Tom Gascoyne
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Tom Gascoyne (1897/98) | |
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Full name | Thomas Jepson Gascoyne |
Nickname | Jeb |
Date of birth | 17th August 1876 |
date of death | October 4, 1917 |
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Last updated: December 23, 2016 |
Thomas Jepson "Tom" Gascoyne (born August 17, 1876 in Whittington , Derbyshire , † October 4, 1917 ) was a British - Australian cyclist.
Tom Gascoyne began cycling in 1893. He set a number of records, including a world record over 25 miles with 57 minutes and 18 seconds in 1896. Together with Sidney Jenkins he formed a strong tandem duo. In 1900 he competed in races in France and finished second in the Grand Prix de l'UVF . The following year he traveled to the United States , where he competed in races at Madison Square Garden . On the cycling track from Boston , he twice defeated the world champion of 1899, Major Taylor .
Gascoyne then emigrated to Australia, took a break from competition and earned his living as a worker. He lived with his family first in New South Wales , then they moved to Preston , a suburb of Melbourne . From 1907 he started again in bike races and started among other things at the six-day race in Sydney .
1916, at the age of 39 years, Tom Gascoyne volunteered for the Australian Imperial Force to serve as a soldier in the First World War to fight. He determined that most of his wages should be paid directly to his wife, Linda. He joined the 21st Australian Infantry Battalion , which had recently suffered great losses in the Battle of Gallipoli . On October 4, 1917, the Germans began an offensive to conquer the town of Zonnebeke . Corporal Gascoyne was killed in the fighting.
His body has not yet been found; Gascoynes name is among those of around 55,000 other missing persons on the Ehrenbogen Menenpoort in Ypres .
Web links
- Tom Gascoyne in the Radsportseiten.net database
References and comments
- ^ Roll of Honor: Thomas Jepson Gascoyne. In: Australian War Memorial. Accessed December 23, 2016 .
- ↑ The exact place of death is uncertain. Ypres and Paschendale are mentioned in the sources.
- ↑ World War One - The Tour de France Remembers. In: wheelsuckers.co.uk. June 26, 2014, accessed December 23, 2016 .
- ^ A b c d Graham Healy: Tom Gascoyne - The English champion cyclist killed at Passchendaele. In: - The Bike Comes First. November 8, 2015, accessed December 23, 2016 .
- ^ Corporal Thomas Jepson Gascoyne (- 1917). In: - Find A Grave. Retrieved December 23, 2016 .
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SURNAME | Gascoyne, Tom |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gascoyne, Thomas Jepson (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1876 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Whittington , Derbyshire |
DATE OF DEATH | October 4, 1917 |