Ahead of Brentford's Premier League fixture against Nottingham Forest, a Remembrance event will be held at the location of the club’s Remembrance plaque.
The event has been organised by the club and official supporters’ group Bees United.
The private service takes place before the match and will be attended by club and Brentford Community Sports Trust representatives, as well as members of Bees United and fan group Brentford Independent Association of Supporters (BIAS).
The service takes place next to the club’s plaque, near to entrance C, which was unveiled in 2024 to honour former Brentford players who lost their lives during the First and Second World Wars.
Brentford chair Cliff Crown said: “Every year, at Brentford, we take time to remember those who fought for us and our future and those who lost their lives in wars. It is a time of reflection, for those who were selfless and sacrificed their own lives to protect our community.
“We will always remain grateful and keep their memory alive.”
Don Tanswell, Bees United secretary, added: “More than 30 Bees players lost their lives in conflict, serving their country with bravery and courage. They paid the highest price and we honour them.
“At Bees United, as fans, we often say, ‘Once a Bee always a Bee.’ In their case, the ultimate sacrifice wasn’t part of a match, but of something much more serious. We will gather together to remember their sacrifice and to mourn their loss.”
Ahead of kick-off on Saturday, the club will honour those who lost their lives in wars. Teams will be led out by servicemen, who will lay wreaths on the pitch. Supporters and players will then take a moment of silence to remember the service and sacrifice of all those who have defended our freedoms and protected our way of life
Fans attending the fixture are encouraged to be in their seats by 2.50pm to join in the tribute.
We will remember them
In memory of the members of Brentford Football Club who lost their lives in the World Wars.
BOMBARDIER WILLIAM GEORGE ALLWRIGHT
Royal Field Artillery - no.22710
Died: 12.04.1918 - Brentford, Middlesex
PRIVATE JOHN BAYNE
2nd Battalion Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) - no.3/3694
Died: 21.07.1915 - Bethune, France
PRIVATE LOUIS LAWRENT D’ABADIE
24th Battalion (2nd Sportsmen’s) Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment SPTS/2276
Died: 31.07.1916 - Delville Wood, Somme, France
PRIVATE HARRY DUTFIELD
1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment 203533
Died: 06.06.1918 – Poperinge, Belgium
SUB-LIEUTENANT EDWIN PERCY FARROW
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Died: 25.08.1915 – Gallipoli, Türkiye
LIEUTENANT ALEXANDER GLEN
Royal Army Medical Corps.
Died: 21.09.1916 – Ripon, Yorkshire
PRIVATE CHARLES HENRY GOULD
8th (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment - no.G/1063
Died: 07.09.1914 – Colchester, Essex
PRIVATE JAMES GREECHAN
12th (Service) Battalion Highland Light Infantry - no.17740
Died: 25.08.1917 - Battle of Langemarck (Third Battle of Ypres)
SERGEANT PATRICK HAGAN
11th Battalion Royal Scots - no.3004
Died: 14.07.1916 - Bazentin Ridge, Somme, France
LIEUTENANT THOMAS PRYCE HAMER
11th Battalion South Wales Borderers
Died: 07.07.1916 - Mametz Wood, Somme, France
SERGEANT JOSHUA HARDISTY MM
11th (Lonsdale) Battalion Border Regiment – no.16258
Died: 18.11.1916 - Beaumont-Hamel, France
Awarded Military Medal - for “Bravery in the Field.”
LANCE CORPORAL JOHN MICHAEL HENDREN
23rd (Service) Battalion (1st Sportsman’s) Royal Fusiliers 348
Died: 27.07.1916 - Delville Wood, Somme, France
LANCE SERGEANT RICHARD CHARLES KEMP
1st Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps 7960
Died: 17.08.1917 - Alten-Grabow Prisoner of War Camp
COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR GEORGE WILLIAM KENNEDY DCM, MM
42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders) Quebec Regiment Canadian Infantry - no.418239
Died: 16.11.1917 – Passchendaele, Belgium
Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal - “for Devotion to Duty.”
Awarded the Military Medal - for “Bravery in the Field.”
SERGEANT GEORGE ALBERT LITTLER
2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifles Corps - no.9173
Died: 11.05.1915 - Neuve Chapelle, France
PRIVATE PERCY CHARLES MATTHEWS
1st Battalion Essex Regiment 30462
Died: 12.10.1916 - Gueudecourt, Somme, France
SERGEANT JOHN WILLIAM MEEHAN
10th (Scottish) Battalion The King’s (Liverpool Regiment) 4800
Died: 19.08.1916 – Rouen, France
PRIVATE ALFRED WILLIAM MEHEW
2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment 16496
Died: 09.05.1915 - Aubers Ridge, France
PRIVATE HENRY GEORGE PURVER
24th Battalion (2nd Sportsmen’s) Royal Fusiliers - no.SP/3728
Died: 31.07.1916 - Delville Wood, Somme, France
PRIVATE HORACE OSBORNE ROBOTHAM
23rd Battalion Duke of Cambridgeshire’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) - no.F/2397
Died: 12.09.1916 – Somme, France
SERGEANT PERCY KITCHENER SAUNDERS
18th Divisional Workshops Royal Army Ordnance Corps - no.7624351
Died: 02.03.1942 – Singapore
PRIVATE RALPH SHIELDS
No.2 Company Australian Army Service Corps – no.NX57251
Died: 21.11.1944 - Sandakan Camp
PRIVATE ALEXANDER WHITE WALKER
3/9th Battalion Royal Scots - no.4496
Died: 12.05.1916 - Craigleith, Edinburgh, Scotland
The following footballers are also remembered as they appeared as a guest in Wartime matches for Brentford FC between 1915-1919 and 1939-1946:
SAPPER JOHN FREDERICK ALBOROUGH
2nd Signal Company R.E. attached to the 5th Field Company Royal Engineers - no.21127
Died: 31.10.1918 – Tooting, London
SERGEANT ALBERT EDWARD BONASS
Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve) - no.1898979
Died: 09.10.1945 – Tockwith, North Riding Yorkshire
SERGEANT HENRY COOK
12th Battalion Alexandra Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment) - no.20982
Died: 09.01.1917 – Somme, France
SUB-LIEUTENANT STANLEY TYRRELL COUSINS
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Died: 29.01.1945 – Palembang, Sumatra
PRIVATE WILLIAM KIRBY
6th Pioneer Battalion (R.E.) attached to the East Yorkshire Regiment - no.40391
Died: 03.10.1917 - Passchendaele, Belgium
SHOEING SMITH WILLIAM MATHEWS
Royal Horse Artillery (53rd Welch Division) Ammunition Column - no.745301
Died: 29.04.1921 - Chester, Cheshire
SERGEANT RICHARD CROSS WYNN
12th Battalion Alexandra Princess of Wales Own (Yorkshire Regiment) - no.20955
17th Company Labour Corps - no.340210
Died: 09.08.1919 - Pas-de-Calais, France
Former Brentford players who were killed due to enemy actions on home shores in WW2 and recognised as Civilian War Dead:
WALTER SPRATT
Dispatcher at Moser’s Ltd
Died: 22.01.1945 - Southwark, London