George Owen Williams (September 1879 – 27 July 1916) was a semi-professional footballer who played 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 West Bromwich Albion as a half back. He was capped by Wales at international level.

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Williams served as a rifleman in the

King's Royal Rifle Corps The King's Royal Rifle Corps was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army that was originally raised in British North America as the Royal American Regiment during the phase of the Seven Years' War in North America known in the United St ...

during the First World War and was killed during the

Battle of the Somme The Battle of the Somme ( French: Bataille de la Somme), also known as the Somme offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and French Third Republic against the German Empire. It took place bet ...

on 27 July 1916. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

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Welsh men's footballers Wales men's international footballers English Football League players British Army personnel of World War I 1879 births 1916 deaths Men's association football wing halves Footballers from Birmingham, West Midlands Wednesbury Old Athletic F.C. players West Bromwich Albion F.C. players Brierley Hill Alliance F.C. players Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players Wrexham A.F.C. players Military personnel from Birmingham, West Midlands Stafford Rangers F.C. players Willenhall F.C. players Walsall F.C. players British military personnel killed in the Battle of the Somme King's Royal Rifle Corps soldiers {{Wales-footy-midfielder-stub

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