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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Physical Object:-1.xml Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 6472 3D Object DescriptionEN English Description Leather football from the Battle of the Somme, located in the The Queen’s & PWRR Regimental Museum, Dover, UK. Billie (Wilfred) Nevill was educated at Dover College. He left university on 5th August 1914 and applied for a commission as soon as Lord Kitchener asked for volunteers to fight in the Great War. In May 1916, Captain Nevill went home to England on leave. To provide his men with a familiar symbol from home he purchased two footballs - some say four - to take back to France. He hoped that his “team” would kick and dribble their way to the German trenches and so on to victory. On the first of July 1916, the first day on the Battle of the Somme, Captain Nevill, commanding B Company in the 8th (Service) Battalion, the East Surrey Regiment, issued each of his platoons with a football. He had offered a prize for the first man to score a goal into the German trenches. At 7.27 am, he climbed out of the trench, kicked off one of the footballs and advanced. The attack lasted over nine hours, and only about 250 men reached Breslau Trench unwounded. Nevill was shot in the head and killed just outside the German wire, in the first five minutes of the battle. He was 21. Two of the footballs were found the next day and returned to England. In Britain Nevill became a national hero standing for courage and strength of character, whilst in Germany his act was regarded as British madness. The second football perished in a fire in 2015. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. License A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License Title A name given to the resource Battle of the Somme Football Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived waltertull Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource text/plain Alias/WaveFront Object Type The nature or genre of the resource 3D Object Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,51.127358,1.321354; Description An account of the resource Billie (Wilfred) Nevill was educated at Dover College. He left university on 5th August 1914 and applied for a commission as soon as Lord Kitchener asked for volunteers to fight in the Great War.   In May 1916, Captain Nevill went home to England on leave. To provide his men with a familiar symbol from home he purchased two footballs - some say four - to take back to France. He hoped that his “team” would kick and dribble their way to the German trenches and so on to victory.   On the first of July 1916, the first day on the Battle of the Somme, Captain Nevill, commanding B Company in the 8th (Service) Battalion, the East Surrey Regiment, issued each of his platoons with a football. He had offered a prize for the first man to score a goal into the German trenches.  At 7.27 am, he climbed out of the trench, kicked off one of the footballs and advanced. The attack lasted over nine hours, and only about 250 men reached Breslau Trench unwounded. Nevill was shot in the head and killed just outside the German wire, in the first five minutes of the battle. He was 21.   Two of the footballs were found the next day and returned to England. In Britain Nevill became a national hero standing for courage and strength of character, whilst in Germany his act was regarded as British madness.  The second football perished in a fire in 2015. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource eulac3d Subject The topic of the resource CULTURAL HERITAGE,HISTORY,SOCIAL HISTORY Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. 3D Object The URL of a suitable source image in the best resolution available on the web site of the data provider from which small images could be generated for use in the portal. This will often be the same URL as given in europeana:isShownBy. https://sketchfab.com/models/efbbae92d5cc4927887de3f6a86553f9/embed Europeana Rights Information about copyright of the digital object that is specified in isShownBy and isShownAt and, by extension, to the preview images used in the portal. PWRR Museum, Dover Castle. UK