Aston Villa Graves

We aim to locate the last resting place of all those who represented Aston Villa Football Club.

[Aston Villa Graves @AstonGraves]

@svensaturday @FortressPark Shocking the way that churchyard has been let go. His stone wasn’t removed for the reason you mentioned, thats the official line. There are a few other Villa graves in that graveyard as well.

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[Lost Football Heroes-WW1+BWFC history/researcher @JefferzWilli]

Albert Victor Rogers
8th East Surrey Regiment
Killed this day 1918 France
Footballer QPR, Aston Villa, Walsall, Bristol Rovers, Shrewsbury Town
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Joseph Frederick Hargrave
Royal Garrison Artillery
KIA this day 1917 Belgium
Footballer Atherstone, Tamworth, Aston Villa, Burton United. Leeds, Stoke
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Alexander Logan
Cameron Highlanders
Died of wounds this day 1918 weeks before the Armistice
Footballer Falkirk, Hibernian, Airdrie, Arthurlie, Aston Villa, Bristol City, Kilmarnock, Partick
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Leigh Richmond Roose M. M.
Royal Fusiliers
KIA this day 1916 France
One of the first superstars of football
Stoke City, Everton, Sunderland, Celtic, Port Vale, HTFC, AVFC, Arsenal plus 2 Welsh clubs
Sadly, his misspelt surname on the Thiepval Memorial has never been corrected

[Lost Football Heroes-WW1+BWFC history/researcher @JefferzWilli]

Coventry City 1913-14
Back 3rd left John Tosswill died 1915 illness
Also played for QPR, Liverpool
Front left Walter Kimberley died of T.B. 1916 after being repatriated from Germany P.O.W.
Also AVFC, Walsall
No fewer than seven Coventry players or former players died in WW1

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Blackpool FC during WW1
Front 4th left Harry Hampton of Aston Villa. He was gassed but survived the war
5th left Phil Smith
Burnley/Port Vale/Tranmere/Chelsea/Stalybridge/ Crewe, brother of Joe Smith of BWFC
Phil was KIA 1918 France

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Willie Clarke joined Aston Villa from Bristol Rovers on this day in 1901. On Christmas Day later that year he scored in a 3-2 win at Everton thus becoming the 1st black player to score in the 1st Division. @AVFCOfficial @BristolRoversCT @kickitout @SRTRC_England @RonDovey @PFA

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Walter John Kimberley
Coldstream Guards
Died this day 1917 of T.B.
Had spent 2 years as a P.O.W.
Footballer Aston Villa, Coventry, Walsall
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Henry Arthur Dobson
North Staffordshire Regiment
Died of wounds this day 1918, France
Footballer Aston Villa
Article attached

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A great image of William Gerrish
Aston Villa footballer
Died France 8/8/1916
Suffered terrible injuries loosing his legs in an explosion
A colleague stated
'He just lay there calmly smoking a cigarette waiting for stretcher bearers'
Also Bristol Rovers, PNE and Chesterfield

[Lost Football Heroes-WW1+BWFC history/researcher @JefferzWilli]

Joseph Bulcock from Burnley
9th Welsh Regiment
Died this day 1918, Belgium.
Footballer Burnley, Aston Villa, Bury, Exeter City, Crystal Palace, Swansea.

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