Ralph Chalmers

{{Short description|British fencer (1891–1915)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Ralph Chalmers | fullname = | nationality = | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date|1891|1|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = Primrose Hill, London, England | death_date = {{death date and age|1915|5|8|1891|1|13|df=yes}} | death_place = Ypres, Belgium | height = | weight = | country = | sport = Fencing | event = | olympics = | highestranking = | pb = | show-medals = yes }} '''Ralph Chalmers''' (13 January 1891 – 8 May 1915) was a British fencer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/22104 |title=Ralph Chalmers |work=Olympedia |access-date=24 March 2021}}</ref> He competed in the individual épée event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/ralph-chalmers-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230701/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/ralph-chalmers-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Ralph Chalmers Olympic Results |access-date=4 April 2010 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref> He died at the Second Battle of Ypres during World War I while serving as an officer with the Suffolk Regiment.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_U3CDAAAQBAJ&q=ralph+chalmers+second+battle+of+ypres&pg=PA60|title=The Extinguished Flame: Olympians Killed in The Great War|first=Nigel|last=McCrery|date=19 October 2016|publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=9781473878013|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name="WWI">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |url-status=dead |archivedate=17 April 2020 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |accessdate=3 August 2015 |work=Sports Reference}}</ref>

He was one of the sons of Robert Chalmers, 1st Baron Chalmers, a British civil servant, and a Pali and Buddhist scholar.

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