A group of three Welsh amateur international caps won by Arnold Dargie between 1909 and 1911, dated and with the first two inscribed AMATEUR; sold wit

A group of three Welsh amateur international caps won by Arnold Dargie between 1909 and 1911, dated and with the first two inscribed AMATEUR; sold with a framed b&w photograph of Dargie wearing his 1909 cap with printed signature; and two small privately taken photographs showing Major Dargie with the artillery in France during the First World War Arnold Dargie was the third son of Mr and Mrs T F Dargie of Upper Bangor. He was educated at Grove Park School and was well known in footballing circles in North Wales prior to the outbreak of the First World War. While playing for Bangor he won three Amateur international caps. Dargie was given a commission in the Welsh (Carnarvon) Royal Garrison Artillery and went to France with his unit as a lieutenant in 1916, rising through the ranks to captain and major. He was acting as the O.C. of the 137th Heavy Battery when he died of wounds at Lane, France, on September 18th 1917.