Eric Seward
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Born | Melbourne, Victoria (AUS) | 6 July 1891
Died | 11 October 1975 | (aged 84)
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Sport | Swimming |
Eric Seward (6 July 1891 – 11 October 1975) was a British swimmer.[1] He competed in the men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[2]
Seward was later a pilot with No 14 Squadron in the Royal Flying Corps in Palestine from 1916-1918.[3] In 1917 the Martinsyde G.100 he was flying was brought down by Turkish anti-aircraft fire. [4] Seward swam four miles under enemy fire to an outpost of the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, ANZAC. He was subsequently awarded the Military Cross. This was memorialized in a painting, The Seward Exploit, and is in the collection of the Imperial War Museum, RAF Section.[5]
After retiring from the RAF he had a business career. [6]
References
- ^ "Eric Seward". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Eric Seaward Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ Seward Desmond. 2009. Wings Over the Desert : In Action with an Rfc Pilot in Palestine 1916-18. Sparkford Yeovil Somerset UK: Haynes Pub.
- ^ Allason, Julian.(2009). "Pamela Widmerpool’s Cairo." Anthony Powell Newsletter 37 (winter): 6-9.
- ^ The Seward Exploit. 2nd Lieut W E L Seward, MC. at Ramleh, Near Jaffa, in Palestine (24th March 1917). Imperial War Museum, RAF Section.
- ^ Eric Seward. Olympedia.
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