Harry Albemarle Swepstone

Thanks to Mike Guilfoyle for uncovering this story of a notable sportsman buried in the Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries Harry Albemarle Swepstone (1859-1907) who was born in Stepney, East London, made his England debut against Scotland in 1880. During this match he was beaten by a ‘cannon shot’ from the Scottish ‘Rooney’, Centre Forward George…