British Olympic rower., Gold Medal winner, three-times Olympic gold medallist. Born in USA but brought up in the UK, in Gloucestershire. Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Pete Reed
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Pete Reed gold post box
{On plaque attached to side:} This post box has been painted gold by Royal Ma...
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Ellen Elizabeth Maud Wright
Athlete. There is little information about her. At one time, she lived with her family in South Norwood, at 6 Clifford Road, where her father Tom Wright, had one of his cobblers’ shops. She later e...
1 memorial
Joseph Whitaker
Born in London, apprenticed to a bookseller aged fourteen. With experience of a number of firms he set up his own publishing business. 1858 launched The Bookseller. 1869 published the first issue o...
1 memorial
Gus Risman
Rugby league player. Born Augustus John Ferdinand Risman in Cardiff. Originally played for Salford, and finished his career at Workington Town. He won 17 caps for Great Britain. Sources include: W...
1 memorial
Engineer Captain Charles Gerald Taylor, MVO.
A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1. A Wrexham paper has an article about Taylor: "Taylor was the first of 13 capped Wales players to lose their lives in the con...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Ze'ev Friedman
Weightlifter. Born in either Prokopyevsk, Russia or Poland, he moved to Israel in 1960. He began his career as a gymnast, but switched direction and won a bronze medal at the 1971 Asian Weightlifti...
Person, Sport / Games, Tragedy, Germany, Israel/Palestine, Poland, Russia
1 memorial
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