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...
Founded to preserve the battle sites of Britain. The founding motivation was the fact that the battlefield of Naseby, (a perfectly preserved site of the battle of the English Civil War), was to be ...
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
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