WThomas Michael Bond was a British author. He is best known for a series of fictional stories for children, featuring the character of Paddington Bear. More than 35 million Paddington books have been sold around the world, and the characters have also been featured in film and on television. His first book was published in 1958 and his last in 2017, a span of 59 years.
WWilliam Booth was an English footballer. His regular position was as a forward. Born in Stockport, he played for Manchester United and Edge Lane.
WCaptain Frank Crossley Griffithes Broome DFC AFC was a British World War I pilot who later became a test pilot for Vickers and attempted the first flight from Cairo to Cape Town.
WSir Percy Chatterton was an English-born Papua New Guinean educator, clergyman and politician. He served as a member of the House of Assembly from 1964 to 1972.
WJohn George Coleman MM was an English footballer who played as a forward for Kettering Town, Northampton Town, Woolwich Arsenal, Everton, Sunderland, Fulham, Nottingham Forest and Tunbridge Wells Rangers. He made a single appearance for the England national football team and later in life was a manager in the Netherlands.
WKenneth Connor, was an English stage, film and broadcasting actor, who rose to national prominence with his appearances in the Carry On films.
WJohn Francis Doran MM was a professional footballer who played three times for the Ireland national team. In club football, he scored 46 goals from 90 appearances in the Football League playing for Brighton & Hove Albion, Manchester City and Crewe Alexandra. He also played in the Southern League for Pontypridd, Coventry City, Norwich City, Brighton & Hove Albion and Mid Rhondda United, in the Free State League for Shelbourne and Fordsons, and in the Midland League for Boston Town.
WFrederick Jeremiah Edwards was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He could not read or write.
WGeorge Gardiner VC DCM was born in Clonallon, Warrenpoint, County Down and was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
WWilliam Henry Jones, also known as Bullet Jones and the Tipton Smasher, was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward for Small Heath in the Football League and for Brighton & Hove Albion in the Southern League.
WFrederick Charles Keenor was a Welsh professional footballer. He began his career at his hometown side Cardiff City after impressing the club's coaching staff in a trial match in 1912 organised by his former schoolteacher. A hard-tackling defender, he appeared sporadically for the team in the Southern Football League before his spell at the club was interrupted by the outbreak of the First World War. Keenor served in the 17th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, led by Major Frank Buckley, which became known as the Football Battalion. He fought in the Battle of the Somme, suffering a severe shrapnel wound to his thigh in 1916. He returned to Britain and after a lengthy rehabilitation he ended the war as a physical training instructor, reaching the rank of sergeant. He also appeared as a guest player for Brentford during the war.
WPercival Lancaster was a British civil engineer and a writer of boy's adventure fiction, whose progress was derailed by the First World War. Although his full name was William Arthur Percy Lancaster, he generally used the form Percival Lancaster.
WOscar Horace Stanley Linkson was an English footballer.
WThomas Stewart Lonsdale was a football goalkeeper and centre half.
WCharles McCorrie VC was born in Killead, County Antrim and was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
WDavid Hyman Morris, known as Harry Morris or Abe Morris, was an English professional football forward and coach, best remembered for his seven-year spell in the Football League with Swindon Town. Morris was voted Swindon Town's greatest-ever player by the club's supporters in 2013 and holds the club records for goals scored in a league match, season and career. He also played league football for Fulham, Brentford, Millwall, Swansea Town and Clapton Orient and later managed IFK Göteborg.
WSamuel Herbert Morris was an English professional football wing half who played in the Football League for Brentford.
WSidney Richard Mulford was an English professional football forward who played in the Football League for Brentford. He began his career as an amateur and turned professional in May 1923.
WJohn Park VC, born in Derry, Ireland, was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
WJohn Henry Parr was an English soldier. He is believed to be the first soldier of the British Empire to fall in action during the First World War.
WGerald Roberts Reitlinger was an art historian, especially of Asian ceramics, and a scholar of historical changes in taste in art and their reflection in art prices. After World War II he wrote three large books about Nazi Germany. He was also a painter and collector, mainly of pottery. Reitlinger's major works were The Final Solution (1953), The SS: Alibi of a Nation (1956), and between 1961–1970 he published The Economics of Taste in three volumes.
WHorace Osborne Robotham was an English professional football right half who played in the Football League for Glossop and Wolverhampton Wanderers. He also played in the Southern League for Fulham, New Brompton and Brentford.
WRobert Edward Ryder VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
WWalter Daniel John Tull was an English professional footballer and British Army officer of Afro-Caribbean descent. He played as an inside forward and half back for Clapton, Tottenham Hotspur and Northampton Town and was the third person of mixed heritage to play in the top division of the Football League after Arthur Wharton and Willie Clarke.
WSidney Wheelhouse was an English professional football right back, best remembered for his eight years in the Football League with Grimsby Town.
WJohn William Williams, also known as James Williams and referred to as "Ginger" Williams, was a Welsh professional footballer who won two caps for the Wales national football team and played in the Football League for Birmingham. He died on active service during the First World War.
WAlexander Wright VC was a British Army soldier and an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.