Harry Robotham
Horace Osborne Robotham was an English professional football right half who played in the Football League for Glossop and Wolverhampton Wanderers. He also played in the Southern League for Fulham, New Brompton and Brentford.Personal life
On 26 November 1915, in Wolverhampton during the First World War, Robotham enlisted in the 23rd Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment. He served his initial time on the Western Front between Hazebrouck and Bailleul in 1916 and later took part in the Battle of the Somme. Robotham was killed on 12 September 1916 during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette. His body was never recovered and his name is recorded on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme.Career statistics
