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Edwin Gladstone Latheron | Graves
GUNNER 160461 E. G. LATHERON Name: Edwin Gladstone Latheron Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Field Artillery 73rd Bty. 5th Bde. Date of Death: 14 October 1917 Age at Death: – Buried or commemorated at: VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY XI. F. 2. Belgium Awards: – Additional Info: – Service Record: View Record A high-resolution (non-watermarked) digital copy […]
Continue readingThe Story of Sam Wadsworth – Post War Reject to England Hero
SAM WADSWORTH - POST-WAR REJECTION TO ENGLAND HERO There wasn’t much over an hour to go before Sam Wadsworth’s big chance of resurrecting his football career. But, as the train he had jumped aboard at Blackburn steamed on through the Pennines, he realised to his horror that he was leaving Nelson and his first game for […]
Continue readingLeigh 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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