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Wing Commander Percival Kinnear Wise CMG DSO (17 April 1885 – 7 June 1968) was a British Olympic polo player and Royal Air Force officer.[1]
Biography[]
Wise was born on 17 April 1885 in Hong Kong to Alfred Gascoyne Wise and Augusta Frances Nugent. His father was a judge for the Supreme Court of Hong Kong, and his brother was Alfred Roy Wise.
He was a Group Captain in the military and served with the British Indian Army[1] and then the Royal Flying Corps. For his services in the First World War, he was made a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order and the Order of St. Michael and St. George.[2]
He won the bronze medal in the 1924 Paris Summer Olympic Games alongside teammates Frederick W. Barrett, Frederick Guest, and Dennis Bingham.
He died on 7 June 1968 in Aldeburgh.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Percival Kinnear Wise". Sports Reference. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/percival-wise-1.html. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
- ↑ Laffaye, Horace A. (in en). Polo in Britain: A History. McFarland. p. 113. ISBN 9780786489800. https://books.google.com/books?id=EsxYBYIFEoYC&pg=PA113. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
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