Bolton Wanderers player killed in World War One buried
A young Bolton soldier who once played for Bolton Wanderers Football Club has finally been laid to rest almost 110 years after his death.
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A young Bolton soldier who once played for Bolton Wanderers Football Club has finally been laid to rest almost 110 years after his death.
An unknown Grenadier Guard killed in the Great War finally laid to rest in France
EMBROIDERED postcards and silk bookmarks were popular with First World War soldiers who often sent them home from the Front. These items became cherished keepsakes of sweethearts and families - even more treasured to those whose men never returned. David P Whithorn is President of Bus to Bradford - a group of City fans who research and commemorate former players who served in the 1914-18 war. The group takes its name from a village in northern France called Bus-les-Artois where many Bradford men were billeted before marching to the Somme. The village they called ‘Bus’ offered a last...