At the Annual General Meeting of Aberdeen Football Club on 1st August 1919, Mr Tom Duncan, Chairman, paid tribute to the thirty-three Players and Officials who gave service in the Great War, eight of whom made the supreme sacrifice. Other men who had been associated with the Club also died in that conflict, as did two others in the Second World War. They are all remembered here as members of the Aberdeen FC Roll of Honour.
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Sergeant-Major John Mackay (Aged 53)
Royal Engineers
Died of wounds, France, 21st April 1916
Director of Aberdeen FC
John MacKay Profile>> |
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Company Sergeant-Major Charles Neilson (Aged 26)
Gordon Highlanders
Killed in action, France, 1st June 1916
Player
1910-11 to 1911-12, Apps 8, Goals 0
Charles Neilson Profile>> |
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Captain Joseph Ellis Milne DSO (Aged 48)
Royal Army Medical Corps
Killed in action, Belgium, 22nd February 1917
Medical Officer Aberdeen FC
Joseph Milne Profile>> |
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Gunner John Munro (Aged 24)
Royal Field Artillery
Killed in action, France, 8th May 1917
Player
1914-15 to 1915-16 Apps 15, Goals 0
John Munro Profile>> |
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Lance Corporal Angus McLeod (Aged 27)
Gordon Highlanders
Presumed dead in field, France/Belgium, 16th May 1917
Player
1913-14 to 1915-16, Apps 22, Goals 6
Angus McLeod Profile>> |
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Trimmer Frederick Watson (Aged 28)
Royal Naval Reserve, HM Drifter "Petrel"
Died 29th June 1917
Player
1913-14, Apps 2, Goals 0
Fred Watson Profile>> |
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Sergeant James Hadden Neilson (Aged 29)
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Died Greece, 28th October 1917
Player
1911-12, Apps 1, Goals 1
James Neilson Profile>> |
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Captain Herbert Murray MC (Aged 32)
Gordon Highlanders
Killed in action, France, 20th July 1918
Player
1908-09 to 1913-14, Apps 43, Goals 6
Herbert Murray Profile>> |
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Gunner Alex Halkett (Aged 35)
Royal Field Artillery
Killed in action, Belgium, 22nd February 1917
Player
1904-05 to 1908-1909, Apps 129, Goals 2. Team Captain 1907
Alex Halkett Profile>> |
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Private Andrew Hamilton (Aged ?)
Gordon Highlanders
Killed in action, France, 20th July 1915
Player
1905-06, Apps 1, Goals 0.
Andrew Hamilton Profile>> |
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Private Allan Lawrie (Aged 29)
Cameron Highlanders
Killed in action, France, 10th May 1915
Player
1906-07 to 1907-08, Apps 1, Goals 0.
Allan Lawrie Profile>> |
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World War II |
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Sergeant Observer George Scott (Aged c26)
Royal Air Force
Died over Tain, Rosshire 26th July 1942
Player
1935-39, Apps 28, Goals 3
George Scott Profile>> |
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Flying Officer John Waran Campbell (Aged 23)
Royal Air Force
Reported missing, Andaman Islands, 24th August 1943 body not recovered
Player
Reserve team only.
John Waran Campbell Profile>> |