Wartime b&w photograph of the British Army football team in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1941, showing team and officers before kick-off, signed in ink on mount margin by the full squad of 16 players including Mercer, Sproston, Goslin, Swift, Beattie, Compton, Britton, Walker, Hogan, Welsh, Mannion, Lawton, Cullis, Birkett, Caradine and Edleston, 6 by 7in., mountedThe British Army team played three games of football and a game of cricket:Sat Sept 13. Irish XI 1 – 5 British Army Mon Sept 15 (Eve) NI Army 1 – 6 British Army Tues Sept 16 Cricket Match Wed Sept 17 Irish League 0 – 5 British Army
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Wartime b&w photograph of the British Army football team in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1941, showing team and officers before kick-off, signed in ink on mount margin by the full squad of 16 players including Mercer, Sproston, Goslin, Swift, Beattie, Compton, Britton, Walker, Hogan, Welsh, Mannion, Lawton, Cullis, Birkett, Caradine and Edleston, 6 by 7in., mountedThe British Army team played three games of football and a game of cricket:Sat Sept 13. Irish XI 1 – 5 British Army Mon Sept 15 (Eve) NI Army 1 – 6 British Army Tues Sept 16 Cricket Match Wed Sept 17 Irish League 0 – 5 British Army