Frederick Kelly (rower)

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Olympic Games 1908: Leander Club eighth wins his preliminary run against Hungary

Frederick Septimus Kelly (born May 29, 1881 in Sydney , Australia , † November 13, 1916 in Beaucourt-sur-l'Ancre , France ) was a British composer, rower and Olympic champion in eighth .

Frederick Kelly was a member of the Leander Club . He received his education at Eton and then at Balliol College , Oxford. In 1903 he took part in the Boat Race for Oxford , but lost to the crew from Cambridge. In 1902, 1903 and 1905 he won the singles race at the Henley Royal Regatta . At the 1908 Olympic regatta, which was also held in Henley , Kelly won the final with the eighth of the Leander Club against the Belgian large boat.

After Kelly left Balliol College in 1903, he studied at Dr. Hoch's Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main. In 1911 he made his concert debut in Sydney, in 1912 he performed several concerts in London.

During the First World War he was first active on the Hood as a member of the Royal Naval Division . After the death of his friend Rupert Brooke , he composed the Elegy for String Orchestra in Memoriam to Rupert Brooke in 1915 . He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross at the Battle of Gallipoli . In the same year he fell towards the end of the Battle of the Somme while storming a German machine gun nest.

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SURNAME Kelly, Frederick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kelly, Frederick Septimus (full name); Kelly, FS
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British composer and rower
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney , Australia
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 1916
Place of death Beaucourt-sur-l'Ancre , France