Harry Dutfield | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 1879[1] Birmingham, England[2] |
| Died |
6 June 1918 (aged Error: Need valid year, month, day) Poperinge, Belgium |
Harry Dutfield (December 1879 – 6 June 1918) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back in the Southern Football League for Brentford.[3]
Personal life[]
Dutfield worked as a leather dresser and married Louisa Brown in 1899.[2] In May 1917, two-and-a-half-years after the outbreak of the First World War, he enlisted in the 4th (Reserve) Battalion of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment in Leicester, being posted to France in October.[2] Private Dutfield was killed in action at Poperinge on 6 June 1918 and was buried in Nine Elms British Cemetery, west of Poperinge.[2][3][4] His eldest son, Private George Henry Dutfield of the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster), was killed in April 1918.[5]
Career statistics[]
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Brentford | 1902–03[3] | Southern League First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
References[]
- ↑ H on Lives of the First World War
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Dutfield, Harry". https://royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/entity/86271-dutfield-harry?q=.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lane, Dave (10 November 2019). "Brentford Football Club – Remembering the Fallen – 2019". https://beesotted.com/brentford-football-club-remembering-the-fallen-2019/.
- ↑ "Casualty Details: Harry Dutfield". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/136605/.
- ↑ "Casualty Details: George Henry Dutfield". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/872361/.
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