Stoke Archives - Football and the First World War

George Latham | Service Record

Joseph Frederick Hargrave | Grave

GUNNER 65361 J. F. HARGRAVE Name: Joseph Frederick Hargrave Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Garrison Artillery 346th Siege Bty. Date of Death: 19 October 1917 Age at Death: – Buried or commemorated at: STEENKERKE BELGIAN MILITARY CEMETERY A. 1. Belgium Awards: – Additional Info: – Service Record: View Record A high-resolution (non-watermarked) digital copy of this […]

William McCourty | Grave

GUNNER 163326 W. McCOURTY Name: William McCourty Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Garrison Artillery 119th Siege Bty. Date of Death: 10 December 1917 Age at Death: 29 years old Buried or commemorated at: YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY IV. B. 6. Belgium Awards: – Additional Info: Son of Mrs. Agnes McCourty; husband of Emily McCourty, of 181, St. […]

Samuel Eyres | Grave

GUNNER 150527 S. EYRES Name: Samuel Eyres Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Garrison Artillery 351st Siege Bty. Date of Death: 31 October 1917 Age at Death: 32 years old Buried or commemorated at: YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY I. I. 65. Belgium Awards: – Additional Info: Son of Samuel and Alice Eyres, of Droylsden, Manchester; husband of Elizabeth […]

William Mountford Williamson | Grave

PRIVATE 1048 W. WILLIAMSON Name: William Williamson Regiment & Unit/Ship: Gordon Highlanders 2nd Bn. Date of Death: 2 August 1918 Age at Death: – Buried or commemorated at: COLOGNE MEMORIAL Germany Additional Info: – Service Record: View Record

Frank James Hesham | Graves

GUNNER 53546 F. J. HESHAM Name: Frank James Hesham Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Garrison Artillery 21st Siege Bty. Date of Death: 17 November 1915 Age at Death: 36 years old Buried or commemorated at: LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY I. C. 17. Belgium Awards: – Additional Info: Husband of Jennie Hesham (nee Charnock). Service Record: View […]

Robert Whittingham | Service Record

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 […]

Stoke Football Club and the First World War

STOKE FOOTBALL CLUB 1914/15 Squad Stoke Southern League and FA Cup Squad View 1914/15 Results Stoke Southern League and FA Cup Results View Home Ground Victoria Ground, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire View Players Served Stoke Players Served in the First World War View

John Whitley | Service Record