Wilfred Toman | Grave

LANCE CORPORAL 358176 W. TOMAN Name: Wilfred Toman Regiment & Unit/Ship: The King’s (Liverpool Regiment) 2nd/10th Bn. Date of Death: 2 May 1917 Age at Death: – Buried or commemorated at: ERQUINGHEM-LYS CHURCHYARD EXTENSION II. B. 23. France Awards: – Additional Info: – Service Record: View Record A high-resolution (non-watermarked) digital copy of this photograph […]

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Walter Robert Fairgrieve | Graves

PRIVATE 17622 W. R. FAIRGRIEVE Name: Walter Robert Fairgrieve Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Scots 15th Bn. Date of Death: 2 June 1915 Age at Death: 35 years old Buried or commemorated at: EDINBURGH (NORTH MERCHISTON) CEMETERY C. 321. United Kingdom Awards: – Additional Info: – Service Record: View Record

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Thomas Gracie | Graves

CORPORAL 19024 T. GRACIE Name: Thomas Gracie Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Scots 16th Bn. Date of Death: 23 October 1915 Age at Death: 26 years old Buried or commemorated at: GLASGOW (CRAIGTON) CEMETERY P. 107. United Kingdom Awards: – Additional Info: – Service Record: View Record

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Richard Cross Wynn | Graves

SERJEANT 20955 R. C. WYNN Name: Richard Cross Wynn Regiment & Unit/Ship: Yorkshire Regiment 12th Bn. Secondary Unit, Regiment: Transf. to (C.S.M. 340210) 17th Coy. Labour Corps Date of Death: 9 August 1919 Age at Death: 27 years old Buried or commemorated at: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY LXXII. F. 28. France Awards: – Additional Info: Son […]

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Donald Sloan | Graves

PRIVATE S/9311 D. SLOAN Name: Donald Sloan Regiment & Unit/Ship: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 8th Bn. Date of Death: 1 January 1917 Age at Death: 36 years old Buried or commemorated at: FAUBOURG D’AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS III. A. 32. France Awards: – Additional Info: – Service Record: View Record A high-resolution (non-watermarked) digital copy of […]

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Frederick Collinson | Graves

PRIVATE 2213 F. COLLINSON Name: Frederick Collinson Regiment & Unit/Ship: Lancashire Fusiliers 1st/5th Bn. Date of Death: 15 May 1915 Age at Death: 41 years old Buried or commemorated at: HELLES MEMORIAL Panel 59 to 73 or 218 to 219. Turkey (including Gallipoli) Awards: – Additional Info: Son of James and Sarah Ann Collinson; husband […]

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Leigh Richmond Roose – The Story of Football’s First Playboy

LEIGH RICHMOND ROOSE - FOOTBALL'S FIRST PLAYBOY Scholar. Goalkeeper. Playboy. Entertainer. Medic. Soldier. Hero. Leigh Richmond Roose was many things to many people over the course of his 38 years on Planet Earth. Killed on 7 October 1916 during the Battle of the Somme, this proud Welshman was of course just one of millions who […]

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Everton Football Club and the First World War

EVERTON FOOTBALL CLUB 1914/15 Squad Everton Football League and FA Cup Squad View 1914/15 Results Everton Football League and FA Cup Results View Home Ground Goodison Park Football Ground, Liverpool View Players Served Everton Players Served in the First World War View

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