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Sergeant George William Hutson: A talented distance runner, Olympian and casualty of the Great War
George was born on 22 December 1889 in Old Malling, Lewes, Sussex. He was the eldest of four children of George Huston, a journeyman butcher, and his wife. On leaving school, George worked as an outfitter’s assistant. On 5th March 1908, at age 18, George enlisted in the 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment and was sent to Chichester for basic tra...
Hear the Boat Sing: Oxford and Cambridge Rowers Killed in World War I by Nigel McCrery
The History Press, 2017 £20.00, 255pp, 6 appendices and index. ISBN: 978–075–096–771–6 [This review by Martin Cross first appeared in the June/July 2017 edition of Stand To!] Hear the Boat Sing is a worthy, if formulaic, addition to the series of books that Nigel McCrery has produced chronicling the lives of sportsmen who died as a result of th...
The Extinguished Flame: Olympians Killed in The Great War by Nigel McCrery
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Nigel McCrery’s 'The Extinguished Flame: Olympians Killed in The Great War' offers a fascinating and timely tribute to the athletes who represented their countries at the Olympic Games and later lost their lives during the First World War. On the one hand it’s like having a copy of the Guinness Book of Records 1920 as it records sporting achieve...