Richard Boyle (rowing), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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British coxswain
Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1888
Place of Birth: Henley-on-Thames, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 06-Feb-1953
Profession: coxswain
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Richard Boyle (rowing)
- Richard Frederick Robert Pochin Boyle (11 October 1888 – 6 February 1953) was a British coxswain who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. Boyle was born at Ipsden, Oxfordshire, the son of Major Charles John Boyle and Lillian Kennedy Pochin.
- Boyle was educated at Cambridge University and coxed the Cambridge boat in the Boat Race in 1907 and 1908.
- The Cambridge crew made up a boat in the eights which won the bronze medal rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics.In the First World War, Boyle was a captain in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and was wounded. Boyle married Marion Elisa Hill Wallace, daughter of Major-General Hill Wallace, on 12 February 1918
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