Isaac Bentham Explained

Birth Date:	27 October 1886
Birth Place:	Wigan, England
Death Place:	Arras, France
Sport:	Water polo

Isaac Bentham (27 October 1886 – 15 May 1917) was a British water polo player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.^[1] He was part of the British team, which was able to win the gold medal.^[2]

He was killed in action, aged 30, in the Battle of Arras during World War I.^[3] He died on 15 May 1917, whilst serving as a sergeant in the Royal Field Artillery on the Western Front in France. He has no known grave. He is commemorated on the Arras War Memorial.

See also

• Great Britain men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
• List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
• List of Olympians killed in World War I

External links

• • http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/740690

Notes and References

1. Web site: Isaac Bentham . Olympedia . 13 June 2021.
2. Web site: Isaac Bentham . 3 August 2015 . Sports Reference . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150801223532/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/isaac-bentham-1.html . 1 August 2015 .
3. 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 .