Ralph Chalmers Explained

Ralph Chalmers
Birth Date:13 January 1891
Birth Place:Primrose Hill, London, England
Death Place:Ypres, Belgium
Sport:Fencing
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Ralph Chalmers (13 January 1891 – 8 May 1915) was a British fencer.[1] He competed in the individual épée event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[2] He died at the Second Battle of Ypres during World War I while serving as an officer with the Suffolk Regiment.[3] [4]

He was one of the sons of Robert Chalmers, 1st Baron Chalmers, a British civil servant, and a Pali and Buddhist scholar.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ralph Chalmers . Olympedia . 24 March 2021.
  2. Web site: Ralph Chalmers Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230701/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/ralph-chalmers-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 4 April 2010 . sports-reference.com.
  3. Book: McCrery, Nigel. The Extinguished Flame: Olympians Killed in The Great War. 19 October 2016. Pen and Sword. 9781473878013. Google Books.
  4. Web site: Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . dead . 17 April 2020 . 3 August 2015 . Sports Reference.

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