Hal Withers

Henry Hastings Cavendish Withers was a British Army officer, engineer and Ireland international rugby union player of the 1930s.
The son of an Army colonel, Withers was born in Bengal and educated at Cheltenham College.
Withers, a forward, was a product of Army rugby and gained five Ireland caps. He played all of Ireland's 1931 Five Nations fixtures and featured against the touring Springboks at the end of the year.
A graduate of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Withers was commissioned into the Royal Engineers and posted to India in 1934. He served as a garrison engineer in Quetta and in 1940 was decorated with Distinguished Service Order for "gallant and distinguished services" on active service during World War II.