Roger Close-Brooks
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 November 1906 Prestbury, Cheshire, England[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 May 1980[2] Southampton, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
Event | Eights | ||||||||||||||
| Club | London RC | ||||||||||||||
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Roger Close-Brooks DSO (2 November 1906 – 17 May 1980) was an English rower. He competed in the eights at the 1930 British Empire Games for England and won a gold medal.[3]
Biography
[edit]He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[4]
He competed for the 1930 English team in the eights event[5] at the 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada[6] and won a gold medal.
He was a stockbroker's clerk at the time of the 1930 Games.[7]
In 1934, he married Marian, second daughter of Gerald Beesly, J.P. and Helen (née Chamberlain), who was a cousin of Neville Chamberlain. Marian was the sister of rower Richard Beesly (1907–1965), who won an Olympic gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics; and writer Patrick Beesly.[8]
On 24 May 1940 he was promoted to 2nd Lt of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry[9] and during World War II in 1944 was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ 1911 England Census
- ^ "Deaths". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. p. 1.
- ^ "English athletes". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Following in the Family Tradition". Surrey Advertiser. 4 June 1966. p. 20. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- ^ "Dovorian in Empire Winning Crew". Dover Express. 29 August 1930. Retrieved 20 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Comonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ^ "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.
- ^ "Married at Milford – Close-Brooks—Beesly". New Milton Advertiser. 8 September 1934. p. 5. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ^ "SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 24 MAY, 1940" (PDF). The Gazette. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ^ "SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 29 JUNE, 1944" (PDF). The Gazette. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
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