Frederick Sherriff
Personal information
Born(1889-03-08)8 March 1889
West Ham, London, England
Died31 January 1943(1943-01-31) (aged 53)
Cosford, Shropshire, England
Sport
SportFencing

Frederick George Sherriff OBE MC (8 March 1889 – 31 January 1943) was a British fencer who was an officer in the British Army and later the Royal Air Force.[1]

He competed at two Olympic Games, in the men's team foil, at Paris in 1924 and Amsterdam in 1928.[2] He was a two times British fencing champion, winning two foil titles at the British Fencing Championships in 1924 and 1925.[3]

He had served in the First World War in the York and Lancaster Regiment and continued into the Second as a Royal Air Force officer, ultimately Group Captain. He is buried in St Cuthbert's Churchyard, Donington, Shropshire.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Frederick Sherriff". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Frederick Sherriff Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  3. ^ "British Champions" (PDF). British Fencing. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  4. ^ [1] CWGC Casualty Record. Note CWGC spell the place name 'Donnington'. Retrieved 19 April 2013.

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