First Honorary Secretary of Charlton Athletic F.C.. Born in Dundee and known as Jim. He joined the Merchant Navy and was killed when his ship 'The Heron' was torpedoed in the Bay of Biscay. The photograph is of him as a young man.
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John Alexander Mackenzie
The 1927 description of WW1 as 'the greater games overseas' seems strange to ...
A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1.
Footballer. Played 81 times for the England national team 1997 - 2011, Born at King's College Hospital in Camberwell and grew up in Peckham, living on the Friary Estate.
Venue which was used by the London Athletic Club until 1905, when its new owner Gus Mears founded Chelsea Football Club. Our photograph shows the stadium in its early days.
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Writer on games. Wrote his first book, "A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist" in 1742. Died in London.
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