Francis Casement

Francis Casement

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Date of birth	(1881-10-29)29 October 1881
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Date of death	14 August 1967(1967-08-14) (aged 85)
Place of death	Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Notable relative(s)	Mabel Harrison (wife)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1906 Ireland 3 (0)

Major general Francis Casement (29 October 1881 — 14 August 1967) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Born in Dublin, Casement grew up in County Antrim and attended Coleraine Academical Institution, before returning to Dublin for studies at Trinity College. He played rugby for Dublin University and gained three Ireland caps as a centre three-quarter in the 1906 Home Nations, which included a win over England at Leicester.

Casement served as a brevet lieutenant colonel on the Western Front and in Gallipoli with the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War I. Mentioned three times in dispatches, Casement was decorated with the Legion of Honour, Distinguished Service Order (and bar) and the Order of St John.

After the war, Casement spent time in Mauritius as the island's principal medical officer and on his return home served as a director with Army Medical Services. He was named honorary surgeon to King George VI shortly before retiring to Ballycastle and in 1951 became the High Sheriff of Antrim.

See also

• List of Ireland national rugby union players

External links

• Francis Casement at ESPNscrum