Harry Crank
Personal information | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | November 1890 Bolton, England |
Died | 22 October 1917 Ypres, Belgium | (aged 26)
Sport | |
Sport | Diving |
Harry Crank (November 1890 – 22 October 1917) was a British diver.[1] He competed in the men's 3 metre springboard event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[2] He was killed in action during the First World War.[3]
Personal life[]
Crank served as a second lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers during the First World War. He was killed in action on 22 October 1917 in Belgium.[2] His body was never recovered, and he is commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Harry Crank". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Harry Crank Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ "Casualty Details: Crank, Harry". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
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- 1890 births
- 1917 deaths
- British male divers
- Olympic divers of Great Britain
- Divers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Bolton
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Lancashire Fusiliers officers
- British diving (sport) biography stubs