>From The Times 1875.08.11 On the 5th or 6th July at Cherat, Punjab of abscess of the liver Lieut C Arthur CROMPTON Royal Engineers, the beloved son of Colonel W CROMPTON of Cheltenham. http://members.tripod.com/~Glosters/offzdiedc.htm GRAVE AT PESHAWAR CHARLES ARTHUR CROMPTON LIEUTENANT ROYAL ENGINEERS DIED 6TH JULY 1875 AGED 26 STRONG, BRAVE AND STRAIGHT FORWARD, FAITHFUL HONOURABLE & TRUE England - Two Royal Engineers (Sappers); Lieutenant CW SHERRARD RE (2 England caps) and Lieutenant CA CROMPTON RE (1 England cap), both members of Blackheath RFC, became the first soldiers to gain the distinction of playing for their country (England) in the first ever international game. The Scotland v England match played at Raeburn Place in Edinburgh, 27 March 1871, in front of a crowd of 4,000 (Scotland won by one goal and one try to one goal, the teams were 20-a-side and Halves were 50 minutes each). Derek Crompton London south-east