Isaac Bentham

{{short description|British water polo player}}

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{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1886|10|27}}

| birth_place = Wigan, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1917|5|15|1886|10|27}}

| death_place = Arras, France

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{{MedalGold| 1912 Stockholm | Team competition}}

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Isaac Bentham (27 October 1886 – 15 May 1917) was a British water polo player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53910 |title=Isaac Bentham |work=Olympedia |access-date=13 June 2021}} He was part of the British team, which was able to win the gold medal.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/isaac-bentham-1.html |title=Isaac Bentham |accessdate=3 August 2015 |work=Sports Reference |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801223532/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/isaac-bentham-1.html |archivedate= 1 August 2015 }}

He was killed in action, aged 30, in the Battle of Arras during World War I.{{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 }} He died on 15 May 1917, whilst serving as a sergeant in the Royal Field Artillery on the Western Front in France. He has no known grave. He is commemorated on the Arras War Memorial.