Harold Brassey

Lieutenant Colonel Harold Brassey (circa 1880-1890 - August 14, 1916) was a polo champion who was killed in World War I.[1]

Biography

He won the Inter-regimental cup in polo in 1910 and 1912.[1] He was killed in World War I.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Poloists, Oarsmen, and Football Players Among Britain's Sacrifices". New York Times. August 15, 1916. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70612FB355B17738DDDAC0994D0405B868DF1D3. Retrieved 2011-04-08. "The latest casualty list contains the names of several more prominent British sportsmen who have fallen in action in the fighting on the western front. A well-known polo player and a keen man to hounds, Lieut. Col. Harold Brassey, has been killed." 
  2. ^ Horace A. Laffaye (2009). The Evolution of Polo. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0786438142. http://books.google.com/books?id=9i-bgOjaVysC&pg=PA142&dq=...robbed+the+British+of+some+of+their+top+and+most+promising+players.&hl=en&ei=z1yuTdHxNsfJgQfn54D4Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=...robbed%20the%20British%20of%20some%20of%20their%20top%20and%20most%20promising%20players.&f=false. "It is very true that the First World War robbed the British of some of their top and most promising players: Geoffrey Bowlby, Harold Brassey, Leslie Cheape, Noel Edwards, Francis and Rivy Grenfell, Lord Hugh Grosvenor, Brian Osborne (polo), Bertie Wilson ..."