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Bob Whiting and Billy Jones? Both played in the 1910 Charity Shield match and the signed up for the 17th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. I think the whole Clapton Orient squad signed up for this unit plus others from clubs such as Man United, Liverpool, Sheff Wed, Chelsea & Heart of...

If they'd gone straight to France in August 1914 there wouldn't be all that many who survived the year. Mons, and the retreat to the Marne took it's toll on a small expeditionary force. But my guess is that these Albion players wouldn't have gone overseas until at least May 1915 by which time...