Full name | John William Forrest | ||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Barnet, London, England | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 18 March 1963 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Bath, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||||
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John William Forrest was an English international rugby union player.
A Royal Navy commander, Forrest was a product of services rugby and gained 10 England caps as a second row forward during the early 1930s, which included the 1934 triple crown. [1] [2]
Forrest moved to Bath in the 1950s after retiring from the Navy and founded the Bath Christian Aid Week committee. [3]
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