Newsvia The Northern Echo
North East soldier went into tank battle on the Somme armed with a walking stick
IN GOAL Tom Rowlandson was “probably the best amateur in that position ever seen” who played for his country in the true Corinthian spirit; on the Somme, Captain Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson “was the fin
IN GOAL Tom Rowlandson was “probably the best amateur in that position ever seen” who played for his country in the true Corinthian spirit; on the Somme, Captain Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson “was the finest type of Englishman I have ever known” who died for his country in the first tank battle.
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