James Haldane (footballer)

James Haldane
Personal information
Full name James Haldane[1]
Date of birth 19 December 1890[2]
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Date of death 27 August 1915(1915-08-27) (aged 24)[3]
Place of death Pas-de-Calais, France[4]
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[5]
Position(s) Inside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1914 Hearts of Beath
1914–1915 Lochgelly United 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Haldane (19 December 1890 – 27 August 1915) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Lochgelly United as an inside right.[4] He was killed in action during the First World War.[6]

Personal life

At the age of 18, Haldane was working as a miner and he later served in the Territorial Army for four years.[5][7] Soon after Britain's entry into the First World War, Haldane enlisted in the British Army in Glencraig.[5] On 8 August 1914, he joined the Royal Scots as a private at Glencorse Barracks.[5] Haldane was killed on 27 August 1915 when a working party, of which he was a member, came under German machine gun fire while digging a trench in France.[5] He died instantly while helping to carry a wounded comrade in.[5] Haldane was buried in Cambrin Churchyard Extension.[3]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lochgelly United 1914–15[1] Scottish Second Division 1 0 — 1 0
Career total 1 0 0 0 1 0

References

  1. ^ a b Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  2. ^ Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950
  3. ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  4. ^ a b "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1915–1916" (PDF). p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "H". Lochgelly War Memorial. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  6. ^ "James Haldane | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  7. ^ "James Haldane 11766". Great War Dundee. Retrieved 20 September 2020.


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