Exhibition at the Green Howards Museum in Richmond sheds light on the connection between football and military - including Middlesbrough legend Wilf Mannion.
The last photo taken of my great grandfather Edmund Liddle Gordon early in 1917. My Father, Green Howards James Sheard Sgt, Green Howards Regiment No. 9343, Green Howards Sgt, Green Howards regiment.
My wonderful Father. Even though injured he continued his bravery by rescuing a child from a burning house and I have a parchment scroll commemorating this. His friends in the Green Howards Regiment ...