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Captain Thomas Sowerby ROWLANDSON, MC.
Captain Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson, MC. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Samuel and Isabel Rowlandson, of Newton Morrell, Darlington. Killed
15 September 1916. Aged 36.
A photo of Captain Rowlandson (then a Lieutenant) with fellow Officers of
the 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment in April 1915 can be found on the Group
Photos page on this website.
(Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson was born in Newton Morrell in June 1880. He was
Baptised at Holy Trinity, Darlington on 21 June 1880. In the 1881 Census his
father ran a 1030 acre farm, employing 20 men and 3 boys. 5 domestics were
employed in the house.
From Robert Coulson's biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"He was at Cambridge University, entering Trinity Hall in 1901. He also
played football as a goalkeeper with Newcastle United in the 1905/6 season
and had spells with Sunderland and the Corinthian Casuals."
On the Newcastle
United fan's website there are further details of Thomas Rowlandson's
football playing career;-
"He spent a season at Sunderland (1905-1906) where he played 12 games
before coming to Newcastle the following season. At Newcastle he was described
as being a "lithesome" goalkeeper. However, he really had little
opportunity as he was always seen as third choice behind the great Jimmy Lawrence
and Bob Crumley. Hence, his single apearance playing for Newcastle."
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