William St Clair Grant

William St Clair Grant Jnr. was the son of a Scottish international rugby player, born in Bhaugulpore, Bengal, India.

Cricket career

Grant also played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club.

Military career

He served in World War I and died of his wounds in a field hospital near Passchendaele, Belgium at the age of 24. He was a captain in the Cameroon Highlanders. He had just been awarded the Military Cross and the Croix de Guerre Belge.

Family

His father - also named William St Clair Grant - was capped twice for against England in 1873–1874. His father also played for Craigmount RFC.
He appears to be the son of the second wife of the rugby international - Camille Grant - who William St Clair Grant had married at Bhaugulpore on 30 April 1892. The William St Clair Grant had previously married Wilhelmina Henrietta Clair Smith at Bhaugulpore on 7 January 1881 but she died there in 1884. William Sr died at Bhaugulpore 17 February 1896 aged 42 having been capped when he was only 19.