Clifford Winter (1884 – 27 October 1918) was a professional footballer who played as an inside left in the

Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

for Gainsborough Trinity.

Personal life

Winter served as a corporal in the

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) was a rifle regiment of the British Army, the only regiment of rifles amongst the Scottish regiments of infantry. It was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 26th Cameronian Reg ...

during the First World War and died of wounds at the Battle of Cambrai on 27 October 1918. He is buried in

Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery is a war grave for mainly Commonwealth soldiers who died in the First World War. It was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield in the 1920s and contains the bodies of 2,046 people: 1,817 identified Commonweal ...

, Manancourt.

References

English men's footballers Newcastle United F.C. players English Football League players Men's association football inside forwards British Army personnel of World War I 1884 births 1918 deaths Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players Gateshead A.F.C. players British military personnel killed in World War I Cameronians soldiers Footballers from Gateshead Burials at Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery Military personnel from Tyne and Wear {{England-footy-forward-1880s-stub