Edwin Mayfield
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| Born | W. Edwin Mayfield 21 July 1870 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 18 January 1961 (aged 90) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Lockers Park School The Leys School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Caius College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Solicitor & soldier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edwin Mayfiled (21 July 1870 – 18 January 1961)[1] was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cambridge University, and was also a member of the first official British Lions tour in 1891. He was educated for the law but became a professional soldier.
Mayfield was born in Brantingham, Yorkshire in 1870 to Joseph Robinson Mayfield, a paper manufacturer from Hemel Hempstead. Mayfield was educated at several schools, including Lockers Park School and The Leys School, before going up to Caius College, Cambridge in 1888.[2] He graduated in 1891 and was called to the bar, through the Middle Temple in 1898.
Mayfield was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Sussex Militia Artillery on 2 March 1900.[3] He saw active service during the First World War, reaching the temporary rank of lieutenant colonel and also served with the newly formed Royal Air Force.