Herbert Haydon Wilson, DSO (14 February 1875 – 11 April 1917) was a British officer and polo player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Biography[]
Youngest son of Sir Samuel Wilson, of Victoria, Australia.
He served in the South African Campaign 1899-1901 (twice Mentioned in Despatches), and was in March 1901 appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for gallantry in defence of posts in the Boer attack on Lichtenburg[1]
In the 1908 Olympics, he was a member of the British polo team Roehampton, which won the gold medal.
Wilson was killed in action during the First World War, serving as a captain with the Royal Horse Guards near Arras. He was buried in the Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery nearby.[2]
References[]
- ↑ "No. 27307". 23 April 1901. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27307/page/
- ↑ Wilson, Herbert Hayden, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Retrieved 28 September 2008
External links[]
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