Remembering Jimmy Seed: WWI soldier and footballing hero

1,038 views · Published 8 November 2018 · 2:09 · Indexed 28 October 2026

Channel: BBC London · 2018 · News & Politics

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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. This is the remarkable story of a soldier who twice survived being gassed by the Germans but at the end of the war, Jimmy Seed was told he wasn't fit enough to continue his career as a footballer. He didn't let that deter him though and as Chris Slegg reports he went on to become a true London football legend.

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