Frank Wrentmore
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| Full name | Frank Wrentmore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | fourth ¼ 1884 Pontypridd, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Frank Wrentmore (birth registered during fourth ¼ 1884 in Pontypridd) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Penygraig RFC, and club level rugby league (RL) for Mid-Rhondda, he served with the Somerset Light Infantry with the British Expeditionary Force in World War I.
Notable tour matches
[edit]Frank Wrentmore scored a try in Mid-Rhondda's 6–20 defeat by Australia at Mid Rhondda Athletic Grounds, Tonypandy.[1]
Christmas truce
[edit]Frank Wrentmore participated in the Christmas truce, a series of widespread unofficial ceasefires that took place along the Western Front around Christmas 1914, during World War I.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Peter Lush, David Farrar (1998). "Tries in the Valley: A History of Rugby League in Wales". London League Publications Ltd. ISBN 0952606437
- ^ "Christmas Truce 1914 → Wales". christmastruce.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 18 May 2006. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
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[edit]Categories:
- 1884 births
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Penygraig RFC players
- Rugby league players from Pontypridd
- Rugby union players from Pontypridd
- Somerset Light Infantry soldiers
- Welsh rugby league players
- Welsh rugby union players
- Participants of the Christmas truce of 1914
- Military personnel from Rhondda Cynon Taf