A FAMOUS FOOTBALL.
On the mantelpiece in the In:mag—ing (lirectol"S rooms of a London firm stund_s the chief mtiqle of office furni--ture: a dal'k—eololl’fcd foofball with “'.\lunmubun Clzlp” c.l:.‘£Llked fainlgly upon it. It was -one of tho famoiis footballs kicked over the top when the great. advance of July 1, 1916, begun. The inscriprtion on the pedestal I'ead:l':-—“This foo'tball rwas laicked over the top -on July 1, 1916, by Private A. A. Fursey, NO. (3 Platoon, B. Company, Bth Surrey Regiment, during the attack from ~Cal'noy Valley to fxlontauban.” Private Bursey was l«:illed that: «lay.
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Taihape Daily Times, 16 August 1919, Page 6
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95A FAMOUS FOOTBALL. Taihape Daily Times, 16 August 1919, Page 6
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