Date of birth 1884 Name Bill Williamson | Years Team Playing position | |
Full name William Mountford Williamson Place of birth Longton, Staffordshire, England | ||
William Mountford "Bill" Williamson (1887 – 2 August 1918) was an English football outside right who played in the Football League for Leicester Fosse and Stoke.
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Career
Williamson began his career at local amateur club North Staffs Normads before joining Football League side Stoke in 1906. He spent two years at Stoke and made just eight appearances before joining Crewe Alexandra in 1910. After another two years at Crewe he re-entered League football with Leicester Fosse but made just two appearances. He re-joined Stoke in 1911, but failed to gain a place in the first team and joined Wellington Town.
Personal life
Prior to the First World War, Williamson enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders. He was in Egypt with his battalion when the war broke out in August 1914 and after a brief spell back in the UK, the battalion was deployed on the Western Front two months later. Williamson saw action at the First Battle of Ypres and was wounded in the left hand, left knee and taken prisoner of war by Germany. He died in captivity on 2 August 1918 and is commemorated on the Cologne Memorial.