Mercedes Gleitze, centre, with Norman Derham behind, River Thames 1920s

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Mercedes Gleitze (centre) was the first British woman to swim across the Channel, but she found the Thames more ‘treacherous’. Norman Derham, the champion Southend swimmer, is behind her.

Reference number
2019-145
Swimmer(s)
Gleitze, Miss Mercedes
Derham, Norman Leslie
Date
1920s
Type of image
digital image (reproduction)

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