Henry Mills Goldsmith (22 July 1885 – 9 May 1915) was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action during the First World War. Goldsmith was born at Plympton, Devon and was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge. He rowed for Cambridge in the Boat Race in 1906 and 1907. Although he did not row in the Boat Race in 1908, he was a member of the Cambridge crew which made up a boat in the eights and won the bronze medal for Great Britain rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Goldsmith served in the First World War as a lieutenant with the Devonshire Regiment He was killed in action, aged 29, at Fromelles during the Second Battle of Ypres. His remains were not recovered and his name is inscribed on the Ploegsteert Memorial nearby. See also List of Olympians killed in World War I List of Cambridge University Boat Race crews References 1885 births 1915 deaths Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge English male rowers Olympic rowers of Great Britain Rowers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Devonshire Regiment officers British military personnel killed in World War I British Army personnel of World War I Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics