Mark Bodley Scott (17 April 1923 – 11 February 2013) was a British rower who competed in the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau ...

. Scott was born into a medical family based in

Dorset Dorset ( ; Archaism, archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, t ...

. He was the son of Maitland Bodley Scott (1878–1942) and the youngest of six sons. As a child, he lived in

Shiplake Shiplake consists of three settlements: Shiplake, Shiplake Cross and Lower Shiplake. Together these villages form a Civil parishes in England, civil parish situated beside the River Thames south of Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. The r ...

on the

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. Scott was educated at

Bryanston School Bryanston School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Private schools in the United Kingdom, private boarding school, boarding and day school for pupils aged 13–18) located next to the village of Bryanston, and near the ...

. Aged 18, he joined the

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during

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. While on active service in

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, he was wounded in a mortar bomb explosion, during which he lost one eye and his other eye was damaged by shrapnel. He was in hospital recuperating for almost a year in

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. In 1946 when he was demobilised, he joined

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, studying

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. He also joined the Thames Rowing Club. He rowed in the 1948 Henley Regatta and then for Britain at the

, in the coxed pairs event, with Bakie James. Mark Bodley Scott was involved in

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, including

Sonning Sonning (traditional: ; modern: ) is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England, on the River Thames, east of Reading, Berkshire, Reading. The village was described by Jerome K. Jerome in his book ''Three Men in a Boat'' as "the most fair ...

Parish Council and

Wokingham Wokingham ( ) is a market town and civil parish in Berkshire, England. It is the main administrative centre of the wider Borough of Wokingham. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 38,284 and the wider built-up area had a populati ...

Rural District Council. He was also chair of Sonning Working Men’s Club. In 1953, Scott married Josephine Clare Stanley, also an architect, and they had three children. In 2006, they moved from Sonning-on-Thames, where they had lived for 53 years, to

Henley-on-Thames Henley-on-Thames ( ) is a town status in the United Kingdom, town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish on the River Thames, in the South Oxfordshire district, in Oxfordshire, England, northeast of Reading, Berkshire, Reading, west of M ...

, where Mark Bodley Scott died. A

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can be heard at the River and Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Mark Bodley 1923 births 2013 deaths Architects from Hampshire People educated at Bryanston School Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II Alumni of the University of North London People from Sonning People from Shiplake British male rowers English male rowers Olympic rowers for Great Britain Rowers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Hampshire Royal Navy sailors Military personnel from Dorset 20th-century English sportsmen

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