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Robert Milligan (footballer)

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Date of birth
  
1892

Years
  
Team

Died
  
Loos-en-Gohelle, France

Place of birth
  
Stoneykirk, Scotland

Team
  
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Date of death
  
25 September 1915 (aged 22–23)

Place of death
  
Loos-en-Gohelle, France

Robert Milligan (1892 – 25 September 1915) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played in the Scottish Football League for Clyde.

Personal life

Milligan worked at Douglas Park Colliery near Bellshill. After the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, McDermott enlisted as a private in the Seaforth Highlanders. He was killed in action during the Battle of Loos on 25 September 1915. He was commemorated on the Loos Memorial.

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Robert Milligan (footballer) Wikipedia