Thomas Homewood
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| National team | Great Britain | ||||||||
| Born | September 25, 1881 | ||||||||
| Died | February 1, 1945 (aged 63) | ||||||||
Cause of death | V2 rocket strike | ||||||||
Medal record
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Thomas Homewood (25 September 1881 – 1 February 1945) was a British tug of war competitor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He won the bronze medal as a member of the British team Metropolitan Police "K" Division.[1]
He was killed during World War II in February 1945, aged 63, when his home in Stratford, London[2] was struck by a V2 rocket.[3][1]
References
- 1 2 "Thomas Homewood". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ↑ "Civilian casualty record, Thomas Homewood". cwgc.org. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ↑ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
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Categories:
- 1881 births
- 1945 deaths
- 20th-century British police officers
- Metropolitan Police officers
- Olympic tug of war competitors for Great Britain
- Tug of war competitors at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in tug of war
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- British civilians killed in World War II
- Deaths by German airstrikes during World War II
- 20th-century British sportsmen
- British Olympic medallist stubs
- Tug of war biography stubs