THE FOOTBALLERS’ BATTALIONS IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR

The 17th and 23rd (Service) Battalions, The Middlesex Regiment

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THE STORY OF THE FOOTBALLERS’ BATTALIONS

By Andrew Riddoch

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“At the final parade of the Battalion, I said that whatever might happen in later life, I should never be so proud of anything as of having commanded the Footballers’ Battalion, and now after 41 years I know that I spoke truly. It was a splendid and I can imagine that there were few New Army Battalions its equal.”

LT COL R.S.S.H STAFFORD
Commanding Officer of the 17th (Service) Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (1917-18)