Henry Goldsmith Explained

Henry Mills Goldsmith (22 July 1885 – 9 May 1915) was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action during the First World War.^[1]

Goldsmith was born at Plympton, Devon and was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge.^[2] He rowed for Cambridge in the Boat Race in 1906 and 1907. Although he did not row in the Boat Race in 1908, he was a member of the Cambridge crew which made up a boat in the eights and won the bronze medal for Great Britain rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Goldsmith served in the First World War as a lieutenant with the Devonshire Regiment^[4] He was killed in action, aged 29, at Fromelles during the Second Battle of Ypres.^[5] His remains were not recovered and his name is inscribed on the Ploegsteert Memorial nearby.^[6]

See also

• List of Olympians killed in World War I
• List of Cambridge University Boat Race crews

Notes and References

1. Web site: Henry Goldsmith . Olympedia . 7 April 2021.
2. http://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/college/history/war.html Jesus College in the First World War
3. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/henry-goldsmith-1.html Sports Reference Olympic Sports - Henry Goldsmith
4. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29082/supplements/1958/page.pdf Supplement to the London Gazette, 24 February 1915
5. Web site: Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . 3 August 2015 . Sports Reference . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141107022804/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . 7 November 2014 . dmy-all .
6. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/873231 Goldsmith, Henry Mills