Footballer and soldier. He started his football career with Sunderland District Amateur League sides Braeside and Sunderland West End, and joined Clapton Orient in July 1908. At the outbreak of WW1 he enlisted with the 17th Middlesex Regiment, the 'Footballers' Battalion'. During the Battle of the Somme, he was wounded and taken prisoner, and died at a German military hospital.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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George Scott
When we visited the location, the Cornwell plaque was obscured by wreaths and...
Final confrontation of the 1745 Jacobite Rising and the last battle fought on British soil.  The supporters of Bonnie Prince Charlie fought King George II's forces led by the Duke of Cumberland.  T...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Died in WW1 serving in the 22nd Battalion, The London Regiment.
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