Henry Burr served was an Army volunteer from 1891 and in 1906, as a command sergeant-major in the 1st Hampshire Royal Engineer volunteers, he won the Prince of Wales’s prize and Donegall Challenge Cup at Bisley. Two years earlier he had won the Association Cup. He moved to the City of London Rifle Brigade in 1907, and in 1909 Burr won the coveted King’s Prize at Bisley. He competed in the sport’s senior individual competition 19 times between 1900-36 and in 1901 came within one shot of winning the title for the first time. Burr and Harcourt Ommundsen were tied, and Burr had one shot remaining and only needed to hit the target to win the gold medal. Unfortunately, he missed and it went to a shoot-off, which Ommundsen won 10-9 with a shot to spare.
By profession, Burr was a building surveyor and, because he enjoyed his most memorable sporting moment at the headquarters of the National Rifle Association, Burr named his Beckenham house “Bisley”.
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