Personal information | |||
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Full name | Edwin Stanley Garvey [1] | ||
Date of birth | 14 September 1892 | ||
Place of birth | Calton, Scotland [1] | ||
Date of death | 15 October 1915[2] | (aged 23)||
Place of death | Jülich, German Empire | ||
Position(s) | Half back, forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1911–1914 | Queen's Park | 85 | (7) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Edwin Stanley Garvie (14 September 1892 – 15 October 1915) was a Scottish amateur football half back and forward who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park. [1] [3] 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. [4] [5]
Prior to the First World War, Garvie worked as a foreign merchants' clerk. [5] After the outbreak of the war in August 1914, Garvie enlisted in the 5th Battalion of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. [4] Serving with the rank of lance corporal, [2] On 25 September 1915, Garvie was wounded in the advance on the Hohenzollern Redoubt during the Battle of Loos. [4] He was taken prisoner by the Germans and died of his wounds in a prison hospital in Jülich on 15 October 1915. [4] [6] His grave was later moved to the Südfriedhof in Cologne. [2] Garvie's younger brother, Ernest, served as a second lieutenant in the Highland Light Infantry during the war and won the Military Cross. [7] He was accidentally killed by a fellow officer during the Battle of the Lys in 1918. [4] [5]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Edwin Stanley Garvey [1] | ||
Date of birth | 14 September 1892 | ||
Place of birth | Calton, Scotland [1] | ||
Date of death | 15 October 1915[2] | (aged 23)||
Place of death | Jülich, German Empire | ||
Position(s) | Half back, forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1911–1914 | Queen's Park | 85 | (7) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Edwin Stanley Garvie (14 September 1892 – 15 October 1915) was a Scottish amateur football half back and forward who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park. [1] [3] 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. [4] [5]
Prior to the First World War, Garvie worked as a foreign merchants' clerk. [5] After the outbreak of the war in August 1914, Garvie enlisted in the 5th Battalion of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. [4] Serving with the rank of lance corporal, [2] On 25 September 1915, Garvie was wounded in the advance on the Hohenzollern Redoubt during the Battle of Loos. [4] He was taken prisoner by the Germans and died of his wounds in a prison hospital in Jülich on 15 October 1915. [4] [6] His grave was later moved to the Südfriedhof in Cologne. [2] Garvie's younger brother, Ernest, served as a second lieutenant in the Highland Light Infantry during the war and won the Military Cross. [7] He was accidentally killed by a fellow officer during the Battle of the Lys in 1918. [4] [5]