Isaac Bentham

Olympic medal record
Men's Water Polo
1912 Stockholm Team competition

Isaac Bentham (27 October 1886 Lancashire – 5 May 1917) was a British water polo player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was part of the British team, which was able to win the gold medal.[1]

He was killed in action in the Battle of Arras during World War I.[2] 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

References

  1. "Isaac Bentham". Sports Reference. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  2. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Retrieved 3 August 2015.


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