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Lieutenant-Commander Frederick 'Sep' Kelly - Olympic Gold 1908, Performer and Composer

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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...


Hear the Boat Sing: Oxford and Cambridge Rowers Killed in World War I by Nigel McCrery

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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...