Bantams Football Team

I'm looking for any information on the Bantams Football Team, Church House, Bury. I have a photo of the team, including my Great Grandfather Thomas Lander. It must be pre WWI as he was KIA in France.
any help would be most appreciated
thank you

Tillymint

Do you have any other details on thomas. Can you say what regiment he was in or his service number,or date he was killed in France ? Re Bantams it was a term used in ww1 for soldiers who were 5'2 so it could have been a team from the army before they were posted abroad.
Good God

Yes he was a Private in the Lancashire Fusiliers, his number was 15360

thank you

Tillymint
Thomas was in the 17th btn Lancs Fusiliers and they were known as a bantam battalion
I take it you know he was killed in action 27th july 1917.

Hi Tilleymint,
If you put Lancashire Fusiliers in your Browser and click, then go on to the Lancashire Fusiliers Website
and on the Main Page look for POSTING GALLERIES Click on that then click on 17th Battalion it will give yoiu some imformation re the 17th Battalion/Bantems.
Dave Platt

good god its dokus wrote:Tillymint
Thomas was in the 17th btn Lancs Fusiliers and they were known as a bantam battalion
I take it you know he was killed in action 27th july 1917.

yes thank you, I have his death details, I thought the photo was of a church football team in Bury before he went to war, am I incorrect in thinking that?

David Platt wrote:Hi Tilleymint,
If you put Lancashire Fusiliers in your Browser and click, then go on to the Lancashire Fusiliers Website
and on the Main Page look for POSTING GALLERIES Click on that then click on 17th Battalion it will give yoiu some imformation re the 17th Battalion/Bantems.
Dave Platt

Thank you very much, I'll go and have a look now...I was under the impression the football team was something he was involved in prior to the War, but now I'm starting to wonder if it was actually something to do with the batallion he was in?