

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.


Serjeant Alfred Hobday – Footballers of the First World War
By Alec Malloy
United Kingdom

Serjeant Edward John Lightfoot – Footballers of the First World War
By Alec Malloy
United Kingdom

Serjeant William Findlay Weir - Footballers of the First World War
By Alec Malloy
United Kingdom

Lieutenant Ralph Escott Hancock - A Cricketer at War
By Cindy Lejeune
France

Captain John Yate Robinson – Olympian
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