Football medals

Item

Title

Football medals

Who?

A collection of medals with some autobiographical details of names inscribed on them, including Captain Harry Hamilton Dempsey.

Item(s)

A collection of medals awarded for inter-battalion and inter-regimental competitions. Biographical notes on some of the players.

Also Captain Dempsey's WW1 and WW2 medals along with his CBE.

Story

Boredom did almost as much to sap morale in the trenches as the enemy on the other side of no-man’s land. Football was one of the activities which kept men occupied in rest areas. These medals were given for inter-battalion and inter-regiment competitions and were sold on e-Bay. The most significant in the collection is named to Captain Harry Hamilton Dempsey who survived WW1. In WW2 he was in command of Operation Jantzen, the practice-run for D-Day.

When?

1914 - 1918

Where?

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Contributor

Paul Donnelly

Collection Day

City Hall, Bradford 02.02.2019

This item was submitted on February 28, 2019