Monday, November 29, 2010

Donald Simpson Bell

Second Lieutenant from Harrogate
First pro to join the army
Bell who stormed a machine gun nest
Courage rewarded with the VC

Twas the Battle of The Somme
Donald took on a mighty enemy
Aged twenty five in 1916
Victoria Cross granted posthumously

With Mill Bombs he advanced
Yorkshireman born in 1890
Dead five days later at Contalmaison
Only footballer to receive the VC

Number 7
(c) Emdad Rahman

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