George William Addison

Lieut-Colonel George William Addison (18 September 1849 – 8 November 1937)[1] was an English soldier who played for the Royal Engineers in the 1872 and 1874 FA Cup Finals.

[17] Promoted to Captain on 7 July 1881,[10][18] he remained with the Inspector General, becoming Aide-de-Camp to Gallwey's successor, Major-General Sir Andrew Clarke[19] until December 1882.

[1][10][20] Addison was assigned to the Board of Trade in July 1894, working on telegraph and general electrical development until his retirement on 4 October 1899,[1] having received his final promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel on 29 March 1895.

He attributed the blame to "great carelessness on the part of the driver of the light engine", adding that "the present arrangement of the signals is not satisfactory".

297 Bonchurch) and several carriages left the track and fell down an embankment, resulting in the death of the driver, James McKenly, and injuries to the fireman and 30 passengers.

[26] The couple had six children:[27][28] George Henry Addison followed in his father's footsteps, joining the Royal Engineers and achieving the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel,[29] and being decorated CB, CMG, DSO.

[30] In 1947, he married Mrs. Winifred Legard, whose father, the late Sir William George Morris KCMG, CB had played for the Royal Engineers in the 1878 FA Cup Final.

[31] She was the widow of Col. Alfred Digby Legard CBE (1878–1939), who played cricket for Yorkshire from 1904 to 1910,[32] and served with the King's Royal Rifle Corps.

[33] Arthur Mervyn Addison served as a Major in the Royal Field Artillery in the First World War,[34] and married Olive Edwards (née Donaldson; 1885–1957).