Tommy Ware

Tommy Ware
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Ware
Date of birth	16 October 1885
Place of birth	Bristol, England
Date of death	1 May 1915 (aged 29)
Place of death	Poperinghe, Belgium
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1911–1915	Bristol City
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Ware (16 October 1885 – 1 May 1915) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Bristol City as a goalkeeper.^[1]

Personal life[edit]

Prior to being bought out of the British Army to become a professional footballer, Ware served as a musician in the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).^[3]^[4] Though discharged, he remained on the reserve list.^[3] He combined his football career with a factory job in Broadmead.^[3] Ware re-enlisted in the army upon the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 and enlisted as a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery.^[3] He was wounded in action during the Second Battle of Ypres and died of wounds at 84th Field Ambulance in Poperinge on 1 May 1915.^[3]^[5] He was buried in Poperinge Old Military Cemetery.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 301. ISBN 978-1905891610.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Our Tommy – The Life and Times of Tommy Ware" (PDF). Retrieved 21 December 2018.
^ Thomas Ware on Lives of the First World War
^ "Thomas Ware | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 27 February 2022.

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