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Frederick Kitching
Personal information
Full nameFrederick Overend Kitching
Born(1886-07-04)4 July 1886
Cockerton, County Durham, England
Died11 August 1918(1918-08-11) (aged 32)
Dunkirk, France
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event Standing long jump

Frederick Overend Kitching (4 July 1886 – 11 August 1918) was a British athlete. [1] He competed in the men's standing long jump event at the 1908 Summer Olympics. [2] He was killed in action during World War I. [3]

Personal life

Kitching served as an orderly in the Friends' Ambulance Unit during the First World War. [4] He joined the unit after declaring himself a conscientious objector. Serving for two years, Kitching died in a German air raid on Dunkirk in August 1918. [5] He is buried at Dunkirk Town Cemetery. [4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Frederick Kitching". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frederick Kitching". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Casualty Details: Kitching, Frederick Overend". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Frederick Overend Kitching (1886-1918)". Durham at War. Retrieved 19 May 2020.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Frederick Kitching
Personal information
Full nameFrederick Overend Kitching
Born(1886-07-04)4 July 1886
Cockerton, County Durham, England
Died11 August 1918(1918-08-11) (aged 32)
Dunkirk, France
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event Standing long jump

Frederick Overend Kitching (4 July 1886 – 11 August 1918) was a British athlete. [1] He competed in the men's standing long jump event at the 1908 Summer Olympics. [2] He was killed in action during World War I. [3]

Personal life

Kitching served as an orderly in the Friends' Ambulance Unit during the First World War. [4] He joined the unit after declaring himself a conscientious objector. Serving for two years, Kitching died in a German air raid on Dunkirk in August 1918. [5] He is buried at Dunkirk Town Cemetery. [4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Frederick Kitching". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frederick Kitching". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Casualty Details: Kitching, Frederick Overend". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Frederick Overend Kitching (1886-1918)". Durham at War. Retrieved 19 May 2020.



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