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2293: Football medals

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posted on 2024-01-16, 17:20 authored by Lest We Forget Project Team

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.

History

Name of contributor(s)

Paul Donnelly

Subject of the story/individual the object(s) relate to

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

Date(s) the event(s) in the story took place

1914 - 1918

Location(s) where the event(s) in the story took place

Object(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.