Lost Football Heroes WW1 Football history BWFC

My cousins daughters husband. Here he is with his mother Gillian. She ran a cafe named after his nickname Jaffa's in Stretford. She took her own life in 2012.

Albert Armstrong Royal West Kent Regiment Killed 25th July 1917 France Footballer Keyworth, Notts Forest, Barnsley

Corrected re-post James Quinn Forbes Gordon Highlanders Killed 25th July 1918 France Footballer Linfield FC

Remembering an ex Imp Fantastic research as always

Bolton Wanderers 1900 Image from Manchester Road stand side Burnden Park

2/2 North Africa he came across what he thought to be some bogged down German vehicles in the sand and decided to attack the vehicles with C Squadron HQ. It transpired they were attacking Rommel’s heavily defended HQ! He spent the rest of the war a POW!!

1/2 Did you know Queen Camilla’s father earned 2 Military Crosses during WW2? Major Bruce Shand MC and Bar, 12th Royal Lancers and his two Military Cross citations. Regimental History has him captured on 6th November 1942. Whilst serving in

Thomas Asnip Lincolnshire and North Staffordshire Regiments Killed 24th July 1918 France Footballer Adelaide FC, Lincoln City

After liaising with @BrianNugentSov Albion Rovers John O'Rourke Royal Engineers Died of wounds on the 12th July 1915 in Gallipoli He was a footballer for Willington Athletic, Derby County and Albion Rovers

David Glencross Slimmon Military Medal West Lancashire Field Company Royal Engineers Killed 23rd July 1917 Belgium Footballer St Andrews United, Auchinleck Talbot, Dumbarton, Kilmarnock

Here is my bio on him from my records

John Bayne Black Watch Killed 21st July 1915 France Footballer Dunblane, Brentford, Reading, Raith Rovers, St Johnstone, Hearts Won army cup with the Black Watch

Ernest Scott Household Essex Regiment Killed 21st July 1917 France Footballer Watford Cricketer Hertfordshire CC

Ernest Goodwin West Yorkshire Regiment Killed 21st July 1916 France On books of Bradford City

Thanks to Albion Rovers historian Brian Nugent getting in touch we have a much-improved photo of PATRICK McWILLIAMS and we've come to realise he's another of the WWI Partick Thistle Fallen. Profile updated today... @WW1BWFC 👉 thethistlearchive.net/patrick-mcwill…