Henry Goldsmith

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]

Olympic medal record
Men's rowing
	1908 London	Eight

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

References

1. "Henry Goldsmith". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
2. Jesus College in the First World War 6 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
3. Sports Reference Olympic Sports - Henry Goldsmith 2 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine
4. Supplement to the London Gazette, 24 February 1915
5. . Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
6. Goldsmith, Henry Mills, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Retrieved 19 August 2008