'The Final Whistle: the Great War in Fifteen Players'
by Stephen Cooper will be published by The History Press in August 2012.
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“Stephen Cooper has written a haunting and beautiful book. Here we see the grinding slaughter and the everyday humanity of men hurled into the abyss of modern warfare at its most terrible. His book tells the story of men from one rugby club but it is a universal narrative of heroism and loss. He writes superbly and has produced a book of commendable scholarship. I cannot recommend it enough." - Fergal Keane
“A fresh and fascinating take on the impact of the Great War with a novel and moving focus” - Ian Hislop.
“This is a deeply moving book about the loss of fifteen members of Rosslyn Park Rugby Club during the Great War. A War that scarred Britain and took so many fine men, who had they lived would have enriched this country. The lives of these young men, all so promising, are poignantly and vividly recalled by historian Stephen Cooper.”- Max Arthur
Author’s royalties go to the Rosslyn Park Injury Trust and the Prostate Cancer Charity.
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Rosslyn Park FC rugby Club was founded in 1879. In the Great War of 1914-18, rugby players were quick to set a 'glorious example', doing their duty with tragic results. This amateur sporting club from South West London lost over 80 members, a heavy toll for a single club. 350 members served in the War and decorations awarded were: 2 Victoria Crosses, 11 DSO (2 with bar), 63 Military Crosses, 1 Military Medal, 4 DSC, 1 DCM, 1 KBE, 2 Croix de Guerre. This website tells their story.
Please read on. We hope you will be touched by the story of these brave young men who left the field of play in England, never to return.
Park moved its ground and clubhouse to its present home in Roehampton, London in 1956. A lost generation of rugby-playing soldiers, sailors and airmen are remembered in their home towns, or where they fell on the field of battle, but they have no fitting memorial at the Club they represented on the sporting field. 
In October 2009, Rosslyn Park's U15 team inaugurated an exchange partnership with RCC Compiegne, France, site of the Armistice on 11th November 1918. This tour honoured the fallen of both clubs.
« Nous nous souviendrions d'eux, à jamais!»
Rosslyn Park FC fut fondé en 1879. Pendant la Grande Guerre de 1914 - 1918, ses joueurs de rugby furent en première ligne pour montrer un "chemin glorieux", qui devait aussi s'avérer tragique.
Ce club sportif amateur du Sud Ouest de Londres perdit plus de 70 de ses jeunes membres, un bilan extraordinairement lourd pour un seul club. 350 membres servirent pendant la guerre et ont reçu de très nombreuses médailles et citations: 2 Croix de Victoria, 11 DCO (2 avec hommages), 63 Croix Militaires, 1 Médaille Militaire, 4 DCS, 1 DCM, 1 KBE, 2 Croix de Guerre.
Continuez s' il vous plait à lire ce site. Nous espérons que vous serez touchés par l’histoire de ces hommes braves qui quittèrent le terrain de jeu pour celui des batailles d'ou ils ne reviendraient jamais. Depuis cette époque, Rosslyn Park a emménagé sur son terrain et dans son Club House actuels de Roehampton. Une génération perdue de soldats, marins ou aviateurs - joueurs laissent un souvenir éternel dans leurs villes, sur les champs de bataille de leur chute, et pourtant ils n'ont pas de mémorial au Club lui même.
Si vous voulez partager vos réflexions ou si vous avez des informations concernant les joueurs de Rosslyn Park morts pendant la Grande Guerre, merci de bien vouloir nous envoyer un email à l'adresse suivante : enquiry@rugbyremembers.co.uk