Dave Howie
| Born | 12 May 1888 Rosebery Temple, Midlothian, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 19 January 1916 (aged 27) Cairo, Egypt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Kirkcaldy High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative | Bob Howie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Buried | Cairo War Memorial Cemetery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Allegiance | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Branch | British Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Service years | 1914–1916 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Second Lieutenant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unit | Royal Field Artillery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memorials | Kinghorn War Memorial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
David Dickie Howie (12 May 1888 – 19 January 1916) was a rugby union player, who represented Scotland and Kirkcaldy RFC. He enlisted as a trooper in the local yeomanry in September 1914, at the start of the First World War. After undergoing training in England, he was commissioned second lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery in April 1915 and despatched to Gallipoli in August. During the evacuation of Anzac Bay, he contracted pneumonia, and died in Cairo, Egypt, after shooting himself with a revolver while in a state of delirium. He is buried at the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery.
Howie, who played as a forward, was capped seven times for Scotland between 1912 and 1913.