Robert Milligan (footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1892 | ||
Place of birth | Stoneykirk, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 25 September 1915 (aged 22–23)[1] | ||
Place of death | Loos-en-Gohelle, France | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Newton Villa | |||
1912–1913 | Clyde | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Robert Milligan (1892 – 25 September 1915) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played in the Scottish Football League for Clyde.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Milligan worked at Douglas Park Colliery near Bellshill.[1] After the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, Milligan enlisted as a private in the Seaforth Highlanders.[1] He was killed in action during the Battle of Loos on 25 September 1915.[1] He was commemorated on the Loos Memorial.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1915–1916" (PDF). p. 5. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
Categories:
- Scottish men's footballers
- 1915 deaths
- British Army personnel of World War I
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- 1892 births
- Footballers from Dumfries and Galloway
- Seaforth Highlanders soldiers
- Scottish Football League players
- Clyde F.C. players
- Scottish miners
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish football biography stubs