Market Harborough Historical Society November meeting
The Market Harborough Historical Society welcomes Graham McKechnie, Sports Editor at BBC Radio Northampton. Graham will be speaking about Edgar Mobbs, the rugby hero and onetime Captain of the ‘Saints’ at Northampton.
Edgar Mobbs, the Rugby hero and one time captain of the Saints at Northampton whose name appears on the War Memorial in the Square, because at the outbreak of the Great War he was living and working in Market Harborough as manager of the Pytchley Auto Car Company.
Although considered too old to become an officer, Mobbs joined up raising his own unit of 264 men as "D" Company, 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment.
This unit included many Rugby players and other sportsmen. Mobbs was killed at Passchendaele 1917 aged 35. Graham is also ‘The Saints’ historian and the biographer of Edgar Mobbs, will tell us more about this remarkable man
The meeting will take place on Wednesday, November 13th, at the Market Harborough Methodist Church Hall, Northampton Road at 7.30.pm.
For new members and visitors please note there is a car park directly opposite the church. There is also a charge of £3 for non-members plus a £1 entry fee for all.
Further details can be found on the Historical Society website, www.marketharboroughhistoricalsociety.org