George V. Elmore (1880 – 1 July 1916) was an English professional

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who played in the

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for

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and

West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion Football Club () is an English professional football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was formed in 1878 and has pla ...

as a

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. He also played in the

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for St Mirren and

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and is regarded as

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's 'first star player'.

Personal life

Elmore worked in the

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trade in

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. In September 1914, one month after

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's entry into the

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, he enlisted in the

Royal Scots The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), once known as the Royal Regiment of Foot, was the oldest and most senior infantry regiment of the line of the British Army, having been raised in 1633 during the reign of Charles I of Scotland. The regimen ...

. Elmore was deployed on the Western Front in January 1916 and was serving as a

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when he was killed in

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on the

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. He is commemorated on the

Thiepval Memorial The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. It is near the ...

Career statistics

Honours

Witton Albion *

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: 1901–02 * Crewe & District Cup: 1900–01 Altrincham *

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: 1904–05, 1906–07 * Cheshire Senior Cup: 1904–05

References

1880 births English men's footballers English Football League players British Army personnel of World War I Royal Scots soldiers British military personnel killed in the Battle of the Somme 1916 deaths Northwich Victoria F.C. players West Bromwich Albion F.C. players Bristol Rovers F.C. players Southern Football League players Footballers from Northwich Witton Albion F.C. players Altrincham F.C. players Glossop North End A.F.C. players Blackpool F.C. players Partick Thistle F.C. players Scottish Football League players St Mirren F.C. players St Bernard's F.C. players Broxburn United F.C. wartime guest players Men's association football forwards Military personnel from Cheshire {{England-footy-forward-1880s-stub