Edmond William Bury (4 November 1884 – 5 December 1915) was a

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player who competed in the

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. He won the silver medal in the men's doubles competition together with

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. In the men's singles event he did not participate. Bury was killed in action, aged 31, during the

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, serving as a captain with the

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near

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. He was buried in the Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery nearby.Bury, Edmond William
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Edmund Bury at databaseOlympics.com
1884 births 1915 deaths Racquets players Olympic racquets players for Great Britain Racquets players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain King's Royal Rifle Corps officers British military personnel killed in World War I British Army personnel of World War I Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics 20th-century British people Burials in Hauts-de-France Sportspeople from Kensington Sportspeople from London Military personnel from London {{UK-Olympic-medalist-stub

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