Harold Ernest Brassey

Lieutenant Colonel Harold Ernest Brassey (March 29, 1877 - July 16, 1916) was a polo champion who was killed in World War I.[1][2][3]

Biography

He won the Inter-regimental cup in polo in 1910 and 1912.[1] He was killed in World War I.[4]

Teammates

References

  1. 1 2 "Poloists, Oarsmen, and Football Players Among Britain's Sacrifices". New York Times. August 15, 1916. Retrieved 2011-04-08. 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.
  2. "Lt.-Col. Harold Ernest Brassey, Genealogical information including marriage, children, brief bio.".
  3. Horace A. Laffaye. Polo in Britain: A History.
  4. Horace A. Laffaye (2009). The Evolution of Polo. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0-7864-3814-2. 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 ...
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