Frederick Kitching

Frederick Kitching
Personal information
Full name	Frederick Overend Kitching
Born	4 July 1886; Cockerton, County Durham, England
Died	11 August 1918 (aged 32); Dunkirk, France
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	Standing long jump

Frederick Overend Kitching (4 July 1886 – 11 August 1918) was a British athlete.^[1] He competed in the men's standing long jump event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.^[2] He was killed in action during World War I.^[3]

Personal life[edit]

Kitching served as an orderly in the Friends' Ambulance Unit during the First World War.^[4] He joined the unit after declaring himself a conscientious objector. Serving for two years, Kitching died in a German air raid on Dunkirk in August 1918.^[5] He is buried at Dunkirk Town Cemetery.^[4]

^ "Frederick Kitching". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frederick Kitching". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Casualty Details: Kitching, Frederick Overend". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
^ "Frederick Overend Kitching (1886-1918)". Durham at War. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

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