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Cyril Lowe

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Cyril Nelson "Kit" Lowe, (7 October 1891 – 6 February 1983) was an English rugby union footballer who held England's international try scoring record for over sixty years, a First World War flying ace credited with nine victories, and supposedly the inspiration for W. E. Johns' character "Biggles". [1]

84 relations: Aircraft pilot, Albatros D.III, Arthur Gilligan, Bailleul, Nord, Biggles, Blackheath F.C., Blue (university sport), Cambridge University R.U.F.C., Cardiff, Cardiff Arms Park, Colombes, Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom), Dublin, Dulwich College, England, England national rugby union team, Eric Loudoun-Shand, Flight commander, Flight International, Flying ace, Fontaine-lès-Croisilles, France, Frank Gilligan, Gazette, Grahame Donald, Grand Slam (rugby union), Group captain, Holbeach, Ian Smith (Scottish rugby player born 1903), Inverleith, Ireland, John Eric Greenwood, Karl Nunes, Keith Park, Lansdowne Road, Leicester, Lincolnshire, List of top England international rugby union points scorers and try scorers, Mandatory Iraq, Military Cross, No. 1 Squadron RAF, No. 11 Squadron RAF, No. 2 Flying Training School RAF, No. 24 Squadron RAF, No. 43 Squadron RAF, No. 602 Squadron RAF, Oxford University Air Squadron, P. G. Wodehouse, Paris, RAF Armoured Car Company, ..., RAF Digby, RAF Tangmere, Reinhold Jörke, Ronald T. Mark, Rory Underwood, Royal Air Force, Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2, Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5, Royal Army Service Corps, Royal Auxiliary Air Force, Royal Flying Corps, Rugby union, Rugby union positions, Scotland, Six Nations Championship, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, The Times, Twickenham, Twickenham Stadium, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Varsity match, W. E. Johns, Wales, Welford Road Stadium, West Indies cricket team, Western Front (World War I), William David Doherty, World War I, 1914 Five Nations Championship, 1920 Five Nations Championship, 1921 Five Nations Championship, 1922 Five Nations Championship, 1923 Five Nations Championship. Expand index (34 more) »

Aircraft pilot

An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls.

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Albatros D.III

The Albatros D.III was a biplane fighter aircraft used by the Imperial German Army Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte) during World War I. A modified licence model was built by Oeffag for the Austro-Hungarian Air Service (''Luftfahrtruppen'').

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Arthur Gilligan

Arthur Edward Robert Gilligan (23 December 1894 – 5 September 1976) was an English first-class cricketer who captained the England cricket team nine times in 1924 and 1925, winning four Test matches, losing four and drawing one.

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Bailleul, Nord

Bailleul (Belle in Dutch) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

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Biggles

James Bigglesworth, nicknamed "Biggles", is a fictional pilot and adventurer, the title character and hero of the Biggles series of adventure books, written for young readers by W. E. Johns (1893–1968).

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Blackheath F.C.

Blackheath Football Club is a rugby union club based in Well Hall, Eltham in south-east London, now playing National 1 league rugby at Well Hall, having moved from the famous Rectory Field in Blackheath at the end of the 2015-16 season.

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Blue (university sport)

A blue is an award earned by athletes at a university and some schools for competition at the highest level.

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Cambridge University R.U.F.C.

The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, sometimes abbreviated "CURUFC", is the rugby union club of the University of Cambridge.

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Cardiff

Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital of, and largest city in, Wales, and the eleventh-largest city in the United Kingdom.

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Cardiff Arms Park

Cardiff Arms Park (Parc yr Arfau Caerdydd), also known as The Arms Park and the BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park for sponsorship reasons from September 2014, is situated in the centre of Cardiff, Wales.

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Colombes

Colombes is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France.

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Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)

The Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) is the third-level military decoration awarded to personnel of the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force and other services, and formerly to officers of other Commonwealth countries, instituted for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy".

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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Dulwich College

Dulwich College is a boarding and day independent school for boys in Dulwich in southeast London, England.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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England national rugby union team

The England national rugby union team competes in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales.

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Eric Loudoun-Shand

Eric Gordon Loudoun-Shand MC TD MA (born Eric Gordon Shand; 31 March 1893) was a Rugby Union international who played for Scotland and captained Oxford University's Rugby side in the 1919 Varsity Match.

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Flight commander

A flight commander is the leader of a constituent portion of an aerial squadron in aerial operations, often into combat.

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Flight International

Flight International (or simply Flight) is a weekly magazine focused on aerospace, published in the United Kingdom.

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Flying ace

A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy aircraft during aerial combat.

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Fontaine-lès-Croisilles

Fontaine-lès-Croisilles is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Frank Gilligan

Frank William Gilligan OBE (20 September 1893 in Denmark Hill, London – 4 May 1960 in Wanganui, New Zealand) was an English cricketer who played for Oxford University and was an integral part of the Essex county side for ten years.

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Gazette

A gazette is an official journal, a newspaper of record, or simply a newspaper.

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Grahame Donald

Air Marshal Sir David Grahame Donald, (27 July 1891 – 23 December 1976), often known as Sir Grahame Donald, was a Royal Naval Air Service pilot during the First World War, a senior Royal Air Force (RAF) officer between the wars and a senior RAF commander during the Second World War.

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Grand Slam (rugby union)

In rugby union, a Grand Slam (Irish: Caithréim Mhór. Welsh: Y Gamp Lawn. French: Grand Chelem) occurs when one team in the Six Nations Championship (or its Five Nations predecessor) manages to beat all the others during one year's competition.

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Group captain

Group captain is a senior commissioned rank in many air forces.

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Holbeach

Holbeach is a fenland market town in the South Holland district of southern Lincolnshire, England.

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Ian Smith (Scottish rugby player born 1903)

Ian Scott Smith (31 October 1903 – 18 September 1972) was a rugby union wing who played 32 Tests for Scotland and two Tests for the British Isles.

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Inverleith

Inverleith (Inbhir Lìte) is an inner suburb in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland, on the fringes of the central region of the city.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic.

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John Eric Greenwood

John Eric Greenwood (known as Jenny Greenwood) was a rugby union international who represented England from 1912 to 1920.

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Karl Nunes

Robert Karl Nunes (7 June 1894 – 23 July 1958) was a West Indian cricketer who played in West Indies' first Test in their inaugural Test tour of England as wicketkeeper and captain.

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Keith Park

Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Rodney Park, (15 June 1892 – 6 February 1975) was a New Zealand soldier, First World War flying ace and Second World War Royal Air Force commander.

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Lansdowne Road

The Lansdowne Road Stadium (Bóthar Lansdúin) was a stadium in Dublin owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) that was primarily for used rugby union and association football matches.

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Leicester

Leicester ("Lester") is a city and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire.

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Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in east central England.

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List of top England international rugby union points scorers and try scorers

This is a list of the leading English appearance makers, point scorers and try scorers in Men's rugby union Test matches.

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Mandatory Iraq

The Kingdom of Iraq under British Administration, or Mandatory Iraq (الانتداب البريطاني على العراق), was created in 1921, following the 1920 Iraqi Revolt against the proposed British Mandate of Mesopotamia, and enacted via the 1922 Anglo-Iraqi Treaty.

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Military Cross

The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and used to be awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries.

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No. 1 Squadron RAF

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No. 11 Squadron RAF

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No. 2 Flying Training School RAF

No.2 Flying Training School is a Flying Training School (FTS) of the Royal Air Force (RAF).

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No. 24 Squadron RAF

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No. 43 Squadron RAF

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No. 602 Squadron RAF

602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron is a Royal Auxiliary Air Force squadron.

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Oxford University Air Squadron

The Oxford University Air Squadron, abbreviated Oxford UAS, or OUAS, formed in 1925, is the training unit of the Royal Air Force at the University of Oxford and forms part of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

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P. G. Wodehouse

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (15 October 188114 February 1975) was an English author and one of the most widely read humourists of the 20th century.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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RAF Armoured Car Company

The RAF Armoured Car Companies were part of Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) based in Iraq, Palestine and Transjordan.

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RAF Digby

Royal Air Force Digby otherwise known as RAF Digby is Royal Air Force station located near Scopwick and south east of Lincoln, in Lincolnshire, England.

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RAF Tangmere

RAF Tangmere which was in Tangmere, 3 miles (5 km) east of Chichester, West Sussex, England, was a Royal Air Force station famous for its role in the Battle of Britain.

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Reinhold Jörke

Offizierstellvertreter (Warrant Officer) Reinhold Jörke was a World War I flying ace credited with 14 confirmed aerial victories.

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Ronald T. Mark

Ronald Turnbull Mark, (born 1898, date of death unknown) was a British flying ace of the First World War who was credited with 14 aerial victories.

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Rory Underwood

Rory Underwood MBE (born 19 June 1963) is an English former rugby union footballer who played wing for Leicester Tigers and the Royal Air Force.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force.

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Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2

Between 1911 and 1914, the Royal Aircraft Factory used the F.E.2 (Farman Experimental 2) designation for three quite different aircraft that shared only a common "Farman" pusher biplane layout.

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Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5

The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 was a British biplane fighter aircraft of the First World War.

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Royal Army Service Corps

The Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) was a corps of the British Army responsible for land, coastal and lake transport, air despatch, barracks administration, the Army Fire Service, staffing headquarters' units, supply of food, water, fuel and domestic materials such as clothing, furniture and stationery and the supply of technical and military equipment.

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Royal Auxiliary Air Force

The Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF), formerly the Auxiliary Air Force (AAF), together with the Air Force Reserve, is a component of Her Majesty's Reserve Air Forces (Reserve Forces Act 1996, Part 1, Para 1,(2),(c)).

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Royal Flying Corps

The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the air arm of the British Army before and during the First World War, until it merged with the Royal Naval Air Service on 1 April 1918 to form the Royal Air Force.

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Rugby union

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Rugby union positions

In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards (numbered 1–8) and seven backs (numbered 9–15).

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Six Nations Championship

The Six Nations Championship (recently known as the NatWest 6 Nations for sponsorship reasons) is an annual international rugby union competition between the teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales.

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Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir

The Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir (also known as the Stade Olympique de Colombes, or simply Colombes to the locals) is a rugby, track and association football stadium in Colombes, near Paris, France.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.

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Twickenham

Twickenham is a suburban area and town in Greater London, lying on the River Thames 10.2 miles west-southwest of the centre of London.

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Twickenham Stadium

Twickenham Stadium (usually known as Twickenham or Twickers) is a rugby union stadium in Twickenham, south west London, England.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford (formally The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford) is a collegiate research university located in Oxford, England.

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Varsity match

A varsity match is a sporting fixture between two university rivals.

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W. E. Johns

William Earl Johns (5 February 189321 June 1968) was an English First World War pilot, and writer of adventure stories, usually written under the pen name Captain W. E. Johns.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Welford Road Stadium

Welford Road is a rugby union stadium in Leicester, England, and is the home ground for Leicester Tigers.

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West Indies cricket team

The West Indies cricket team, colloquially known as and (since June 2017) officially branded as the Windies, is a multi-national cricket team representing the Caribbean region and administered by Cricket West Indies.

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Western Front (World War I)

The Western Front was the main theatre of war during the First World War.

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William David Doherty

William David Doherty, M.A., M.Ch., F.R.C.S., known as George Doherty was a medical superintendent of Guy's Hospital, London, and a former captain of the Ireland national rugby union team.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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1914 Five Nations Championship

The 1914 Five Nations Championship was the fifth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship following the inclusion of France into the Home Nations Championship.

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1920 Five Nations Championship

The 1920 Five Nations Championship was the sixth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship following the inclusion of France into the Home Nations Championship, and the first played since the 1914 Games due to World War I. Including the previous Home Nations Championships, this was the thirty-third series of the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship.

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1921 Five Nations Championship

The 1921 Five Nations Championship was the seventh series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship following the inclusion of France into the Home Nations Championship.

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1922 Five Nations Championship

The 1922 Five Nations Championship was the eighth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship following the inclusion of France into the Home Nations Championship.

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1923 Five Nations Championship

The 1923 Five Nations Championship was the ninth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship following the inclusion of France into the Home Nations Championship.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_Lowe

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