A great deal of research has been carried out by a number of members since the founding of the society, into players on Everton FC books who fell in both wars. This research has also been extended to include the Everton clubs of Chile and New Zealand. In addition, there has also been an ongoing project to research those who had served, but had survived, and in many cases were deeply affected by the conflict, who were never the same again, being affected both physically and mentally.
A series of short biographical films about the players is ongoing and in production, the second of which is a biography of Corporal Thomas Gracie who died on 23 October 1915 aged twenty-six.
Presented by Tony Wainwright BEM, a member of the society; a notable expert on the history of the Great War, who also writes and maintains the Liverpool Pals website – as well as being part of the group responsible for the installation of a permanent memorial to the Pals in the city.
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The Fallen of Everton FC on Film
A series of short biographical films about the players is in production, the second of which is a biography of Thomas Gracie, a striker who signed for Everton in 1911.
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Lest We Forget: the Life of Tom Gracie by Tony Wainwright BEM
From the Everton v Leicester City match day programme, 5 November 2022
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Please visit the Fallen of Everton home page for more biographies of The Fallen of Everton FC, Remembrance Day service, the Fallen booklet, plus all soldiers’ biographical films.
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