Thomas Knibbs

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

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

  1. ^ a b "Thomas Henry Knibbs | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  3. ^ Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 166. ISBN 9781905891610.
  4. ^ "Preston North End's footballers killed in the First World War remembered". www.lep.co.uk. 8 November 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2022.


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