P1: LANCE CORPORAL JAMES WILLIAM REVILL

Matthew Bell tells the story of the only Sheffield United player to be killed on active service during the first world war

LANCE CORPORAL JAMES WILLIAM REVILL

(1891-1917)

Words: Matthew Bell

Part One – Football dissolves into war

Jimmy Revill was a winger who played for Sheffield United from 1910 to 1915, including several games in United’s cup-winning season of 1914/15, though he did not play in the final at Old Trafford, in which United beat Chelsea 3-0.