scouting abilities to use as a lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was injured on the battle field while tending to the wounds of an enemy out of compassion. He died at Mainz, Germany in hospital not long after. His body was one of many moved in 1922 from smaller graveyards to larger cemeteries in Germany (no British bodies were returned to Britain). Spensley was reburied at Niederzwehren War Cemetery'' south of Kassel. Honours 1898 Italian Football Championship (Genoa) 1899 Italian Football Championship (Genoa) 1900 Italian Football Championship (Genoa) 1902 Italian Football Championship (Genoa) 1903 Italian Football Championship (Genoa) 1904 Italian Football Championship (Genoa) References External links A.G.E.S.C.I. Liguria – Founded by J.R. Spensley 1867 births 1915 deaths Footballers from Stoke Newington Scouting pioneers Founders of association football institutions English footballers Genoa C.F.C. managers Genoa C.F.C. players Association football goalkeepers Association football defenders English football managers British Army personnel of World War I Royal Army Medical Corps officers British military personnel killed in World War I Burials at Niederzwehren War Cemetery English expatriate sportspeople in Italy Daily Mail journalists