Picture No | 10949912 |
Date | 1914 |
Description | Anthony Wilding in action at Wimbledon, 1914 |
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Anthony Frederick Wilding (1883 - 1915), shown in action in the men's final at the 1914 Wimbledon tennis championship against Norman Brookes. Wilding had won Wimbledon in four consecutive years but was beaten by Norman Brookes that year. He was killed in May 1915 at the Battle of Aubers Ridge.
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Source | Photograph in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 11 July 1914 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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