Geoffrey Holmes
Geoffrey Holmes | |||||||||||||
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| Born | 19 February 1894 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||
| Died | 7 May 1964 (aged 70) Woking, Surrey, Great Britain | ||||||||||||
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| Military career | |||||||||||||
| Allegiance | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||
| Service | Royal Field Artillery | ||||||||||||
| Battles / wars | World War I | ||||||||||||
| Awards | Military Cross | ||||||||||||
Geoffrey Holmes[a] (19 February 1894, Toronto– 7 May 1964, Woking)[1][2] was a British ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics. He was a member of the British ice hockey team, which won the bronze medal.[3]
Holmes attended the Royal Military College of Canada, graduating after taking a break to serve in the British Army in World War I. He returned to England, where he captained the Army's ice hockey team.[4] He went on to become a pioneer missionary in East Africa, running an Anglican mission in Rwanda for several years.[5][4] He was later ordained as a vicar.[4] He was awarded the Military Cross for his service in 1918.[6]
Notes
[edit]- ^ His name is listed in some sources as George Holmes
References
[edit]- ^ Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Geoffrey Holmes". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 December 2012.
- ^ "Geoffrey Holmes". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2007.
- ^ a b c Geoffrey Holmes at Olympedia
- ^ Patricia Mary St. John, Breath of Life: The story of the Ruanda Mission, Norfolk Press, 1971
- ^ "Many Canadians get decorations". Vancouver Daily World. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 12 January 1918. p. 17. Retrieved 19 December 2023 – via newspapers.com.
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