Pre-war sportsman/woman

The lives of many promising sportsmen and women were ended prematurely. From cricketers to football players, rugby stars and chess masters, those who lost their lives in the world wars are commemorated in perpetuity by the CWGC. Tell us their stories.

Private Siegfried Wedgwood Herford

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman BROWN'S ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, FESTUBERT

By Robert Wynn Jones

United Kingdom

Second Lieutenant Donald Simpson Bell VC

First World War Army United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder Pre-war sportsman/woman DOCHY FARM NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

Serjeant James H. "Jimmy" Speirs

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman DOCHY FARM NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

Private John "James" Williams

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman ARRAS MEMORIAL

Captain Clarence Wallach

First World War Army Australian Pre-war sportsman/woman ETRETAT CHURCHYARD EXTENSION

Major Maurice Jospeh Lawson Turnbull

Second World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman D-Day and Invasion of Normandy BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

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