Footballer and soldier. Born in Blyth, Northumberland. He started his football career with Jarrow Croft and joined Clapton Orient in June 1912. At the outbreak of WW1 he enlisted with the 17th Middlesex Regiment, the 'Footballers' Battalion'. Killed at the Battle of the Somme.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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William Jonas
When we visited the location, the Cornwell plaque was obscured by wreaths and...
Died in WW1 serving in the 22nd Battalion, The London Regiment.
Police Station at 277 Upper Street, Islington, N1.The picture source website also has a photograph of this very lamp being fixed to the Upper Street building in 1938.
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