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5th Lincs Regt football team

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AuthorWenham, William Albert
SubjectAnderson, J. L.; Atkinson, A.; Corder, A.; Dobson, C.; Hatt, W.; Hornshaw, J.; Parkin, E.; Quince, W.; Smith, B.; Sunley, E.; Wenham, William Albert
Title5th Lincs Regt football team
NotesThis is probably a photo of the 1/5th Lincs Regt football team taken before their match agaisnt 10th Battalion (aka Grimsby Chums) at Blundell Park on 22 October 1914. The goalkeeper (marked with a cross) is 2683 William Albert Wenham. The rest of the team which played this match was: B. Smith; A. Atkinson; A. Corder; J.L Anderson; E.Parkin; W.Hatt; J.Hornshaw; E. Sunley; W. Quince; C. Dobson.

There are least 2 soldiers in the crowd wearing what could be Lincolnshire Regt cap badges.

There is no writing on the back of the card.
Item Date22nd October 1914
Creation placeBlundell Park football ground, Cleethorpes, Lincs
File typeImage
Item sourcePhotograph
Item mediumPhotographic paper
ContentPhotograph
CataloguerEverett Sharp
FilenameGWA_0413_061.jpg
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameGavin Robinson
Contributed on the behalf ofKevin Robinson
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/2427