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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

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- [en] Henry Goldsmith

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[it] Henry Goldsmith

Henry Mills Goldsmith (Plympton, 22 luglio 1885 – Fromelles, 9 maggio 1915) è stato un canottiere britannico.

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[ru] Голдсмит, Генри

Генри Миллс Голдсмит (англ. Henry Mills Goldsmith; 22 июля 1885 (1885-07-22), Плимптон, Великобритания — 9 мая 1915, Фромель, Франция) — британский гребец, бронзовый призёр летних Олимпийских игр 1908.

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