Frederick Kitching
Personal information
Full nameFrederick Overend Kitching
Born(1886-07-04)4 July 1886
Cockerton, County Durham, England
Died11 August 1918(1918-08-11) (aged 32)
Dunkirk, France
Sport
SportTrack and field
EventStanding long jump

Frederick Overend Kitching (4 July 1886 – 11 August 1918) was a British athlete.[1] He competed in the men's standing long jump event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.[2] He was killed in action during World War I.[3]

Personal life

Kitching served as an orderly in the Friends' Ambulance Unit during the First World War.[4] He joined the unit after declaring himself a conscientious objector. Serving for two years, Kitching died in a German air raid on Dunkirk in August 1918.[5] He is buried at Dunkirk Town Cemetery.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Frederick Kitching". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frederick Kitching". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Casualty Details: Kitching, Frederick Overend". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Frederick Overend Kitching (1886-1918)". Durham at War. Retrieved 19 May 2020.


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