About Frederick Harmer
Lived 1884 – 1919 (aged 34). Frederick Harmer was a British athletics competitor.
Frederick William Harmer (18 July 1884 – 7 March 1919) was a British track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Biography Harmer, born in West Ham and educated at Brentwood School, and he and his older brother Henry Harmer both joined the newly formed Southend Harriers in 1906.
Harmer represented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics (along with his brother) in London. He was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 400 metre hurdles competition.
On 5 November 1915, Harmer was caught up in the 1915 Ilford rail crash and suffered nervous system injuries, which forced him to leave the London Scottish Territorials and take up a position at the Warley and Woolwich Barracks.
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Who was Frederick Harmer?
British athlete
When was Frederick Harmer born?
Frederick Harmer was born on 18 July 1884.
When did Frederick Harmer die?
Frederick Harmer died on 13 March 1919.
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Frederick Harmer was an athletics competitor.
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Frederick Harmer was British.
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