William Voisey

Voisey began his career with local Isle of Dogs clubs Glengall Rovers and St John's, before joining Southern League First Division club Millwall in 1908.[4] He remained with the club through the First World War and was capped by England in a wartime fixture in 1919.[2][4] He was a non-playing reserve for competitive England matches in October 1919 and May 1921.[5] Voisey played in Millwall's first three seasons of league football after the war, before transferring to newly-elected Third Division South club Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic in 1923.[4] He ended his career in non-league football with Leytonstone.[1] In 2015, a housing block at the Frank Whipple Estate in Tower Hamlets was named Bill Voisey Court in his honour.[6]

After retiring from football, Voisey held the position of trainer at Millwall.[4] He managed the Great Britain team to the quarter-finals of the 1936 Summer Olympics and later managed Millwall during the Second World War.[7] Voisey was forced to relinquish the role in November 1944, after sustaining injuries during an air raid in which The Den received a direct hit.[8]

Voisey was married with five children, two of whom died in infancy.[5] He served as a sergeant in the Royal Field Artillery during the First World War and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, the Military Medal, the Croix de guerre during the course of his service and was mentioned in dispatches.[5] Voisey's DCM citation reads:

He (Voisey) came to France with the Division, has frequently acted as Battery Sgt. Major and invariably displayed marked resource, particularly during the retirement after 21 March 1918 when the Battery sustained many casualties from hostile fire. His fine example and disregard of danger contributed largely to the withdrawal of men and guns. Has always set a fine example of courage and cheerfulness to all ranks.