patches Posted July 11, 2017 Share #1 Posted July 11, 2017 Found a bunch of Americans who served in foregien armies, in this book I got, Upon Other Fields On Other Days, a book on College Football War Dead/Wounded and other Causalities. First up is John Prentiss Poe,from from the famous Poe family, served in the Spanish American War, then he became a mercenary, joining the English in 1914, KIA in one of the Battalions of the Black Watch in France at Loos 1915. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Poe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share #2 Posted July 11, 2017 Florence J. H. Price, a Brown University standout, class of 06. KIA Canadian Army, 5th Battalion Royal Highlanders of Canada. http://library.brown.edu/create/browninthegreatwar/stories/floss/ http://www.blackwatchcanada.com/en/heritage-and-history/a-brief-history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share #3 Posted July 11, 2017 Dillyn P.Starr, not much on him other than he was a one time quarterback for Harvard, crossed the Atlantic, and joined the English, was KIA as a Lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share #4 Posted July 11, 2017 John Percy Pringle Macalester College 08. Pringle was KIA in France as Lietenant in the Canadian Army unit unknown. See page 21 of this PDF https://www.macalester.edu/library/oldcatalogs/cat_1918_1919.pdf His name on the World War plaque at Macalester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share #5 Posted July 11, 2017 A Thomas Niven a football player, Stevens Institute, no other info other than Canadian Army, KIA at Passchendaele with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share #6 Posted July 13, 2017 Arthur Bluethenthal, Princeton Elevens 1911-12. French Air Service KIA June 1918. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Bluethenthal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share #7 Posted July 13, 2017 David Endicott Putnam Havard, he flew with the French Air Service before transferring over to the USAAS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Endicott_Putnam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share #8 Posted July 13, 2017 George Marter Crawford, Lehigh, Crawford's an interesting one, a USAAS piolt, he's shot down near St Mihiel and listed as MIA, turns out he was captured, after his release he then goes to the newly reestablished Poland and fly's with the Kościuszko's Squadron. Crawford in the new Polish air Force, front row second from the left. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C5%9Bciuszko%27s_Squadron Here's his Polish page. http://www.bequickorbedead.cba.pl/crawford_george_marter.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 16, 2017 Author Share #9 Posted July 16, 2017 Here's another from the book, does he count? Robert Merriman? Sure why not, an American in an foreign army, he played football at Nevada. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hale_Merriman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 17, 2017 Author Share #10 Posted July 17, 2017 A Richard Ely, a University of Virginia Gridiron Standout, Royal Canadian Engineers, in his listing in the book says he was KIA during the first days of the Battle of Britain July 1940, so since he wasn't in the RAF or the RCAF, I think he was killed a Luftwaffe air attack of his camp during the Battle of Britain. http://www.canadaatwar.ca/memorial/world-war-ii/111527/sapper-richard-ely/ Here he is as Richard J Ely, got his Letter in 1936. http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/all-time-letterwinners.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 17, 2017 Author Share #11 Posted July 17, 2017 Henry L. Hornberger, played football for Wagner College The Royal Canadian Regiment, died in England July 1941, I imagine from Other Causes http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2667128 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 17, 2017 Author Share #12 Posted July 17, 2017 John Higginbotham, Princeton 38 elevens. Higginbotham flew with RAF No 133 Squadron, and was killed on November 25 1940 in a mid air collision of his Spitfire and another over London. https://books.google.com/books?id=hRNbAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR66&lpg=PR66&dq=john+higginbotham+princeton+football&source=bl&ots=-S-nX9M8Xs&sig=PPu8E9AMxzHLuByTC6Jg9uhUUqU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiGpO_5oY_VAhVIWT4KHaKZAdkQ6AEIQTAF#v=onepage&q=john%20higginbotham%20princeton%20football&f=false Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 17, 2017 Author Share #13 Posted July 17, 2017 A Herbert W. Hainey Universty of Portland (40 )Royal Canadian Air Force is listed, says shot down over the Channel Oct 1942, but can't find no info at all of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 17, 2017 Author Share #14 Posted July 17, 2017 George King Williams, played football for Georgia Military Academy or is it Georgia Military College? Any how G W Williams was a Lance Corporal in the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada and was KIA in the Battle of Ortona December 1943. http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2205474 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted January 19, 2019 Share #15 Posted January 19, 2019 George Marter Crawford, Lehigh, Crawford's an interesting one, a USAAS piolt, he's shot down near St Mihiel and listed as MIA, turns out he was captured, after his release he then goes to the newly reestablished Poland and fly's with the Kościuszko's Squadron. crawford_george_marter.jpg Crawford.jpg Crawford in the new Polish air Force, front row second from the left. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C5%9Bciuszko%27s_Squadron Here's his Polish page. http://www.bequickorbedead.cba.pl/crawford_george_marter.html He was unique hero. Here is much better Polish page http://bequickorbedead.com/article_detail/virtuti_militari-americans-crawford-george-marter-por-pil/ PDF with abstract in English http://bazhum.muzhp.pl/media//files/Colloquium/Colloquium-r2011-t3/Colloquium-r2011-t3-s9-22/Colloquium-r2011-t3-s9-22.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share #16 Posted January 19, 2019 He was unique hero. Here is much better Polish page http://bequickorbedead.com/article_detail/virtuti_militari-americans-crawford-george-marter-por-pil/ PDF with abstract in English http://bazhum.muzhp.pl/media//files/Colloquium/Colloquium-r2011-t3/Colloquium-r2011-t3-s9-22/Colloquium-r2011-t3-s9-22.pdf Thanks Gregory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted January 19, 2019 Share #17 Posted January 19, 2019 Today's decamouflaged MiG-29 of the Polish Air Force in honor of George M.Crawford, among others, all US airmen fighting for the Polish independence in 1919-1920 and in honor of the Kościuszko Squadron. The 7th Fighter Squadron (so-called Kościuszko Squadron) badge never dies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted January 19, 2019 Share #18 Posted January 19, 2019 And the PAF's F-16C Block 52+ with the Kościuszko Squadron emblem. This time in honor of both 7th Fighter Squadron and 303 PAF Squadron during the Battle of Britain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted July 31, 2021 Share #19 Posted July 31, 2021 On 7/10/2017 at 11:03 PM, patches said: John Percy Pringle Macalester College 08. Pringle was KIA in France as Lietenant in the Canadian Army unit unknown. See page 21 of this PDF https://www.macalester.edu/library/oldcatalogs/cat_1918_1919.pdf His name on the World War plaque at Macalester. According to the CWGC, Pringle was born in Canada (Manitoba) and his parents were Nova Scotians. He died on the Somme with the 2nd Bn in September 1916. Perhaps he simply went to college in the US? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 1, 2021 Author Share #20 Posted August 1, 2021 3 hours ago, Andrew said: According to the CWGC, Pringle was born in Canada (Manitoba) and his parents were Nova Scotians. He died on the Somme with the 2nd Bn in September 1916. Perhaps he simply went to college in the US? That may be the case, thanks for the update. His unit wasn't mentioned in the book, so this 2nd Bn would it be 2nd Battalion (Eastern Ontario Regiment)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted August 1, 2021 Share #21 Posted August 1, 2021 Yes correct. It was in the 1st Brigade of the 1st Division. It is possible also that he remained in the US after college, but I would still not count him as an American. At the same time, recent research indicates that as many as 1 in 10 soldiers in Canadian uniform in the Great War were American. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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