It was some 64 years ago, the year of HD’s birth that the Olympic Games last came to the UK shores. In the rowing Dickie Burnell and Bert Bushnell won Gold in the Double Skulls. What a commotion it caused, not at the time, but in 2010 when his obituary published in the Guardian, February 28th, announced that Bert Bushnell had been ‘…the last remaining gold medallist’. However, after the receipt of a letter the Guardian had to publish a correction in March 2010. Apparently he was not the last still alive at the time of report!
Shame how such honoured persons can fade in our memory.