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Whalley Stranach

Whalley Seath Stranach (22 August 1886, Durban-17 January 1966, Durban) was a South African Rugby player who toured Argentina with the Combined British team in 1910. Stranach was a dentist who qualified at Guy's Hospital in 1912. He played for Guy's, Kings and St Thomas' Rugby Football Club. He also played for Barbarians and Kent.

Following the 1910 tour, Stranach returned to England later that year.

Military service

During the First World War, Stranach served as an officer with the University of London Officers' Training Corps and later with the London Regiment (Territorial Force). He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in October 1914, promoted to lieutenant in 1917, and served as a temporary captain from March 1918 until February 1919, retaining the rank of captain on relinquishing his commission.

Family life

Whalley was a descendant of the Stranacks of Margate, the son of William Stranack and Elizabeth Jane Spencer. Whalley married Mabel Clare in Marylebone in 1916 , whom he divorced, remarrying Vivienne Strelitzia Royston on 7 February 1931 in Durban, Natal, South Africa. They had one son, John Seath Stranack, who emigrated to the United States.

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