Ronald Sanderson
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1908 London | Eight |
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Ronald Harcourt Sanderson (11 December 1876 – 17 April 1918) was an English rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics for Great Britain.[1] He was killed in action during the First World War.[2]
Early life and rowing career[]
Sanderson was born at Uckfield, Sussex, the only son of Rev. Edward Sanderson of Uckfield. He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] Sanderson rowed for Cambridge in the Boat Race in 1899 and 1900 which were two victories for Cambridge.
He became a member of Leander Club and was a crew member of the Leander eight which won the gold medal for Great Britain rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[4]
Military career[]
Sanderson joined the Royal Horse Artillery in May 1900,[5] and served as Second Lieutenant in the Second Boer War in South Africa. He was promoted to lieutenant on 8 March 1902.[6]
Sanderson served in the Royal Field Artillery during the First World War. He was mentioned in despatches and was awarded the Chevalier, Legion of Honour by France. He was a lieutenant colonel when he was killed in action near Ypres in April 1918, aged 41. He was buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery nearby[7] and there is a memorial brass in Ripon Cathedral.
See also[]
- List of Olympians killed in World War I
- List of Cambridge University Boat Race crews
References[]
- ^ "Ronald Sanderson". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 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 3 August 2015.
- ^ "Sanderson, Robert Harcourt (SNDR895RH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Sports Reference Olympic Sports - Ronald Sanderson
- ^ "No. 27196". The London Gazette. 25 May 1900. p. 3335.
- ^ "No. 27431". The London Gazette. 6 May 1902. p. 3013.
- ^ Sanderson, Ronald Harcourt, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 17 November 2017
- 1876 births
- 1918 deaths
- People from Uckfield
- People educated at Harrow School
- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
- Cambridge University Boat Club rowers
- British male rowers
- Olympic rowers of Great Britain
- Rowers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- English Olympic medallists
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Members of Leander Club
- Royal Artillery officers
- British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
- British Army personnel of World War I
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Royal Horse Artillery officers
- Royal Field Artillery officers
- Burials at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery