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]
| 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 (aged 27)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Kingdom of Iraq | ||
| Position(s) | Centre half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –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
- 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.
- "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- "Bamsey, Hiley". grecianarchive.exeter.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- "New plaques added to WW1 and WW2 memorials". www.exetercityfc.co.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
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