On April 1st, 1897, a new volunteer unit appeared in Montgomery and Merioneth when the 5th Volunteer Battalion of the South Wales Borderers was formed in Newtown. Many of you will be familiar with George’s name and indeed it is indelibly written on the back of the Fred Keenor Statue as the name of the Cardiff City Trainer for that 1927 FA Cup Final. But did you know that not only was George a fine player for City and Wales, but he also had an illustrious military career, won the military cross twice and was mentioned in dispatches?
I kid you not. Ernie Curtis and Fred Keenor’s medals were in my hands.Īs a former History teacher and collector of military medals from both world wars in Europe, I was asked by a friend not so long ago whose military medals I would most like to own. Without much thought, I stated that it would be George Latham’s.
Prior to the Reading game on October 1st, I had the pleasure of seeing and holding in my hands not one but two Cardiff City players’ winner’s medals from the 1927 FA Cup Final.
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