Recognising every Lion

In 2014, the Lions Trust met with the desire to bring all players together somehow, to create something to unite them, connecting the generations and providing recognition of each player’s contribution to the heritage of the Lions.

In the years that followed, the Trust began a very special project to bestow upon each Lion an official number, signifying the order they first crossed the whitewash in the famous red jersey, alongside a unique embroidered cap. Each cap is a one-off, hand stitched and bears the unique playing number awarded only to players who have played competitively, wearing the Lions jersey. Only one has been, and will ever be, produced with each Lions number.

In 2017 we began the process of tracking down each and every Lion and presenting them with their Lions number and cap. Watch this short video filmed in 2018 featuring Tom Grace (former chairman), Ronnie Dawson and Sam Warburton to find out more…

 

 

Lions Hunt: do you know a Lion?

We have currently capped 411 living Lions and presented caps to 87 family members of Lions who are sadly no longer with us, dating back to the very first Tour in 1888. Among them was the cap of Lion #5 Harry Eagles, which was presented to great-grandson Mark Jones last year. In this video Mark explains the process of claiming the cap, and how much it means to the family.

 

 

If you know of a living Lion that has not been capped please email trust@lionsrugby.com to get in touch. If you are a relative of a Lion and would like to claim the commemorative cap for your family, please read on for how to make a claim. In time, we hope to find a rightful home for the caps of all 835 Lions, so that they may be treasured and passed on through the generations.

 

 

Apply to claim a Lions cap

To claim a Lion as part of one’s family is something to make present and future generations justifiably proud and we welcome hearing from our Lions relatives. Recognising past Lions is an honour and privilege we take extremely seriously. We are committed to ensuring that recognition is awarded to the closest, genuine relatives of past players. To this end, we ask all applicants, who are not immediate family, to provide evidence of their relationship. If you have a Lion in your family and would like to claim their Lions cap, please download the next of kin verification checklist for details of the evidence required to support your claim.
Please forward your letter of application and accompanying documents to:
The 1888 Club
The British & Irish Lions
1st Floor
Simmonscourt House
Simmonscourt Road
Ballsbridge
Dublin 4
Ireland
Once we have verified your relationship we will be delighted to deliver the commemorative cap to treasure within your family. If you have any queries, please get in touch with the Lions Trust: trust@lionsrugby.com
On behalf of the entire Lions family, we extend our thanks to all those seeking to continue to cherish the memory of the Lions.

Our Uncapped Lions

Lions No.

Full Name

1 Jack Anderton
2 Tom Banks
3 Walter Bumby
4 Robert Burnet
6 Tommy Haslam
8 Alexander James Laing
11 Robert Seddon
12 Henry Speakman
13 Andrew Stoddart
14 William Thomas
15 Samuel Williams
16 Arthur Paul
17 Angus Stuart
18 William Burnet
19 Alfred Penketh
20 Herbert Brooks
21 John Smith
22 David Macswaine
23 Thomas Bryce
24 Deacon Wadsworth
25 Jack Clowes

Lions No.

Full Name

26 Randolph Aston
27 William Bromet
28 Paul Clauss
29 John Gould
30 Johnny Hammond
31 Philip Hancock
32 William Maclagan
33 Robert Macmillan
34 William Mitchell
35 Arthur Rotherham
36 Clement Simpson
37 Robert Thompson
38 William Thorman
39 Thomas Whittaker
40 William Wotherspoon
41 Edward Bromet
42 Howard Marshall
43 Edwin Mayfield
44 Walter Jackson
45 Bertwine Roscoe
46 Aubone Surtees

Lions No.

Full Name

47 Sydney Bell
48 Cecil Boyd
49 Lawrence Bulger
51 Walter Carey
53 Thomas Crean
54 Robert  Johnston
55 Osbert Mackie
57 Co  Robinson
59 Alexander Todd
61 Arthur Meares
62 William Mortimer
63 Matthew Mullineux
64 Reginald Mullins
65 George Lee

Lions No.

Full Name

66 Charles Adamson
68 Frederick Belson
70 Gerald Doran
71 George Gibson
72 Hugh Gray
73 John Jarman
74 Arthur Martelli
75 Thomas Mcgown
76 Erith Nicholls
77 Frank Stout
78 Charles Thompson
79 Alec Timms
80 George Cookson
81 John Francomb
82 Guy Evers
83 William Judkins
84 Elliot Nicholson

Lions No.

Full Name

86 David Bedell – Sivrigh
87 Gilbert Collett
88 Ian Davidson
89 Thomas Gibson
90 John Gillespie
91 Edward Harrison
92 Alfred Hind
93 Mark Morrison
94 Robert Neill
95 William Scott
96 Reginald Skrimshire
97 Alfred Tedford
100 Edward Walker
101 William Cave
102 Patrick Hancock
103 Louis Greig
104 Robertson Smyth
105 James Hosack

Lions No.

Full Name

107 Percy Bush
108 Sydney Crowther
109 Reginald Edwards
110 Rhys Gabe
111 Arthur Harding
112 Frank Hulme
114 Edward  Morgan
115 Arthur O’brien
116 Stuart Saunders
117 Christopher Stanger-Leathes
118 David Trail
119 Patrick Mcevedy
120 Charles Patterson
121 John Sharland
122 Thomas Vile
123 Denys Dobson
124 William Jowett
125 Ronald Rogers
126 John Fisher
127 Burnett Massey

Lions No.

Full Name

129 Robert Dibble
130 Reginald Gibbs
131 Edward Jackett
133 Gerald Kyrke
134 Herbert Laxon
135 Edgar Morgan
136 William Oldham
137 John Ritson
139 John Frederick Williams
140 John Lewis Williams
142 John Dyke
143 Herbert Archer
144 Frederick Chapman
145 Rowland Griffiths
146 Frederick Jackson
147 Henry Vassall
148 Gerald Williams
149 Guy Hind
150 James Jones
151 William Morgan
152 Leonard Thomas
153 Robert Green

Lions No.

Full Name

154 John Ashby
155 Barrie Bennetts
156 Percy Diggle
157 Edward Fuller
159 Anthony Henniker-Gotley
160 Ernest Holmwood
161 Walter Huntingford
162 Harold Monks
163 Alexander Palmer
164 John Raphael
165 Whalley Stranach
166 Peter Strang
167 Martin Tweed
168 Horace Ward
169 William Fraser
170 Stanley Smith
171 Henry Fraser
172 Robert Waddell
173 Henry Whitehead

Lions No.

Full Name

174 Albert Baker
175 George Isherwood
176 Henry Jarman
177 Arthur Mcclinton
178 Maurice Neale
179 Charles Pillman
180 Oliver Piper
181 William Robertson
182 Dyne Smith
183 Thomas Smyth
184 John Spoors
185 Robert Stevenson
186 Philip Waller
187 Stanley Williams
188 Frank Handford
189 Reginald Plummer
192 William Tyrell
193 Charles Timms
194 Edward O’donovan Crean
195 Thomas Richards
196 Noel Humphreys
197 Willam Ashby
198 Eric Milroy
199 James Webb

Lions No.

Full Name

200 Arthur Blakiston
202 Daniel Drysdale
203 Stanley Harris
204 Kelvin Hendrie
205 Thomas Holliday
206 Robert Howie
207 Roy Kinnear
209 Douglas Marsden-Jones
211 Andrew Ross
212 Herbert Waddell
213 William Wallace
214 Arthur Young
215 James Bordass
217 Douglas Davies
218 Vincent Griffiths
219 Rowe Harding
221 Ian Smith
222 Anthony Voyce
223 Michael Bradley
224 Thomas Brand
225 Reginald Maxwell
226 Herbert Whitley
227 Harold Davies
228 Robert Henderson

Lions No.

Full Name

231 Arthur Allen
232 James Farrell
233 Thomas Gubb
234 Arthur Hamilton-Smythe
235 Ernest Hammett
236 Douglas Law
237 George Mcilwaine
238 Charles Payne
239 Theodore Pike
240 Wilfred Sobey
241 Edward Taylor
242 Roger Wakefield
243 Jack Wallens
244 Guy Wilson
245 Granville Coghlan
246 Peter Douty
247 Robert Kelly
248 Jules Malfroy
249 David Macmyn
251 Donald Troup

Lions No.

Full Name

253 George Beamish
254 Brian Black
257 Ivor Jones
258 Douglas Kendrew
259 Thomas Knowles
260 Samuel Martindale
261 John Morley
263 Henry Rew
264 William Welsh
266 Roy Jennings
268 Henry O’hara O’neill
270 Howard Poole
271 James Reeve
272 Harry Wilkinson
274 Harold Jones
275 Thomas Jones-Davies
276 Frank Prentice
277 John Bassett

Lions No.

Full Name

278 Charles Beamish
279 Charles Boyle
280 John Brett
281 Owen Chadwick
283 Bernard Gadney
284 Peter Hobbs
285 Thomas Huskisson
286 William Pratten
288 John Tallent
289 Ernest Unwin
290 Harold Uren
291 William Weston
292 John A’bear
294 George Hancock
295 John Moll
297 Robert Prescott

Lions No.

Full Name

299 Robert Alexander
300 William Clement
302 James Giles
304 Vivian Jenkins
305 Roy Leyland
308 Frank Reynolds
311 Samuel Walker
312 Stanley Couchman
319 Ivor Williams
321 Gerald Dancer
322 Arthur Purchas
 

Lions No.

Full Name

328 Donald Hayward
334 James Nelson
336 Gordon Rimmer
338 Rees Stephens
341 Clifton Davies
343 Enerst John
344 Ken Jones
345 Peter Kininmonth
347 James Mckay
349 John Robins
350 David Davies
351 Noel Henderson
353 Bleddyn Williams
355 Douglas Smith

Lions No.

Full Name

358 James Greenwood
359 Reginald Higgins
363 Clifford Morgan
365 Arthur  Smith
367 Robin Thompson
370 Dyson Wilson
371 Dickie Jeeps
374 James Quinn
376 Robin Roe
377 Frank Sykes
378 Douglas Baker

Lions No.

Full Name

390 Peter Jackson
391 David Marques
396 Benjamin Wood
401 John Faull
409 Gordon Waddell

Lions No.

Full Name

414 Stanley Hodgson
416 Kingsley Jones
429 Keith Rowlands
432 Herbert Godwin
435 John Brown
436 Glyn Davidge

Lions No.

Full Name

440 Charles Norris
458 Gareth Prothero
459 Finbarr Bresnihan
 

Lions No.

Full Name

470 John Turner
482 Kenneth Goodall
 

Lions No.

Full Name

486 Gordon Brown

Lions No.

Full Name

512 Clive Rees
513 Andrew Ripley

Lions No.

Full Name

561 Maurice Colclough

Lions No.

Full Name

629 Christopher Oti