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  1. www.bbc.com › culture › article'It's complete surrender' – Olympics hero Eric Liddell and ...

    Jul 8, 2024 · He would never see them again. WATCH: Eric Liddell's wife remembers the last time she saw him as she left China. His daughter Heather Liddell Ingram was aged three at the time.

  2. www.epm.org › 2018 › FebThe Little Known Story of Olympian Eric Liddell’s Final Years

    Feb 12, 2018 · Though he had become an “uncle” and father figure to numerous children, Eric Liddell never saw his own wife and daughters in this world again. After writing a letter to Florence from his bed in the infirmary, he said to his friend and colleague “It’s full surrender” and slipped into a coma. Suffering with a brain tumor, he died in 1945.

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  3. www.challies.com › quotes › she-had-never-stoppedShe Had Never Stopped Loving Him - Tim Challies

    Jul 17, 2016 · Florence stood up and looked at it as though in that moment she was remembering every one of the yesterdays she had spent beside him. She bowed her head, raised her hands to her face, and began to weep. She had never stopped loving him and missing him until, at last, in 1984 she went to be with him in heaven. The Eric Liddell story is well known.

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  5. www.scotsman.com › heritage-and-retro › heritageEnduring legacy of 'Flying Scotsman' Eric Liddell 100 years ...

    Jul 10, 2024 · While in China, he married Florence Mackenzie, daughter of Canadian missionary parents, in 1934. The couple had three daughters, Patricia, Heather and Maureen, but Liddell did not live to see his ...

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  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Eric_LiddellEric Liddell - Wikipedia

    Eric Henry Liddell (/ ˈlɪdəl /; 16 January 1902 – 21 February 1945) was a Scottish sprinter, rugby player and Christian missionary. Born in Qing China to Scottish missionary parents, he attended boarding school near London, spending time when possible with his family in Edinburgh, and afterwards attended the University of Edinburgh.

  7. www.pressreader.com › uk › the-scotsmanEric Liddell, still inspiring 100 years after Paris gold

    Jul 11, 2024 · In China he wed Florence Mackenzie, daughter of Canadian missionary parents, in 1934. The couple had three daughters, Patricia, Heather and Maureen, but Liddell did not live to see his youngest. After Japan invaded Hong Kong in 1941 the British Government advised nationals to leave China and his pregnant wife and their two daughters left for ...

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  9. www.bbc.co.uk › news › articlesEric Liddell: The Olympic champion who still inspires 100 ...

    Jul 9, 2024 · After the Japanese invasion in 1937, Liddell carried on his missionary work even when it became dangerous to do so. Liddell's wife and children left China for Canada in 1941 but he stayed to help ...