Column 28comments | Jump to last This article may have been recategorised and is therefore no longer available at this URL. You can try to find the updated link in the article archive. Share article: Reader Comments (28) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer Paul Wharton 1 Posted 22/10/2013 at 11:37:06 TonyA great read once again, great research. John Audsley 2 Posted 22/10/2013 at 12:24:37 Thanks Tony,These articles are a real joy to read and its a real lesson for me on forgotten names from the past.Please keep them coming. John Haldane 3 Posted 22/10/2013 at 13:48:28 Splendid stuff, Tony. A real pleasure to read. Paul Kelly 4 Posted 23/10/2013 at 06:44:06 Take a bow Tony. A good read indeed. Quality research. Trevor Lynes 5 Posted 23/10/2013 at 08:32:17 Internment was done by all sides during both wars and actually the first use of concentration camps was by us during the Boer war.A great snippet of history though and enlightening for me. Steve Green 6 Posted 23/10/2013 at 12:08:31 Brilliant stuff Tony. Can you point me in the direction of any other similar stuff you may have compiled. Thanks, Steve John Gee 7 Posted 23/10/2013 at 16:38:06 Tony, a great article. A real window to a world we could never imagine. Mike Gaynes 8 Posted 23/10/2013 at 17:15:20 Fascinating, Tony. You are a remarkable historian. Tony Onslow 9 Posted 23/10/2013 at 21:46:03 Steve, This article is an abridged version of the Wattie Campbell Story which will appear in my new book The Tales from the Hill Country. which is soon to be published. There is a shorter version of this story in my last book The Scottish Footballers of Everton. I am, at present, working a story about Tom Evans, a Derbyshire born man who first taught the naïve footballers of Liverpool(Everton) how to play the game properly.. I am then planning to work on another former Everton player who scored a unique goal in the Scottish Cup Final.I would also like to thank all the other true blue Toffee web readers for all their kind comments. Eugene Ruane 10 Posted 23/10/2013 at 21:53:33 Love these pieces! Great stuff Tony. Mike Gaynes 11 Posted 23/10/2013 at 22:58:19 Tony, I'll be checking out your books on Amazon.com. If you get a sudden burst of orders from California, that's me. Peter Mills 12 Posted 23/10/2013 at 23:05:13 Tony, I did post a comment complimenting you on this piece, but it seems to have disappeared from the thread. The point I was trying to make was that I love to hear about our history, I have had some wonderful times listening to my late Dad, and his great pal Dick White who is still so coherent and clear about so many events, prime of which is his story of getting in by the skin of his teeth to watch William Ralph score his 60th goal. I have always found the first 50 years of our existence to be rather dry, but you bring it to life as if I was in the pub listening to tales of, say, Jimmy Harris, someone I never saw but was within my lifetime.Great stuff. Michael Kenrick 13 Posted 24/10/2013 at 00:08:13 Sorry, Peter, but that's your one and only post that came through. Rob Sawyer 14 Posted 24/10/2013 at 07:43:59 Excellent research and article Tony. I look forward to the book. Peter Mills 15 Posted 24/10/2013 at 08:05:47 Michael, it is within the realms of possibility that I failed to press the "Submit Comment" button! Trevor Lynes 16 Posted 24/10/2013 at 12:14:08 Its a shame that fans spent more time on the Ferguson/Moyes saga than this one.This is a much more interesting article. Harold Matthews 17 Posted 24/10/2013 at 14:21:11 Thanks Tony. What a wonderful story. Colin Glassar 18 Posted 24/10/2013 at 17:05:37 I love reading these stories. No wonder TW is for the thinking Evertonian. Joe Bibb 19 Posted 24/10/2013 at 20:11:50 Great stuff Tony I have read all your stuff and George Orr's book on the Second World War and Everton is also a great read. if anyone contacts george.blueblood@googlemail.com they can get details of the book. Also been told George will be selling it on the Park End Car Park before the Spurs game.Excellent read Tony keep up the good work Mick Davies 20 Posted 25/10/2013 at 00:07:56 Another great Everton related historical treasure. Just one thing you may be able to she'd light on; why was he released in March when the war didn't end until November? Trevor Lynes 21 Posted 25/10/2013 at 11:12:54 Mick, many wounded soldiers were released and exchanged via the Red Cross from both sides. My father was wounded at Flers during WW1 and exchanged through Switzerland in 1917. Mike Owen 22 Posted 25/10/2013 at 16:03:14 Brilliant, deserves a wider readership.Sort of thing that can make kids think history can be interesting. Ged Alexander 23 Posted 26/10/2013 at 11:21:31 Superb...a documentary. Tony Onslow 24 Posted 27/10/2013 at 14:49:25 Sorry everybody but I have gaffed., Wattie scored his goal at Stony Lane because WBA did not move the Hawthorns until 1900. Derek Williams 25 Posted 27/10/2013 at 20:29:03 Buck up Tony - however we'll let you off on this occasion! seriously, a really interesting read Mick Davies 26 Posted 28/10/2013 at 19:30:44 Thanks Trevor @750, I assumed that was the case but with such a fit man,he must have sustained a serious injury or illness while a POW Ross Kerry 27 Posted 30/10/2013 at 10:51:15 Paul McGrath's great great grandad. Tony Onslow 28 Posted 04/11/2013 at 22:05:53 The full version of this story, along with 20 others, are now available in my new book which was released at the weekend. contact, themanfromthehillcounrty@hotmail..com Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. About these ads © ToffeeWeb