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⚫ | He was killed during [[World War II]].<ref name="WWII">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |accessdate=24 July 2018 |work=Sports Reference}}</ref> |
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⚫ | '''Thomas Homewood''' (25 September 1881{{snd}}1 February 1945) was a [[Great Britain|British]] [[tug of war]] competitor who competed in the [[1908 Summer Olympics]]. In 1908 he won the bronze medal as member of the British team ''[[Metropolitan Police]] "K" Division''.<ref name=Olympedia>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/18033 |title=Thomas Homewood |work=Olympedia |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> |
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⚫ | He was killed during [[World War II]] in February 1945, aged 63, when his home in [[Stratford, London]] was struck by a V2 rocket.<ref name="WWII">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |accessdate=24 July 2018 |work=Sports Reference}}</ref><ref name=Olympedia/> |
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Thomas Homewood (25 September 1881 – 1 February 1945) was a British tug of war competitor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. In 1908 he won the bronze medal as member of the British team Metropolitan Police "K" Division.[1]
He was killed during World War II in February 1945, aged 63, when his home in Stratford, London was struck by a V2 rocket.[2][1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Thomas Homewood". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
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- British civilians killed in World War II
- Deaths by German airstrikes during World War II
- 20th-century British people
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