Henry Goldsmith

{{short description|British rower}}

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Henry Mills Goldsmith (22 July 1885 – 9 May 1915) was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action during the First World War.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/37315 |title=Henry Goldsmith |work=Olympedia |access-date=7 April 2021}}

Goldsmith was born at Plympton, Devon, and was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge.[http://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/college/history/war.html Jesus College in the First World War] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806015757/http://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/college/history/war.html |date= 6 August 2009 }} He rowed for Cambridge in the Boat Race in 1906 and 1907. Although he did not row in the Boat Race in 1908, he was a member of the Cambridge crew, which made up a boat in the eights and won the bronze medal for Great Britain rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/henry-goldsmith-1.html Sports Reference Olympic Sports - Henry Goldsmith] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802055336/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/henry-goldsmith-1.html |date=2 August 2015 }}

Goldsmith served in the First World War as a lieutenant with the Devonshire Regiment[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29082/supplements/1958/page.pdf Supplement to the London Gazette, 24 February 1915] He was killed in action, aged 29, at Fromelles during the Second Battle of Ypres.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |accessdate=3 August 2015 |work=Sports Reference |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107022804/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |archivedate=7 November 2014 }} His remains were not recovered and his name is inscribed on the Ploegsteert Memorial nearby.[http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/873231 Goldsmith, Henry Mills], Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Retrieved 19 August 2008