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4 February 1915 : Lieut. Richard Apjohn Fitzgibbon
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Richard was the only son of Harry Fitzgibbon of Greystones, County Wicklow and Helen Rebecca Fitzgibbon (née Surgeon) of Dublin. He was educated at Strangways School, Dublin; Lickey Hills Prep School, Barnt Green; Radley College and Christ Church, Oxford. Richard coxed rowing eights at for Radley at Henley, and for Christ Church at Oxford....
Olympian and Composer: Frederick Septimus Kelly
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Over the years Stand To! editor Jon Cooksey has been involved in co-writing and producing several documentaries for the BBC in collaboration with BBC Senior Broadcast Journalist and Sports Editor Graham McKechnie. The first of these has been made available with permission for members during the period of lockdown. In the broadcast which we have...
Lieutenant-Commander Frederick 'Sep' Kelly - Olympic Gold 1908, Performer and Composer
Frederick 'Sep' ‘Cleg’ Kelly, the Olympic gold medal rower, pianist and officer in the Royal Naval Division Frederick 'Sep' ‘Cleg’ Kelly, the Olympic gold medal rower, pianist and officer in the Royal Naval Division, was killed on 13 November 1916 on the opening day of the Battle of the Ancre. His death was a profound loss to the community and...
Jack Beresford: An Olympian at War by John Beresford
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The Cloister House Press, Gloucester, (2019) £14.99, hb, £11.99, pb, 124pp, 38 ills..ISBN: 978–190–946–589–3 [This review featured in the February 2020 issue of Stand To! No.117] I love the alliteration in the title of Amiel Price’s privately published book! The subject of From Handsworth to Hebron is the author’s grandmother, Amiel Robins, and...