Pre-war sportsman/woman

The lives of many promising sportsmen and women were ended prematurely. From cricketers to football players, rugby stars and chess masters, those who lost their lives in the world wars are commemorated in perpetuity by the CWGC. Tell us their stories.

Captain The Hon. Richard Philip Stanhope - Olympian

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Lieutenant Gilchrist Stanley Maclagan - Olympian

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

Lieutenant Duncan Mackinnon - Olympian

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman TYNE COT MEMORIAL

Wing Commander Jeffrey MacDougall - Olympian

Second World War Air Force United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman READING CREMATORIUM

Captain Norman Kingsley Street, Worcestershire Regiment ~ fell at Sari Bair

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman HELLES MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

Lieutenant David Powell Lindsay - Olympian

Second World War Army New Zealand Pre-war sportsman/woman The Italian Campaign SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY

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