Gary James
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laserblue said:Gary James said:Yep. We did.
From top of my head Tom Farrell - he'd only appeared in a few games for us (check out the stats on the new history page).
I'll have a quick look at my notes.
-- Fri Jun 29, 2012 11:23 am --
Just checked....
A player called Pat McQuire died in October 1916 from injuries on the front line - don't know if he died on the day he was injured or months earlier.
Jack Yuill died in action on 9th July 1916. Not certain of the circumstances.
Of course other players (most notably Turnbull and Conlin) died on other dates in WW1.
military history is a particular interest of mine and i have references that give more details.
11710 lance sgt. jack george yuill of the 19th battalion manchester regiment was killed in action on the somme (but not the first day) on 9/7/1916. he has no known grave and is commemorated on the thiepval memorial to those men who fell on the somme and whose bodies were never found and/or identified. he was born in willesden, enlisted in manchester and lived in sale. his parents were george hall yuill and helen yuill of 'heathfield', 8 wardle road, sale.
there were 21 thomas farrells who died while serving in the army in the first world war including one in the lancashire fusiliers killed on the first day of the somme. there is no-ne called mcquire listed as died in the first world war. gary, if you have any further details on these men i'll have another dig to narrow down farrell and maybe check an alternative spelling to mcquire.
When i get chance I'll dig out more. I'll have Birth dates etc.
It may have to be next week - significant deadlines. Sorry