| 词条 | Herbert Haydon Wilson |
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BiographyWilson was the youngest son of Sir Samuel Wilson, of Victoria, Australia. He was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Sherwood Rangers (Nottinghamshire Yeomanry) on 25 December 1895. Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War in late 1899, Wilson volunteered to serve in South Africa, and was in February 1900 appointed a lieutenant of the Imperial Yeomanry,[2][3] where he served with the 3rd Battalion from 1900 to 1901 (twice Mentioned in Despatches). In March 1901 he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for gallantry in defence of posts in the Boer attack on Lichtenburg.[4] Promoted to a captain, he relinquished his commission with the 3rd Battalion on 18 July 1901, and was granted the honorary rank of Captain in the Army.[5] In the 1908 Olympics, he was a member of the British polo team Roehampton, which won the gold medal. Wilson was killed in action aged 42 during the First World War, serving as a captain with the Royal Horse Guards near Arras. He was buried in the Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery nearby.[6][7] See also
References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/herbert-wilson-1.html |title=Herbert Wilson |accessdate=3 August 2015 |work=Sports Reference |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801140624/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/herbert-wilson-1.html |archivedate=1 August 2015 |df=dmy-all }} 2. ^{{London Gazette |issue=27160 |page=692 |date=2 February 1900}} 3. ^{{London Gazette| issue=27163| supp=y|page=911| date=9 February 1900|}} 4. ^{{London Gazette |issue=27307 |date=23 April 1901 |page=2775}} 5. ^{{London Gazette| issue=27417 |page=1882 |date=18 March 1902}} 6. ^Wilson, Herbert Hayden, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Retrieved 28 September 2008 7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |accessdate=3 August 2015 |work=Sports Reference |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107022804/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |archivedate=7 November 2014 |df=dmy-all }} External links
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