Club sad to report the death of former Club Captain Bill Prince

The following message has come from Past President John Church

Some bad news.

Bill Prince : Club Captain 1983

We have to report that  Bill died on Sunday 23rd October at his pub in Oxfordshire

Full details are not yet available

Funeral details below.

Bill was originally from Wigan and joined the Club after service in the Navy latterly at HMS Warrior.

As well as being a tenacious scrum half his encouragement of his pack was legendary and not to be heard or repeated by the faint hearted.

A genuine character!

Bill's family have confirmed funeral arrangements as follows

Thursday 10th November at 3pm
at
St John's Chapel Crematorium
Bayswater Road
Oxford
OX3 9RZ

" The service will be a celebration of William's life"
Open to all family and friends.

JOHN CHURCH  

The Club will hold a minutes silence in honour of Bill before our home 1stxv league match against Hampstead next Saturday 5th November 2016

Funeral details to follow

Andrew Smart

Updated 11:25 - 3 Sep 2019 by Neil MacDonald