Eddie Garvie
Edwin Stanley Garvie (14 September 1892 – 15 October 1915) was a Scottish amateur football half back and forward who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.[1][3] Garvie captained the club and at the time of his death in 1915, he was described by the Southern Press as the "best all-round player Queen's Park has known for many years.[4][5]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edwin Stanley Garvey[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 14 September 1892 | ||
| Place of birth | Calton, Scotland[1] | ||
| Date of death | 15 October 1915 (aged 23)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Jülich, German Empire | ||
| Position(s) | Half back, forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1911–1914 | Queen's Park | 85 | (7) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Personal life edit
Prior to the First World War, Garvie worked as a foreign merchants' clerk.[5] After the outbreak of the war in August 1914, Garvie enlisted in the 5th Battalion of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders.[4] Serving with the rank of lance corporal,[2] On 25 September 1915, Garvie was wounded in the advance on the Hohenzollern Redoubt during the Battle of Loos.[4] He was taken prisoner by the Germans and died of his wounds in a prison hospital in Jülich on 15 October 1915.[4][6] His grave was later moved to the Südfriedhof in Cologne.[2] Garvie's younger brother, Ernest, served as a second lieutenant in the Highland Light Infantry during the war and won the Military Cross.[7] He was accidentally killed by a fellow officer during the Battle of the Lys in 1918.[4][5]
References edit
- ^ a b c (PDF). Scotlands-war.ed.ac.uk. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Casualty Details: Edward Garvey". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ "QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". Qpfc.com. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Queen's Park Football Club and the Great War 1914–1918" (PDF). Queensparkfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ a b c Ellsworth, Fred. "Queen's Park Counts the Cost Trench Warfare – The Battle of Loos 1915" (PDF). pp. 6, 16. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ^ "Edwin Stanley Garvie – Service Record – Football and the First World War". Footballandthefirstworldwar. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ "Casualty Details: Ernest Garvey". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 12 October 2016.