then served in the First World War on the Western Front, where his goalkeeping abilities resulted in his becoming a noted grenade thrower. He was awarded the Military Medal for his bravery on the first occasion he saw action, the regimental history recording: "Private Leigh Roose, who had never visited the trenches before, was in the sap when the flammenwerfer attack began. He managed to get back along the trench and, though nearly choked with fumes with his clothes burnt, refused to go to the dressing station. He continued to throw bombs until his arm gave out, and then, joining the covering party, used his rifle with great effect." His award was gazetted on 21 September 1916. Promoted to the rank of lance corporal, Roose was killed, aged 38, towards the end of the Battle of the Somme the next month. The exact location and manner of his death remain a matter of dispute. His body was not recovered, and his name appears on the war memorial to missing soldiers at Thiepval. Due to a typographical error on his enlistment papers, his name was recorded as "Leigh Rouse", later corrected. Career statistics Club Source: International Source: References Bibliography Further reading Articles Geraint Jenkins. "Leigh Richmond Roose". In Peter Stead and Huw Richards (eds), For Club and Country: Welsh Football Greats (2000). Cardiff: University of Wales Press. Leigh Richmond Roose. 'The Art of Goalkeeping'. In Alfred Gibson and William Pickford (eds), Association Football and the Men Who Made It (4 vols., 1906). London: The Caxton Publishing Company. I, 97–102. External links Full details of Sunderland career Goalkeeping Greats at www.goalkeepersaredifferent.com Appreciation of a number of famous goalkeepers, including Roose. Leigh Roose at www.1914–1918.net Discussion of the possible circumstances of Roose's death. CWGC :: Casualty Details at www.cwgc.org Commonwealth War Graves Commission 'Casualty details' for Roose. Football's 'forgotten hero' Leigh Richmond Roose at bbc.co.uk 1877 births 1916 deaths Footballers from Wrexham Welsh footballers Wales amateur international footballers Wales international footballers Association football goalkeepers Aberystwyth Town F.C. players Cefn Druids A.F.C. players London Welsh F.C. players Stoke City F.C. players Everton F.C. players Sunderland A.F.C. players Celtic F.C. players Port Vale F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Aston Villa F.C. players Arsenal F.C. players Llandudno F.C. players Royal Fusiliers soldiers Military personnel from Denbighshire British Army personnel of World War I British military personnel killed in the Battle of the Somme Alumni of