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.

Lieutenant Thomas Cunningham Gillespie - Olympian

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

Lieutenant Edward Gordon Williams - Olympian

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman ST. VENANT COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Captain Herbert Haydon Wilson DSO - Olympian

First World War Army Australian Pre-war sportsman/woman FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS

Private Herbert H. Gayler – Olympian

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

John Wodehouse CBE, MC, - Olympian

Second World War Civilian War Dead 1939-1945 United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman WESTMINSTER CITY

Serjeant Richard Francis Charles Yorke - Olympian

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman ARRAS ROAD CEMETERY, ROCLINCOURT

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