Date: Thu 05 Nov 2020

By Steve Whitney

LEST WE FORGET

Southern League footballers who gave their lives during the Great War.

Walter Tull - Pioneer

Walter Tull - Pioneer

Tom ALLSOP (Labour Corps) Brighton, Luton Town, Norwich City

Edward ANDERSON (Royal Engineers) Southend United

George BADENOCH (Canadian Infantry) Watford, Northampton Town

William BAKER (Middlesex Regiment) Plymouth Argyle

Harold BAMFORD (King`s Shropshire Light Infantry) Southampton

Spencer BASSETT (Royal Garrison Artillery) Exeter City, Swansea Town, Southend United

Jasper BATEY (Army Cyclist Corps) Brighton

George BATHE (Wiltshire Regiment) Swindon Town

Arthur BEADSWORTH (Leicestershire Regiment) Swindon Town

Edward BELL (Middlesex Regiment) Crystal Palace, Portsmouth, Southampton

James BRENNAN (Lancashire Fusiliers) Brighton

William BREWER (Wiltshire Regiment) Swindon Town

Joseph BULCOCK (Welsh Regiment) Crystal Palace, Exeter City, Swansea Town

Albert BUTLER (Middlesex Regiment) Reading, QPR

Frank CANNON (Essex Regiment) QPR

Jabez CARTWRIGHT (Lincolnshire Regiment) Merthyr Town

James CHALMERS (Royal Scots Fusiliers) Swindon Town, Watford, Norwich City

Cecil CHRISTMAS (King`s Royal Rifle Corps) Southampton

Thomas CLIFFORD (Royal Scots Fusiliers) Luton Town

Frederick COSTELLO (Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Merthyr Town, Southampton, West Ham United

William COX (Royal Lancaster Regiment) Plymouth Argyle

William CRABB (Army Service Corps) Southampton

Robert CRAIG (South Wales Borderers) Brighton

Charles DEXTER (Middlesex Regiment) Brighton

Joseph DICKINSON (Grenadier Guards) Reading

Joseph DINES (Liverpool Regiment) QPR

Ernest DODD (Royal Field Artillery) Luton Town

Harrison EKE (Royal Fusiliers) Southampton

Ernest Ellis (Royal Scots) Norwich City

Thomas ELLISON (Royal Field Artillery) Croydon Common

Arthur EVANS (Royal Fusiliers) Exeter City

Walter FAIRGRIEVE (Royal Scots) Luton Town, Southampton

Albert FARROW (South Staffordshire Regiment) Watford

John FLANAGAN (Army Service Corps) Norwich City

Allen FOSTER (Middlesex Regiment) Bristol City, Reading

William GEORGE (Royal Sussex Regiment) Southampton

William GERRISH (Middlesex Regiment) Bristol Rovers

Henry GILDEA (Black Watch) Bristol City

Frank GILDER (London Regiment) Luton Town

David GLEN (Royal Scots) Millwall

William GRAY (Seaforth Highlanders) Southampton

Julius GREGORY (Royal Fusiliers) Brighton, Luton Town

Frederick GRIFFITHS (Sherwood Foresters) Millwall, West Ham United

Alan HAIG-BROWN (Middlesex Regiment) Brighton

Robert HAMMETT (Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Newport County

Sydney HAMMOND (Royal Field Artillery) West Ham United

Harry HANGER (Royal Irish Lancers) Northampton Town, Crystal Palace

Leonard HAWES (Berkshire Yeomanry) Reading

Arthur HUME (Royal Sussex Regiment) Brighton, Bristol Rovers

John JARVIE (Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders) Luton Town

Williams JONES (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) West Ham United

William KENNEDY (London Regiment) Southend United, West Ham United

George KING (Northumberland Fusiliers) Millwall

William KIRBY (East Yorkshire Regiment) Croydon Common, Exeter City, Merthyr Town, Swindon Town, West Ham United

Robert LAW (Cameron Highlanders) QPR

Frederick LESSONS (Northamptonshire Regiment) Northampton Town

Evelyn LINTOTT (Prince of Wales`s Own) Plymouth Argyle, QPR

Clement MATTHEWS (Royal Sussex Regiment) Brighton

Albert MILTON (Royal Field Artillery) Swindon Town

Edward MITCHELL (Royal Field Artillery) Reading, Swindon Town

Thomas MORRIS (Lincolnshire Regiment) Brighton

William PELL (Northamptonshire Regiment) Northampton Town

Henry PENNIFER (Middlesex Regiment) QPR

Henry PHILLIPS (Gloucestershire Regiment) Bristol Rovers

George PORTER (Middlesex Regiment) Luton Town, Millwall, Norwich City

Thomas PRYCE-HAMER (South Wales Borderers) Llanelly

Harold REDHEAD (Northamptonshire Regiment) Northampton Town

Stanley REED (Devonshire Regiment) Plymouth Argyle

Vivian SIMPSON (York & Lancaster Regiment) Norwich City

Heber SLATTER (Royal Garrison Artillery) Reading

Harold SPRINGTHORPE (Lincolnshire Yeomanry) Northampton Town

Arthur STALLARD (London Regiment) West Ham United

William SUTHERLAND (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) Plymouth Argyle, Southend United

Harold THORNTON (Royal Air Force) QPR

Jack TOSSWILL (Royal Engineers) QPR, Southend United

Walter TULL (Middlesex Regiment) Northampton Town

Arthur VANN (Prince of Wales`s Own) Northampton Town

Bernard VANN (Sherwood Foresters) Northampton Town

Frederick WHEATCROFT (East Surrey Regiment) Reading, Swindon Town

Frederick WHEELER (Royal Engineers) Southampton

Robert WHITING (Middlesex Regiment) Brighton, West Ham United

James WIGHTMAN (East Surrey Regiment) Barry

Arthur WILEMAN (Royal Sussex Regiment) Luton Town, Millwall, Southend United

John WILLIAMS (Middlesex Regiment) Millwall, Crystal Palace

Archibald WILSON (London Scottish) Southend United

Norman WOOD (Middlesex Regiment) Croydon Common, Crystal Palace, Plymouth Argyle

Ernest YORKE (Royal Berkshire Regiment) Crystal Palace

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