Charles Rought
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| Born | 16 October 1884 Surbiton, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 31 January 1919 (aged 34) Lambeth, London, England | ||||||||||||||
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Charles Gardner Rought (16 October 1884 – 31 January 1919) was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]
Life[edit]
Rought was born in Surbiton. He became a member of Thames Rowing Club and in 1909 and 1911 was a member of the crew that won the Stewards' Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta. Also in the 1911 regatta, Rought and Bruce Logan dead heated in a heat of Silver Goblets against the eventual winners Julius Beresford and Arthur Cloutte to set a course record which lasted until 1934.[2] A year later in 1912 Rought and Logan won Silver Goblets.[3] Rought was a member of the Thames Rowing Club coxed four which won the silver medal for Great Britain rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[4]
Rought saw service in the First World War[5] in the Royal West Surrey Regiment[6] but spent much of the conflict as a Prisoner of War.[7] Rought died in the Lambeth district aged 34.[8] The cause of death was a bad oyster. Since Rought was awaiting demobilisation at the time, he technically died on active service.[9]
Achievements[edit]
Olympic Games[edit]
- 1912 - Silver, Coxed Four
Henley Royal Regatta[edit]
- 1909 - Stewards' Challenge Cup
- 1911 - Stewards' Challenge Cup
- 1912 - Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup (with Bruce Logan)
- 1919 Victory Regatta – Fawley Cup
References[edit]
- ^ "Charles Rought". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ Henley Royal Regatta When they prayed for rain 29 June 2009 Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1839–1939 Archived 9 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sports Reference Olympic Sports – Charles Rought
- ^ New York Times Oarsmen in the War 24 January 1915
- ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 4 November 1918
- ^ Page, Geoffrey (1991). Hear The Boat Sing. Kingswood Press. ISBN 0-413-65410-9.
- ^ Office for National Statistics - Death indices 1919 (non-official sources give his death as January 1918)
- ^ Page, Geoffrey (1991). Hear The Boat Sing. Kingswood Press. ISBN 0-413-65410-9.
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- Rowers at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
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- British military personnel killed in World War I
- British World War I prisoners of war
- World War I prisoners of war held by Germany
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