Harry Simmons (high jumper)

Harry Simmons
	Simmons at the 1928 Olympics
Personal information
Born	21 February 1911; Southampton, England
Died	23 March 1944 (aged 33); Hardwick, Northamptonshire, England
Sport
Sport	High jump
Club	Southampton Athletic Club
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	1928

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

Biography

Simmons finished third behind Claude Ménard in the high jump event at the 1928 AAA Championships.^[1]^[2]^[3] Shortly afterwards he represented Great Britain at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where he finished in 11th place.

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.^[4]

Simmons served as a wing commander in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War.^[5] 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.^[6] He is buried at Oxford (Botley) Cemetery.^[5]^[7]

References

^ "Peltzer fails to come back". London Daily Chronicle. 7 July 1928. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Champions of the AAA". Daily News (London). 9 July 1928. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b "Casualty Details: Simmons, Henry Augustus". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
^ "Simmons H". International Bomber Command Centre. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
^ "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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[1] "Peltzer fails to come back". London Daily Chronicle. 7 July 1928. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[2] "Champions of the AAA". Daily News (London). 9 July 1928. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[3] "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 5 January 2025.

[Results-4] 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.

[CWGC-5] "Casualty Details: Simmons, Henry Augustus". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 20 May 2020.

[IBCC-6] "Simmons H". International Bomber Command Centre. Retrieved 20 May 2020.

[WWII-7] "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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