Bill Ladbury [SEP] date of death
Bill Ladbury
Bill Ladbury (14 October 1891 – June 1917) was an English boxer who was British, European, and World flyweight champion.
Career.
Born in New Cross, London, in 1891, Ladbury had his first professional fight in November 1908. In January 1910 he stopped Charles Ledoux in four rounds and in October 1911 he beat Albert Cocksedge to take the English 112lbs title. In November 1911 he fought Ledoux again, this time losing in four rounds, and was knocked out by Johhnny Hughes only
but in his third fight in eight weeks was stopped in the eighth round by Tancy Lee at the end of April.
With the outbreak of World War I, Ladbury joined the British Army, initially serving as a private in the Royal West Kent Regiment, rising to Lance-Corporal by late 1916.
He beat Hughes in December but lost all three of his fights in 1915 including another fight with Jones. His final fight was a win over Bert Clark in May 1917.
Bill Ladbury was killed in action