World War Players

By Mark Heys
June 19 2006

The following people have represented Bolton Wanderers during the World War hostilities which occured between 1915-1919 and 1939-1945. Please note that war games are discounted from a players overall career.

WORLD WAR I (1915-1919)

A

L Abrams
Len Appleton
R Ashurst

B

H Barrett
AM Baverstock
Herbert Baverstock
Tommy Bleakley
E Boardman
H Bradbury
J Brooks
James Buchan
Tom Buchan

C

P Clayton
A Clunie
J Colbourn
Edward Cooper
W Cousins

D

Alf Davies
W Davies
T Devitt
Alex Donaldson

E

W Ellison
W Entwistle

F

J Farnworth
Jimmy Fay
W Fitton
R Foulkes

G

Albert Gannon
FH Garrett
J Garside
R Geddes
Gwilym Gimblett
Bob Glendenning
W Glover
Harry Greenhalgh
George Guy

H

C Hallows
J Hamer
J Hampson
G Haslam
A Hatfield
R Hayes
J Heathcote
Thomas Heslop
T Hesmondhalgh
Harold Hilton
J Hilton
P Hilton
J Hodgkiss
James Hodson
WJ Holgate
H Hothersall
Joe Hughes
W Hulme
G Hurst

J

Billy Jennings
F Johnson
H Johnson
A Jones

K

T Kay
H Keenan
P Kelly

L

J Lane
Joe Lansdale
J Lawrence
George Lillycrop
F Livesey
J Livesey
B Longworth
J Lord
W Lovett
J Lythgoe

M

W Makin
W Mather
F McMillan
R Morris

N

J Nuttall
W Nuttall

P

E Pasquill
John Pickup
F Pilkington

R

Frank Roberts
Walter Rowley
M Rutter

S

Jimmy Seddon
S Sharp
F Shufflebottom
Shipperbottom
JR Sloan
H Smith
Joe Smith
J Spiby
G Stanley

T

J Thomas

V

Ted Vizard

W

W Waller
George Wilson
J Wilson
Alf Winterburn
J Woods
J Wray

Y

A Young

WORLD WAR II (1939-1945)

A

J Anderson
Jack Atkinson

B

Ralph Banks
H Barker
Malcolm Barrass
EC Beardsman
EC Beardshaw
J Berry
Ron Bolton
LM Boulter
J Bray
J Breedon
S Briddon
J Brown
W Brown
Cam Burgess
Stan Butler

C

DF Carter
George Catterall
C Chadwick
S Charlesworth
D Clancy
H Cload
W Colclough
J Connor
JE Cooper
RM Cross
J Crossley
J Crozier
JN Cunliffe
Jim Currier

D

H Dailey
JK Davies

E

George Eastham
Harry Eastham
E Eastwood

F

Bill Fielding
RJ Finan
Tom Finney
Ernie Forrest
R Foster
JD Foxton

G

JW Gallon
H Gee
Albert Geldard
Matt Gillies
Eddie Goodall
WE Gorman
Harry Goslin
RE Graham
R Grainger
SW Grimsditch
G Grosling
A Grosvenor
R Gunner

H

HHC Hall
J Hall
Lawrence Hamlett
CW Hanks
Stan Hanson
J Harker
FH Harrison
AD Haslam
N Heslop
H Higham
RW Hopkins
W Houghton
Don Howe
Harry Hubbick
AL Hughes
GE Hughes
George Hunt
Jack Hurst

I

WJ Ithell

J

James Jackson
WR John
JW Johnson
WH Johnson
S Jones
WEA Jones

K

J Knight
SJ Koffman

L

JN Lancaster
EC Leyland
J Liddle
L Livesey
Nat Lofthouse
FH Longman

M

R MacFarlane
W Mangham
D Mann
R Marsh
D Marshall
Len Martindale
LAC Mawdsley
RC Mawdsley
C McClelland
JM McCormick
W McEwan
Alan Middlesbrough
T Middleton
JL Milne
Willie Moir
J Morris
ER Morrison
Danny Murphy
J Myers

N

C Neal
RR Newton

O

W O'Neill
JG Owens

P

LT Parker
TU Pearson
E Platt
GF Power
RI Pryde

R

A Richardson
N Richardson
E Rigby
J Rimmer
JH Roberts
JJ Robinson
Teddy Rothwell
DW Russell
R Ryder

S

RG Savage
W Schofield
Bill Shankly
J Shields
J Shore
J Shuttleworth
Walter Sidebottom
TM Sinclair
JD Smith
JR Smith
K Smith
RAG Smith
K Speak
AW Steen
H Stephan
A Sullivan
TA Swinburne

T

N Tate
George Taylor
Jack Threlfall
F Tomlinson
H Topping

W

E Walker
George Walton
A Watson
J Watson
FW West
Ray Westwood
H Whalley
JE Wharton
GK Whitehead
F Windsor
Danny Winter
J Woodburn
T Woodburn
Tom Woodward
H Wright