War Heroes

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  1. dearnevalleyviper

    dearnevalleyviper Well-Known Member

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    Ahead of Remembrance Sunday - our local footballers who lost their lives in battle.
    Two of them were in the Footballers' Battalion (17th Middlesex) - Joe Smith (Kilnhurst) and Allen Foster (Rawmarsh).
    Memorial photo credit: Barrie Dalby
    More at https://www.montagucup.com/war-heroes C2FF6EAE-D0E7-4020-B369-C213F542E976.jpeg
     
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    Interesting that thanks. (As a born Jumper) Larrett Roebuck apparently was the first professional footballer killed in the WW1. Never heard of that before tbh. And there is a road called Roebuck hill leading out of the village. (Wonder if it was named after him?.)
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    Apparently not according to a local historian.
     
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