Geoffrey Taylor (rower)
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Men's Rowing | ||
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1908 London | Men's coxless fours |
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1908 London | eights |
Geoffrey Barron Taylor (February 4, 1890 – April 25, 1915) was a Canadian rower from Toronto who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]
He was stroke of the Canadian boat which won the bronze medal in the coxless fours in 1908, when he also stroked the Canadian eight which won the bronze medal behind Leander Club (gold) and Belgium (silver).
Taylor was a student at Trinity College, Oxford University when World War I began. He left his studies and was commissioned into the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada), CEF, on the unit's arrival in England in February 1915 with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and fell in action with it as a Lieutenant on 24 April 1915 at the 2nd Battle of Ypres. His body was not recovered from the field, and his name is engraved on the gateway for the missing of the Ypres Salient at Menin.[2][3]
See also
References
- ^ "Geoffrey Taylor". Sports Reference. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ War Graves Commission registry entry
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