Charles Rought Explained
| Birth Date: | 16 October 1884 |
| Birth Place: | Surbiton, England |
| Death Place: | Lambeth, London, England |
Charles Gardner Rought (16 October 1884 – 31 January 1919) was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]
Life
Rought was born in Surbiton. He became a member of Thames Rowing Club and in 1909 and 1911 was a member of the crew that won the Stewards' Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta. Also in the 1911 regatta, Rought and Bruce Logan dead heated in a heat of Silver Goblets against the eventual winners Julius Beresford and Arthur Cloutte to set a course record which lasted until 1934.[2] A year later in 1912 Rought and Logan won Silver Goblets.[3] Rought was a member of the Thames Rowing Club coxed four which won the silver medal for Great Britain rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[4]
Rought saw service in the First World War[5] in the Royal West Surrey Regiment[6] but spent much of the conflict as a Prisoner of War.[7] Rought died in the Lambeth district aged 34.[8] The cause of death was a bad oyster. Since Rought was awaiting demobilisation at the time, he technically died on active service.[9]
Achievements
Olympic Games
- 1912 - Silver, Coxed Four
Henley Royal Regatta
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Charles Rought . Olympedia . 28 May 2021.
- http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/events/events.php?id=616691 Henley Royal Regatta When they prayed for rain 29 June 2009
- http://www.rowinghistory.net/HRR%20US/hrr_1839-1939.htm Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1839–1939
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042932/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/charles-rought-1.html Sports Reference Olympic Sports – Charles Rought
- https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/01/24/301772942.pdf New York Times Oarsmen in the War 24 January 1915
- http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30990/supplements/12984 Supplement to the London Gazette, 4 November 1918
- Book: Page, Geoffrey . Hear The Boat Sing . Kingswood Press . 1991 . 0-413-65410-9.
- Office for National Statistics - Death indices 1919 (non-official sources give his death as January 1918)
- Book: Page, Geoffrey . Hear The Boat Sing . Kingswood Press . 1991 . 0-413-65410-9.
