Edmond William Bury (4 November 1884 – 5 December 1915) was a British rackets player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1]
He won the silver medal in the men's doubles competition together with Cecil Browning. In the men's singles event he did not participate.[2]
Bury was killed in action, aged 31, during the First World War,[3] serving as a captain with the King's Royal Rifle Corps near Fleurbaix. He was buried in the Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery nearby.[4]
^"Edmund Bury". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
^"Edmund Bury". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
^"Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
^Bury, Edmond William, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 28 September 2008
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