Harold Meadowcroft

Harold Chadwick Meadowcroft (1889 – 1 July 1916) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Glossop and Bury.[1] He played as a right half or outside right.[1]

Harold Meadowcroft
Personal information
Full name Harold Chadwick Meadowcroft[1]
Date of birth 1889
Place of birth Workington, England
Date of death 1 July 1916 (aged 26–27)[2]
Place of death Somme, France[3]
Position(s) Right half, outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1907 Whitworth
1907–1908 Rochdale 35 (3)
Macclesfield
1912 Glossop 10 (0)
1913 Bury 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

Meadowcroft was one of 14 children and grew up in Bury.[3][4] He worked as a commercial traveller.[4] In 1914, during the early months of the First World War he enlisted in the Manchester Regiment.[3] Serving as a corporal in the Manchester Pals,[5] Meadowcroft was shot by a sniper while leading his section during the capture of Mametz on the first day of the Somme.[3][6] He was buried in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz.[2]

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 200. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  3. Britton, Paul (1 July 2016). "The louder they cheered and sang, the harder they pressed forward: How the M.E.N. reported the Somme". Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  4. "Remembering Our Former Players Who Lost Their Lives During WW1 This Armistice Day". www.rochdaleafc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  5. "Harold Chadwick Meadowcroft | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  6. Harold Meadowcroft on Lives of the First World War


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