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Penarth Thistle Rugby Football Club 1903-4

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Runners up Cardiff and District League, Runners up A.H. Williams' Cup. In the photograph is Sgt John Regan, his future brother-in-law J Huett, and W. Hooper who would later serve in the same battery as John Regan during the First World War. W. Hooper survived the war and died around 1956, but suffered for the rest of his life from the effects of poison gas. One of his daughters was named Elizabeth Maricourt Hooper.
Sergeant John Regan was born in Penarth on 1 May 1882. He enlisted as a volunteer to fight in the First World War. At the time he was called away he was the father of a large family of four boys and a girl. His wife was also expecting another child, who was born on 6 May 1916 while John was preparing to cross over to France. Sadly, he never had the chance to meet his youngest daughter. He was killed in action on 31 July 1916. He was buried at Peronne Road Military Cemetery near Maricourt on the Somme, close to the spot where he died.

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