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Ken Tinegate

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Ken Tinegate
Personal information
Nationality England
BornApril 1915
West Bromwich, England
Died18 July 1958(1958-07-18) (aged 43)
Bromsgrove, England
OccupationDeputy Manager
Spouse
(1954⁠–⁠1958)
Medal record
Rowing
Representing  England
British Empire Games
Bronze medal – third place 1950 Auckland Double sculls

Kenneth William Tinegate (April 1915 – 18 July 1958) was an English rower who competed in the 1950 British Empire Games. During the 1950s, he was married to British Empire Games gold medalist diver Edna Child.

Career

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Rowing

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Tinegate had been associated with rowing since he was 17, having been a member of the Birmingham Rowing Club for over 20 years and winning "many trophies" in that time.[1] He represented England and won a bronze medal in the double sculls with Jack Brown at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[2][3]

In June 1989, he had a boat named after him by Birmingham's Lord Mayor, Councillor Fred Chapman.[4]

Outside rowing

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He was employed at the Hockley timber merchants business, started by his father E. W. Tinegate. He was also a former captain of Kings Norton Rugby Club.[1]

Personal life

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During the Games in 1950 he lived at Oakfield Road, Selly Park, Birmingham and was a deputy manager. He was a member of the Birmingham Rowing Club.[5]

On 16 October 1954, he married diver Edna Child, having met on the boat when sailing back home after the 1950 British Empire Games,[6] where he stated his profession as a deputy manager.[7] They spent their honeymoon in Italy.[6] He died just under four years later on 18 July 1958 at Bromsgrove, leaving an estate worth just under £6,300 to Child,[8] who survived him along with his two daughters.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Mr. K. W. Tinegate Obituary". The Birmingham Post and Birmingham Gazette. 21 July 1958. p. 30.
  2. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. ^ "1950 Athletes". Team England.
  4. ^ "Boat launch honours the city". Birmingham Evening Mail. 17 June 1989. p. 31.
  5. ^ "1905-1960 (Double sculls wins)". Birmingham Rowing Club.
  6. ^ a b "Tinegate and Child tie the knot". Birmingham Post. 18 October 1954. p. 15.
  7. ^ "UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists". 8 April 1950. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  8. ^ "England and Wales, National Probate Calendar, Index of Wills and Administration". Index of Wills and Administration. 1959. Retrieved 29 March 2022 – via Ancestry.com.