Ralph Chalmers

Ralph Chalmers (13 January 1891 – 8 May 1915) was a British fencer.^[1] He competed in the individual épée event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.^[2] He died at the Second Battle of Ypres during World War I while serving as an officer with the Suffolk Regiment.^[3][4]

Ralph Chalmers

Personal information
Born	(1891-01-13)13 January 1891 Primrose Hill, London, England
Died	8 May 1915(1915-05-08) (aged 24) Ypres, Belgium
Sport
Sport	Fencing

He was one of the sons of Robert Chalmers, 1st Baron Chalmers, a British civil servant, and a Pali and Buddhist scholar.

See also

• List of Olympians killed in World War I