Hiley Bamsey

Hiley Royal Bamsey (8 October 1916 – 31 December 1943) was an English amateur football centre half who played in the Football League for Exeter City.[1][3]

Hiley Bamsey
Personal information
Full name Hiley Royal Bamsey[1]
Date of birth 8 October 1916
Place of birth Woodbury, England
Date of death 31 December 1943(1943-12-31) (aged 27)[2]
Place of death Kingdom of Iraq
Position(s) Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1935 Woodbury
1935–1938 Exeter City 42 (0)
Barrow 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

Bamsey served as a sergeant in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers during the Second World War and was killed in Iraq on 31 December 1943.[2][4] He was buried in Khayat Beach War Cemetery, near Haifa.[2]

References

  1. Joyce, Michael. Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-905891-61-0. OCLC 841581272.
  2. "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  3. "Bamsey, Hiley". grecianarchive.exeter.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  4. "New plaques added to WW1 and WW2 memorials". www.exetercityfc.co.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
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