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Charles Van Der Byl

British fencer (1874-1956)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ5083112 ↗
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Charles Fennelly Van Der Byl (5 April 1874 – 9 February 1956) was a British fencer. He competed in the individual sabre and épée events at the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1912, he won the sabre title at the British Fencing Championships.

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“Charles Van Der Byl” enters the record as british fencer (1874-1956). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Charles, British and fencer can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1874, 1956, 1912—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1874-04-05. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Charles, British and fencer.
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This entry incorporates text from “Charles Van Der Byl” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.