Thomas Knibbs
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Henry Knibbs[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Burton upon Trent, England | ||
| Date of death | 21 August 1915[2] | ||
| Place of death | Gallipoli, Turkey | ||
| Position(s) | Outside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1898–1899 | Burton Swifts | 29 | (5) |
| 1904 | Preston North End | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Thomas Henry Knibbs (died 21 August 1915) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Burton Swifts as an outside left.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Knibbs worked as an engine fitter and served as a private in the York and Lancaster Regiment during the First World War.[1][4] He was killed during the Gallipoli Campaign on 21 August 1915 and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Thomas Henry Knibbs | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 166. ISBN 9781905891610.
- ^ "Preston North End's footballers killed in the First World War remembered". www.lep.co.uk. 8 November 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
External links
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- English men's footballers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- English Football League players
- 1915 deaths
- Footballers from Burton upon Trent
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Men's association football outside forwards
- Burton Swifts F.C. players
- Preston North End F.C. players
- York and Lancaster Regiment soldiers
- Military personnel from Staffordshire
- English football forward stubs