

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.


Private Steven Francis Fairman, 10464, 3rd Bn., Coldstream Guards (1893-1916)
By David Fairman
Australia

Captain Edward Mills Grace, M.B., Ch.B. Royal Army Medical Corps
By Jeremy Elsworth
United Kingdom

Lieutenant Colonel Cecil Howard Palmer, Commanding 9th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
By Sarah Whithorn
United Kingdom

Captain Henry Maitland Macintosh - Olympian

Lieutenant Robert Powell - Olympian
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