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| Born | (1886-10-27)October 27, 1886 Wigan, England | |||||||||||
| Died | May 15, 1917(1917-05-15) (aged 30) Arras, France | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Water polo | |||||||||||
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Great Britain
Isaac Bentham (27 October 1886 – 15 May 1917) was a British water polo player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was part of the British team, which was able to win the gold medal.
He was killed in action, aged 30, in the Battle of Arras during World War I. 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
References
- "Isaac Bentham". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- "Isaac Bentham". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
External links
Media related to Isaac Bentham at Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac Bentham at Olympics.com
- Isaac Bentham at Team GB
- Isaac Bentham at Olympedia
- http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/740690
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