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.

Warrant Officer John Edmund Jupp, Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - Defending Hong Kong

Second World War Navy United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Second Lieutenant Alfred Edward Flaxman - Olympian

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

Second Lieutenant George Eric Fairbairn - Olympian

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD

Reporter John “Jack” Elliot - Olympian

Second World War Civilian War Dead 1939-1945 United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman LABUAN WAR CEMETERY

Second Lieutenant Hugh Durant - Olympian

First World War Army United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY

Lieut-Commander Hugh William “Peter” Macpherson Dulley - Olympian

Second World War Navy United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

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