Isaac Bentham
 Benthan in 1912 | ||||||||||||
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| Born | October 27, 1886 Wigan, England | |||||||||||
| Died | May 15, 1917 (aged 30) Arras, France | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Water polo | |||||||||||
Medal record
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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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "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
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Media related to Isaac Bentham at Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac Bentham at Olympics.com
- Isaac Bentham at Olympedia
- Isaac Bentham at Team GB
- http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/740690
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- Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
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