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The Footballers Memorial. WW1 The Somme.

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The Football League has unveiled a memorial to the soldiers of the Footballers' Battalions' that fought in the First World War. Almost a century after their advance into 'Devil's Wood' began, The Football League has erected a permanent memorial to the men of the 17th and 23rd Middlesex Regiments - the Footballers' Battalions.

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