Bell's Redoubt Somme France

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Second Lieutenant Donald Bell was the first professional footballer to enlist and the only one to be awarded the Victoria Cross. He fell at this location on 10 July 1916 whilst performing a similar act to that which earned him the VC - attacking and destroying a machine gun post.

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Location: Somme, France
Photo credit: © Kevin Howchin / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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