| Geoffrey Holmes | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1894-02-19)19 February 1894 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 May 1964(1964-05-07) (aged 70) Woking, Surrey, Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ice hockey player
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| Military career | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Allegiance | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Service | Royal Field Artillery | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Battles / wars | World War I | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Awards | Military Cross | ||||||||||||||||||||
Geoffrey Holmes (19 February 1894, Toronto– 7 May 1964, Woking) was a British ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics. He was a member of the British ice hockey team, which won the bronze medal.
Holmes attended the Royal Military College of Canada, graduating after taking a break to serve in the British Army in World War I. He returned to England, where he captained the Army's ice hockey team. He went on to become a pioneer missionary in East Africa, running an Anglican mission in Rwanda for several years. He was later ordained as a vicar. He was awarded the Military Cross for his service in 1918.
Notes
- His name is listed in some sources as George Holmes
References
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Geoffrey Holmes". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 December 2012.
- "Geoffrey Holmes". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2007.
- ^ Geoffrey Holmes at Olympedia (archive)
- Patricia Mary St. John, Breath of Life: The story of the Ruanda Mission, Norfolk Press, 1971
- "Many Canadians get decorations". Vancouver Daily World. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 12 January 1918. p. 17. Retrieved 19 December 2023 – via newspapers.com.
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- 1894 births
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- Ice hockey players at the 1924 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1924 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic ice hockey players for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Royal Military College of Canada alumni
- Anglican missionaries in Rwanda
- Canadian Anglican missionaries
- Canadian recipients of the Military Cross
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