Frederick Sherriff Explained

Frederick Sherriff
Birth Date:8 March 1889
Birth Place:West Ham, London, England
Death Place:Cosford, Shropshire, England
Sport:Fencing
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Frederick George Sherriff OBE MC (8 March 1889  - 31 January 1943) was a British fencer who was an officer in the British Army and later the Royal Air Force.[1]

He competed at two Olympic Games, in the men's team foil, at Paris in 1924 and Amsterdam in 1928.[2] He was a two times British fencing champion, winning two foil titles at the British Fencing Championships in 1924 and 1925.[3]

He had served in the First World War in the York and Lancaster Regiment and continued into the Second as a Royal Air Force officer, ultimately Group Captain. He is buried in St Cuthbert's Churchyard, Donington, Shropshire.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Frederick Sherriff . Olympedia . 24 October 2021.
  2. Web site: Frederick Sherriff Olympic Results . 25 March 2010 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110901031832/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/frederick-sherriff-1.html . 1 September 2011.
  3. Web site: British Champions . British Fencing . 28 October 2022.
  4. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2711595/SHERRIFF,%20FREDERICK%20GEORGE