# Ralph Chalmers

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{{Short description|British fencer (1891–1915)}}
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| name           = Ralph Chalmers
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| birth_date     = {{birth date|1891|1|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [Primrose Hill](/source/Primrose_Hill), London, England
| death_date     = {{death date and age|1915|5|8|1891|1|13|df=yes}}
| death_place    = [Ypres](/source/Ypres), Belgium
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| sport          = [Fencing](/source/Fencing)
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'''Ralph Chalmers''' (13 January 1891 – 8 May 1915) was a British [fencer](/source/fencing).<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](/source/%C3%A9p%C3%A9e) event at the [1908 Summer Olympics](/source/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](/source/Second_Battle_of_Ypres) during [World War I](/source/World_War_I) while serving as an [officer](/source/Officer_(armed_forces)) with the [Suffolk Regiment](/source/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](/source/Robert_Chalmers%2C_1st_Baron_Chalmers), a British civil servant, and a Pali and Buddhist scholar.

==See also==
* [List of Olympians killed in World War I](/source/List_of_Olympians_killed_in_World_War_I)

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:1891 births
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Category:British male fencers
Category:Olympic fencers for Great Britain
Category:Fencers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Category:British military personnel killed in World War I
Category:British Army personnel of World War I
Category:Suffolk Regiment officers

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