Wing Commander Wing commander (Wg Cdr in the RAF, the IAF, and the PAF, WGCDR in the RNZAF and RAAF, formerly sometimes W/C in all services) is a senior commissioned rank in the British Royal Air Force and air forces of many countries which have historical ...

Percival Kinnear Wise (17 April 1885 – 7 June 1968) was a British Olympic polo player and Royal Air Force officer.

Biography

Wise was born on 17 April 1885 in Hong Kong to Alfred Gascoyne Wise and Augusta Frances Nugent. His father was a judge for the Supreme Court of Hong Kong, and his brother was Alfred Roy Wise. He was a Group Captain in the military and served with the British Indian Army and then the Royal Flying Corps. For his services in the First World War, he was made a Companion of the

Distinguished Service Order The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, as well as formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, ty ...

and the Order of St. Michael and St. George. He won the bronze medal in the 1924 Paris Summer Olympic Games alongside teammates Frederick W. Barrett,

Frederick Guest Frederick Edward "Freddie" Guest, (14 June 1875 – 28 April 1937) was a British politician best known for being Chief Whip of Prime Minister David Lloyd George's Coalition Liberal Party, 1917–1921. He was also Secretary of State for Air be ...

, and

Dennis Bingham John Dennis Yelverton Bingham (11 August 1880 – 28 December 1940) was a British Olympic polo player. Biography He was born on 11 August 1880 in Bangor, County Down in Northern Ireland to John George Barry Bingham and Matilda Catherine Ward. ...

. He died on 7 June 1968 in

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Polo players at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic polo players of Great Britain British polo players Roehampton Trophy Hong Kong people 1885 births 1968 deaths Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Royal Flying Corps officers Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Royal Air Force group captains Olympic medalists in polo {{RAF-bio-stub