Career
Roman served with the Somerset Light Infantry in the Second Boer War, and Cawnpore (Kanpur, India), from 1899 to 1907, and later in World War I. On the first day of the Battle of the Somme on Saturday 1 July 1916, his 36th birthday, he was admitted to the 12th Field Ambulance with hand, thigh, and leg injuries. He was evacuated from France on Wednesday 5 July 1916, and hospitalised in Cheltenham, his health initially appeared to improve, however he subsequently died of his wounds in Cheltenham. International honours Regional honours Roman represented Wales and the West of England (RL) while at Rochdale Hornets in the 3–23 defeat by Australia on the 1911-1912 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain match at Ashton Gate, Bristol in November 1911.
County honours Club career Roman left Bridgwater & Albion for Rochdale Hornets in 1910 for a signing-on fee of £200 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £69,750 in 2013).
Roman was the Licensed victualler of the Beehive Public house, Saint Mary"s Gate, Rochdale.