| 词条 | Harold Ernest Brassey |
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Lieutenant Colonel Harold Ernest Brassey (29 March 1877 - 15 July 1916) was a polo champion who was killed in World War I.[1][2][3] BiographyHe won the Inter-regimental cup in polo in 1910 and 1912.[1] He was killed during the Battle of Bazentin Ridge during the Battle of the Somme whilst serving with the Royal Horse Guards (attd. 8th Bn. South Lancashire Regiment). He is buried at Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension.[4][5] Teammates
References1. ^1 {{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Poloists, Oarsmen, and Football Players Among Britain's Sacrifices |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1916/08/15/archives/sportsmen-in-wars-toll-poloists-oarsmen-and-football-players-among.html |quote=The latest casualty list contains the names of several more prominent British sportsmen who have fallen in action in the fighting on the western front. A well-known polo player and a keen man to hounds, Lieut. Col. Harold Brassey, has been killed. |newspaper=New York Times |date=August 15, 1916 |accessdate=2011-04-08 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Brassey, Harry}}2. ^{{cite web|title=Lt.-Col. Harold Ernest Brassey, Genealogical information including marriage, children, brief bio.| url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p2788.htm}} 3. ^ {{cite book| author=Horace A. Laffaye| title=Polo in Britain: A History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EsxYBYIFEoYC&pg=PA292&lpg=PA292}} 4. ^{{cite book |author=Horace A. Laffaye |coauthors= |title=The Evolution of Polo |year=2009 |publisher=McFarland & Company |page= |quote= It is very true that the First World War robbed the British of some of their top and most promising players: Geoffrey Bowlby, Harold Brassey, Leslie Cheape, Noel Edwards, Francis and Rivy Grenfell, Lord Hugh Grosvenor, Brian Osborne, Bertie Wilson ...| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9i-bgOjaVysC&pg=PA142&dq=...robbed+the+British+of+some+of+their+top+and+most+promising+players.&hl=en&ei=z1yuTdHxNsfJgQfn54D4Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=...robbed%20the%20British%20of%20some%20of%20their%20top%20and%20most%20promising%20players.&f=false |isbn=0-7864-3814-2 }} 5. ^https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/202477/brassey,-/ 6 : English polo players|1877 births|1916 deaths|Roehampton Trophy|British Army personnel of World War I|British military personnel killed in World War I |
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