Isaac Bentham

Isaac Bentham (27 October 1886 Lancashire – 15 May 1917) was a British water polo player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1] He was part of the British team, which was able to win the gold medal.[2]

Isaac Bentham, 1912
Olympic medal record
Men's Water Polo
Gold medal – first place 1912 Stockholm Team competition

He was killed in action, aged 30, in the Battle of Arras during World War I.[3] 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.

See also

References
  1. "Isaac Bentham". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  2. "Isaac Bentham". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  3. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2015.

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