Bill Pepper
Personal information
Full name William George Pepper[1]
Date of birth 1895
Place of birth Faversham, England
Date of death 25 October 1918 (aged 22–23)[2]
Place of death north of Baghdad, Ottoman Iraq
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Sheppey United
1913 Leicester Fosse 1 (0)
1913 Gillingham 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William George Pepper (1895 – 25 October 1918) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Leicester Fosse as a goalkeeper.[1]

Personal life

Pepper enlisted in the Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) during the First World War.[3] He spent time with the regiment in India before being deployed to the Middle Eastern theatre in December 1917.[3] Pepper was serving as an acting lance corporal when he was killed in Iraq during the Battle of Sharqat on 25 October 1918.[3][4] He is commemorated on the Basra Memorial.[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leicester Fosse 1912–13[5] Second Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Gillingham 1913–14[6] Southern League First Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 2 0 0 0 2 0

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 229. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. 1 2 "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Leicester Fosse & The First World War: William Pepper". www.lcfc.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "William George Pepper | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Bill Pepper | Leicester City career stats". FoxesHistory. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Bill Pepper". Gillingham FC Scrapbook. Retrieved 26 May 2017.


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