Gerald Kirk | Grave

SECOND LIEUTENANT G. KIRK Name: Gerald Kirk Regiment & Unit/Ship: King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st/5th Bn. Date of Death: 24 April 1915 Age at Death: – Buried or commemorated at: POPERINGHE OLD MILITARY CEMETERY II. K. 28. Belgium Awards: – Additional Info: – Service Record: View Record A high-resolution (non-watermarked) digital copy of this […]

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James Hamilton Speirs | Grave

SERJEANT S/18170 J. H. SPEIRS MM Name: James Hamilton Speirs MM Regiment & Unit/Ship: Cameron Highlanders 7th Bn. Date of Death: 20 August 1917 Age at Death: 31 years old Buried or commemorated at: DOCHY FARM NEW BRITISH CEMETERY VI. E. 15. Belgium Awards: – Additional Info: – Service Record: View Record A high-resolution (non-watermarked) […]

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Robert Torrance | Graves

GUNNER 222389 R. TORRANCE Name: Robert Torrance Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Field Artillery “A” Bty. 162nd Bde.     Date of Death: 24 April 1918 Age at Death: 30 years old Buried or commemorated at: TYNE COT MEMORIAL Addenda Panel 162. Belgium Awards: – Additional Info: Son of the late John and Margaret Torrance of […]

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Evelyn Henry Lintott | Graves

LIEUTENANT E. H. LINTOTT Name: Evelyn Henry Linott Regiment & Unit/Ship: West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) 15th Bn. Date of Death: 1 July 1916 Age at Death: 33 years old Buried or commemorated at: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Pier and Face 2 A 2 C and 2 D. France Awards: – Additional Info: Former professional […]

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Jimmy Speirs – A Hero of the Football and Battlefield

JIMMY SPEIRS - HERO OF THE FOOTBALL AND BATTLEFIELD In the ‘Official History of the Great War’, Brigadier-General J. E. Edmonds records that 244,897 British and Commonwealth soldiers became casualties during the Third Battle of Ypres. Among the dead was an FA Cup winning captain who played more than three hundred games as professional footballer before earning […]

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Bradford City Association Football Club and the First World War

BRADFORD CITY ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CLUB 1914/15 Squad Bradford City Football League and FA Cup Squad View 1914/15 Results Bradford City Football League and FA Cup Results View Home Ground Valley Parade Football Ground, Bradford, Yorkshire View Players Served Bradford City Players Served in the First World War View

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