World War I -WWI - British football enthusiast recruits known as the Footballer's Battalion (or Players Battalion) marching to White City, London in civilian clothing. --- The 17th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment was an infantry battalion of the Middlesex Regiment, part of the British Army, which was formed as a Pals battalion during the Great War. The main part of the battalion consisted of a group of professional footballers and fans, leading to their popular name,

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