Edwin Stanley Garvie (14 September 1892 – 15 October 1915) was a Scottish amateur

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half back and

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who played in the

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for Queen's Park. Garvie captained the club and at the time of his death in 1915, he was described by the ''Southern Press'' as the "best all-round player Queen's Park has known for many years.

Personal life

Prior to the

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, Garvie worked as a foreign merchants'

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. After the outbreak of the war in August 1914, Garvie enlisted in the 5th Battalion of the

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. Serving with the rank of

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, On 25 September 1915, Garvie was wounded in the advance on the

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during the

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. He was taken

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by the

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and died of his wounds in a prison hospital in Jülich on 15 October 1915. His grave was later moved to the Südfriedhof in

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. Garvie's younger brother, Ernest, served as a

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in the

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during the war and won the

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. He was accidentally killed by a fellow officer during the Battle of the Lys in 1918.

References

1892 births 1915 deaths Scottish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Queen's Park F.C. players Scottish Football League players British Army personnel of World War I British military personnel killed in World War I Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders soldiers World War I prisoners of war held by Germany Men's association football forwards British World War I prisoners of war Footballers from Glasgow People from Calton {{Scotland-footy-midfielder-1890s-stub