Harry Robotham

Harry Robotham

Personal information
Full name	Horace Osborne Robotham
Date of birth	July 1879
Place of birth	Heath Town, England
Date of death	12 September 1916 (aged 37)
Place of death	Somme, France
Position(s)	Right half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Wolverhampton Post Office
	Redshaw Albion
1899	Ossett
1899–1901	Hunslet
1901–1902	Wolverhampton Wanderers	7	(1)
1903–1905	Fulham	34	(0)
1905–1906	Brentford	21
1906–1907	Glossop	23	(4)
1907–1908	New Brompton	33	(0)
1908–1909	Wellington Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Harry Robotham was a professional football right half who played in the Football League for Glossop and Wolverhampton Wanderers. He also played in the Southern League for Fulham, New Brompton and Brentford.

Personal life

During the First World War on 26 November 1915, Robotham enlisted in the 23rd (Service) Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment (better known as the 2nd Footballers’ Battalion). He served his initial time on the Western Front between Hazebrouck and Bailleul in 1916 and later took part in the Battle of the Somme. Robotham was killed on 12 September 1916 during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette. His body was never recovered and his name is recorded on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme.