Edward Gedge

{{short description|British modern pentathlete}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1895|5|3|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Gosport, Hampshire, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1991|3|17|1895|5|3|df=yes}}

| death_place = New Zealand

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| sport = Modern pentathlon

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Lieutenant Edward Gordon Gedge {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MC}} (3 May 1895 – 17 March 1991) was a British modern pentathlete.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/34780 |title=Edward Gedge |work=Olympedia |access-date=26 August 2021}} He competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ge/edward-gedge-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040048/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ge/edward-gedge-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Edward Gedge Olympic Results |accessdate=23 June 2012 |work=sports-reference.com}}

During the First World War, he served with the Royal Field Artillery. He was awarded the Military Cross in the 1918 Birthday Honours, "for distinguished service in connection with Military Operations in Salonika."{{London Gazette |issue=30719 |date= 3 June 1918|page=6505 |supp=y}}

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