The Gallipoli Association HBSP team honour a British Rugby League player who fell at ANZAC in 1915

The Gallipoli Association HBSP Team honour British Rugby League player James 'Shant' Andrews who fell at ANZAC on 10 August 1915. Former Warrington forward, Private 12274 Andrews was a member of the 6th Battalion of the South Lancashire Regiment. He was presumed dead on 10 August 1915, after having been reported wounded and then missing in action. James 'Shant' Andrews attested at Warrington on 3rd September 1914 – age 34, he was 5’ 7” tall and weighed 148lbs. His battalion first served at Helles (the southern battlefield) from the 7th to 31st July when it left for Mudros (Lemnos Island). He landed with his battalion at ANZAC on the night of 4th August 1915. He was reported wounded on the 10th of August while his battalion were deployed on the western slopes of Hill Q (there is a reference to ‘Ghurkha Hill’ in the battalion war diary – which was a battalion nickname for the hill that was never officially adopted). His Warrington Rugby League heritage number is 21 with 49 appearances. He debuted on 28 September 1895 in a 14-6 loss at Leigh. James made his last appearance on 26 December 1900 in a 2-0 loss at Runcorn. The Gallipoli Association HBSP team carried out a commemoration for the fallen player on behalf of Warrington Wolves Rugby League Club (known then as The Wire) at the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey. The Gallipoli Association representatives, members of the Helles Battlefield Study Project team, who carried out the commemoration are: Project Lead: Mike Crane - Parachute Regiment veteran (and Warrington Wolves fan) Project Lead Historian: Stephen Chambers – Gallipoli Association Chairman (and reader of the eulogy) Project Archaeologist: Dr John B Winterburn, BSc, MA, PhD, CEng, MIET. Project Coordinator: Warren Smith – Gallipoli Association Trustee and Communications Officer (and who filmed the event) 2026 Guest Volunteer: Dr Matthew Roberts, MA, BM, BCh, DMCC, FRCA. Associate Professor of Anaesthesiology University of Colorado, Denver and Lt. Colonel (Retd) Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) 2026 Guest Volunteer: Colonel Roger Cooper-Simpson (Retd) Royal Marines Private James Andrews has no known grave, but is commemorated on the Helles Memorial. #militaryhistory #gallipoli #warringtonwolves #rugbyleague #ww1 #warrington