Walter Kimberley

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Walter Kimberley
Personal information
Full name Walter Kimberley[1]
Date of birth 28 September 1884
Place of birth Aston, England
Date of death 22 April 1917(1917-04-22) (aged 32)[2]
Place of death Aston, England[3]
Position(s) Left back, right half
Youth career
Gower Street School
Gravelly Hill Schools
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Tower Unity
Selly Oak St Mary's
Coldstream Guards
Aston Manor
1906–1912 Aston Villa 7 (0)
1912–1914 Coventry City 21 (2)
1914 Walsall
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Walter Kimberley (28 September 1884 – 22 April 1917) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa as a left back and right half.[1]

Personal life[edit]

As of 1901 and 1904, Kimberley worked as an engraver and a packer respectively.[4] While playing for Coventry City, Kimberley worked at the Coventry Ordnance Works.[5] An army reservist since 1904,[4] Kimberley rejoined the Coldstream Guards in August 1914, after Britain's entry into the First World War and was appointed lance corporal.[4] The following month, he was captured by the Germans at Maubeuge during the First Battle of the Marne and spent two years as a prisoner of war in camps at Döberitz, Dyrotz and Cottbus.[6][7] Beginning with a six-month stay in hospital with laryngitis and bronchitis, Kimberley's health declined during his internment and he was repatriated to Britain in August 1916 with pulmonary tuberculosis.[7] He was immediately discharged from the army and fell into severe ill heath, permanently losing his voice and dying at home in Aston on 22 April 1917.[3] Kimberley was buried in Witton Cemetery, Birmingham.[2] He was married and had two children, one of whom died in infancy.[4]

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Aston Villa 1907–08[8] First Division 4 0 0 0 4 0
1908–09[8] 3 0 0 0 3 0
Total 7 0 0 0 7 0
Coventry City 1912–13[8] Southern League First Division 10 1 1 0 11 1
1913–14[8] 11 0 1 0 12 0
Total 21 1 2 0 23 1
Career total 28 1 2 0 30 1

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 164. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Walter Kimberley – Aston Villa and Coventry City". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d "Coventry City Footballer Walter Kimberley, and World War One". Our Warwickshire. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  5. ^ Nowell, Charles (7 September 2012). City of Coventry Roll of the Fallen: The Great War 1914–1918. Andrews UK Limited. p. 188. ISBN 9781781509654.
  6. ^ "Walter Kimberley Gets Taken Prisoner in World War One". Our Warwickshire. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Walter Kimberley's World War One Prisoner Experience, and Beyond". Our Warwickshire. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  8. ^ a b c d "Walter Kimberley". 11v11.com. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
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