McLaren Bain

Capt. David McLaren Bain (10 September 1891 – 3 June 1915) was a Scotland rugby union player.

For other people named David Bain, see David Bain (disambiguation).

Bain was born in Edinburgh, to William Bain and Edith Frederika McLaren Bain.[1] He played for Oxford University RFC and was capped for Scotland in 1911–14.[2] Bain had captained Scotland against Wales in 1914.[3]

He was killed in France in World War I, while serving with the Gordon Highlanders.[2][3]

See also
  • List of international rugby union players killed in action during the First World War

References
  1. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
  2. Bath, p. 109
  3. "An entire team wiped out by the Great War". The Scotsman. 6 November 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  • Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
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