David McLaren Bain

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

David McLaren Bain
Born	(1891-09-10)10 September 1891 Edinburgh, Scotland
Died	3 June 1915(1915-06-03) (aged 23) France
Cause of death	in action in World War I
Nationality	Scottish
Occupation	rugby union player
Parents	William Bain (father) Edith Frederika McLaren Bain (mother)

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

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 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)

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves database
• An entire team wiped out by the Great War (The Scotsman)