Ian Hamilton (footballer, born 1967) Ian Hamilton (footballer, born 1967) Ian Richard Hamilton (born 14 December 1967) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a midfielder between 1988 and 2002. Hamilton notably played for West Bromwich Albion and Scunthorpe United as well as having spells with Southampton, Cambridge United, Sheffield United, Grimsby Town, Notts County, Lincoln City and Woking. Stevenage-born Hamilton started his career off with Southampton, joining "The Saints" as an associate schoolboy in January 1982. He signed as an apprentice in July 1984, before signing his first professional contract on his 18th birthday in December 1985. He
44th (Home Counties) Division that a new European war was likely to break out, and the doubling of the Territorial Army was authorised, with each unit and formation forming a duplicate. The 44th (Home Counties) Division formed the 12th (Eastern) Division. The division, by now designated as the 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division, was mobilized on 3 September 1939 on the outbreak of the Second World War. Initially in Southern and then Eastern Commands, the division, under the command of Major-General Edmund Osborne, was sent overseas where it joined the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France and Belgium on 1 April 1940, and was