^ "Neil Harris 'so proud' to open Frank Whipple Estate".^ a b "England Uncapped Players – Bill Voisey".Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.).
Has always set a fine example of courage and cheerfulness to all ranks. His fine example and disregard of danger contributed largely to the withdrawal of men and guns. Major and invariably displayed marked resource, particularly during the retirement after 21 March 1918 when the Battery sustained many casualties from hostile fire. He (Voisey) came to France with the Division, has frequently acted as Battery Sgt. Voisey 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. One son, Harry, became a footballer and made appearances for Millwall during the Second World War. Voisey was married with five children, two of whom died in infancy. After sustaining injuries during an air raid in April 1943 (in which The Den received a direct hit), Voisey was forced to relinquish his management role in November 1944. In 1941, at the age of 50, he named himself in the lineup as a player for a London War Cup match versus West Ham United. He managed the Great Britain team to the quarter-finals of the 1936 Summer Olympics and later managed Millwall during the Second World War. Managerial and coaching career Īfter retiring from football, Voisey held the position of trainer at Leytonstone, Fulham and Millwall. In 2015, a housing block at the Frank Whipple Estate in Tower Hamlets was named Bill Voisey Court in his honour.
He ended his playing career in non-League football with Leytonstone. 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. He was a non-playing reserve for competitive England matches in October 1919 and May 1921 and was a member of the FA XI which toured South Africa in 1920. He remained with the club through the First World War and was capped by England in a wartime fixture in 1919. 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.
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