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 Midd...
A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1.
Footballer. A serving soldier n WW2, he was taken prisoner and sent to a camp in Italy. He volunteered to be an engineer, but found himself being sent to Auschwitz concentration camp. Here he witne...
Footballer. Born in Camberwell. He signed for Dulwich Hamlet Football Club in 1915, and repeatedly turned down offers to join professional clubs. His team won the F.A. Amateur Cup in 1920 and 1932,...
A horse race course built by entrepreneur John Whyte. It was not a success partly because the clay ground was not suitable and partly because the local population (slum-dwellers, basically) unlike ...
In 1981 it amalgamated with the Auriol Rowing Club (founded 1896) to form the Auriol Kensington Rowing Club. The club has a strong tradition of turning out good crews both men and women, which regu...
Born Liverpool. West End theatre producer and chairman of Everton Football Club.
After the death of King George V the Lord Mayor of London set up a committee to decide on a suitable national memorial. It was decided to erect just one statue and create a number of playing fields...
Footballer. Born in Bow. He spent his entire career playing for Tottenham Hotspur. He also made 21 international appearances for England, scoring twice and representing the nation at the UEFA Euro ...
Footballer and philanthropist. Born Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird in London. Unusually he had double careers in banking and football. He played in nine F.A. cup finals and had the dubious honour of be...
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