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Born | Farnborough, Hampshire, England | 9 December 1876
Died | 9 August 1918 Méharicourt, Somme, France | (aged 41)
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Sport | Sports shooting |
Thomas Head Raddall DSO (9 December 1876 – 9 August 1918) was a British sports shooter. [1] He competed in the team 300 metre free rifle event at the 1908 Summer Olympics. [2] He was killed in action during World War I in France, [3] having attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Canadian Infantry and been awarded the DSO. He was buried at the Commonwealth military Manitoba Cemetery at Caix, France, and left a widow, Ellen, who was resident in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. [4] His son was Canadian writer Thomas Head Raddall. [1]