Robert Milligan (footballer)

Robert Milligan (1892 – 25 September 1915) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played in the Scottish Football League for Clyde.

Personal life

Milligan worked at Douglas Park Colliery near Bellshill. After the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, Milligan enlisted as a private in the Seaforth Highlanders. He was killed in action during the Battle of Loos on 25 September 1915. He was commemorated on the Loos Memorial.

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Scottish men's footballers

1915 deaths

British Army personnel of World War I

British military personnel killed in World War I

1892 births

Footballers from Dumfries and Galloway

Seaforth Highlanders soldiers

Scottish Football League players

Clyde F.C. players

Scottish miners

Men's association football players not categorized by position