Richard Henry Bagnall-Oakeley aka Oakeley (12 November 1865 – 5 July 1947) was a Welsh
archer who competed at the
1908 Summer Olympics
The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori ...
in
London
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. He was born in
Penallt
Penallt (also spelt Penalt) is a village in Monmouthshire, Wales, set high on a hill south of Monmouth. In the centre of the village, by the village green, is the 17th-century village pub, the Bush Inn.
Description
Nearby, the ''Penallt Old Ch ...
, Monmouthshire, Wales.
Life
Bagnall-Oakeley was baptised on 23 November 1865 as the youngest child of the Reverend William and
Mary Ellen Bagnall-Oakeley.
Bagnall-Oakeley entered the
double York round event in 1908, taking 21st place with 374 points. He also participated in the
Continental style event but his result is unknown. He was a member of the
Royal Toxophilite Society.
[ He died on 5 July 1947 at a nursing home in Gloucestershire.]
Family
He married Augusta Robina Bolden in October 1895 in Monmouthshire, Wales. They had three children:
* Leoline Richard Bagnall-Oakeley (1897–1972)
* Rachel Bagnall-Oakeley (1900–1978)
* John Rowland Bagnall-Oakeley (1904–1977)
Sources
*Buchanan, Ian ''British Olympians''. Guinness Publishing (1991)
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Sportspeople from Monmouth, Wales
Welsh male archers
Archers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Olympic archers for Great Britain
1865 births
1947 deaths
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