John Somers-Smith

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John Robert Somers-Smith (born December 15, 1887 in Walton-on-Thames , † July 1, 1916 in Gommecourt ) was a British rower .

Somers-Smith was from Eton College to the Magdalen College of Oxford University changed. His father started as a track and field athlete for Oxford, his brother Richard rowed for Oxford in 1904 and 1905 in the Boat Race . In the rowing competitions of the Olympic Games in 1908 , the four-man without a helmsman of Magdalen College with the cast Collier Cudmore , Angus Gillan , Duncan Mackinnon and John Somers-Smith reached the final by defeating the Canadian boat. In the final, the Leander Club's boat was initially in the lead, but in the end the four-man from Magdalen College won with a boat-length lead of one and a half.

During the First World War , John Somers-Smith was awarded the Military Cross for bravery in the Second Battle of Flanders . He fell on the first day of the Battle of the Somme , a year and a day after his brother.

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SURNAME Somers-Smith, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Somers-Smith, John Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British rower
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Walton-on-Thames
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 1916
Place of death Gommecourt