JS Greer – A Dedicated Saracens Club Man
John Stanley Greer was a member of the 1913-14 1st XV who served in WW1
John Stanley Greer was a member of the 1913-14 1st XV who served in WW1
The Saracens WW1 project is fuelled by a lot of hard work from everyone concerned in trying to trace the players who served in World War One, and more often than not the research is done from behind a desk with the aid of email, digitised records, telephones, and networking within the rugby business. But…
Born 15th Nov 1886 in St Pancras, London, Carl Joseph Barrett Buchheim was the son of Max Theodore Buchheim, a self-made restaurateur who arrived in Britain from Germany sometime before 1881 when he was working as a waiter in London. His wife and Carl’s mother, Eleanor, was from Bristol, and they married there in 1885.…
Saracens 1st XV encountered a challenging 1913-14 season, winning just 9 of their 22 games and losing the final game that year on March 28th 1914 at home to old rivals Upper Clapton. Unbeknownst to all at Saracens, this was to be the Club’s final 1st XV match until October, 1919. The outbreak of war…