death_date ru_nationalcaps ru_proclubs birth_date ru_nationalyears university ru_nationalteam death_place ru_nationalpoints image school ru_position name other caption birth_place relatives nickname article_title birth_name
04 may 1915 17 oxford university rfc harlequins liverpool 12 september 1889 1909 -- 1914 balliol college , oxford england ploegsteert -lrb- 28 -rrb- ronald poulton-palmer . jpg dragon school ; rugby school , centre threequarter -lrb- sometimes wing threequarter -rrb- ronald poulton yes poulton in 1911 headington , england edward uncle bagnall poulton , father george william palmer , ronnie ronald poulton-palmer
 ronald william poulton
ronald poulton-palmer

ronald william poulton -lrb- later sometimes poulton palmer -rrb- -lrb- 12 september 1889 -- 5 may 1915 -rrb- was an english rugby union footballer , who captained and was killed in the first world war .
born in headington , he was the son of sir edward bagnall poulton , the zoologist and his wife emily palmer .
he was educated at dragon school , rugby school , and balliol college , oxford .
