Henry Augustus Simmons (21 February 1911 – 23 March 1944) was an English high jumper who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Biography

In 1927 Simmons a pupil at Taunton School won the Public Schools title.[1] At the age of 17 Simmons competed for the London Athletic Club and finished third behind Claude Ménard in the high jump event at the 1928 AAA Championships.[2][3][4] Shortly afterwards he represented Great Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where he finished in 11th place.[5]

The same year he set a British junior record at 1.86 m. Simmons was a Royal Air Force officer and won the RAF high jump title in 1930, 1932 and 1935.[6]

Simmons served as a wing commander in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War.[7] On 23 March 1944, Simmons died piloting Vickers Wellington LP258, which stalled and crashed near Hardwick, Northamptonshire. Simmons and five other crew members were killed.[8] He is buried at Oxford (Botley) Cemetery.[7][9]

References

  1. ^ "London Left at Post". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 9 July 1928. Retrieved 26 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Peltzer fails to come back". London Daily Chronicle. 7 July 1928. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Champions of the AAA". Daily News (London). 9 July 1928. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
  6. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Harry Simmons Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Casualty Details: Simmons, Henry Augustus". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Simmons H". International Bomber Command Centre. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  9. ^ "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 24 July 2018.


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