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Basil Beazley

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Basil Beazley
Personal information
Nationality England
Born29 October 1913
Oxford
Died10 July 1943 (aged 29)
Medal record
Rowing
Representing  England
British Empire Games
Gold medal – first place 1938 Sydney Eights

Basil Saunders Beazley (1913-1943) was a male rower who competed for England.

Rowing career

Beazley represented England and won a gold medal in the eights at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.[1][2]

Personal life

He was an electrical engineer by trade and lived in Newport Road, Cardiff during 1938. He was killed during World War II, in 1943 when serving as a Major with the Royal Engineers and is buried at the Syracuse War Cemetery in Sicily.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. ^ "1938 Athletes". Team England.
  3. ^ "Profile". Commonwealth War Graves.