Humphrey Lloyd Warren (15 May 1910 – 14 July 1978) was an English
rower who competed for Great Britain at the
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...
.
Warren was born in
St. Ives, Cambridgeshire
St Ives is a market town and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district in Cambridgeshire, England, east of Huntingdon and north-west of Cambridge. St Ives is historically in the historic county of
Huntingdonshire.
History
The township ...
. In 1932 he was granted a commission as a pilot officer but was also at
Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Trinity Hall (formally The College or Hall of the Holy Trinity in the University of Cambridge) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.
It is the fifth-oldest surviving college of the university, having been founded in 1350 by ...
where he was a rower. In 1933 he was runner-up in the
Diamond Challenge Sculls to
Tom Askwith. In 1934 he was Champion of the
Wye at the Hereford Regatta. He competed in the
single scull representing
Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 208 competitors, 171 men and 37 women, took part in 91 events in 17 sports. British athletes have competed in every Su ...
in
Berlin
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, but was unplaced.
During
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
Warren served in the
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and ...
. As a flight lieutenant he was awarded the
Air Force Cross in 1941. In 1944 as squadron leader of
No. 220 Squadron RAF
No. 220 Squadron of the Royal Air Force (RAF) was founded in 1918 and disbanded in 1963 after four separate periods of service. The squadron saw service in both the First and Second World Wars, as a maritime patrol unit, and finally as part of Brit ...
, he was awarded the
DFC.
In 1946 he was runner up with
Guy Newton
Guy Geoffrey Frederick Newton (1919 – 1969) was a British rower and biochemist. He was the co-discoverer of cephalosporin C.
Newton was born in St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, the son of Bernard Newton a gentleman farmer of Fairfield Bury, St I ...
in the
Double Sculls Challenge Cup at
Henley Royal Regatta
Henley Royal Regatta (or Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage) is a rowing event held annually on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. It was established on 26 March 1839. It differs from the thre ...
.
Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1946–2003
References
1910 births
1978 deaths
Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
British male rowers
Olympic rowers for Great Britain
Rowers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Royal Air Force officers
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