Thames Royal Yacht Club Race 1842. James Liddy, winner of Doggetts Coat & Badge with list of other competitors; George Henry Ross, Greenwich; John William; John Edward Rugg, King Edward's Stairs, Wapping; George Edward Rose, Horsleydown; Lewis,Louis Sholl, Tower; and William Meekiff , Horseferry, Westminster. Doggett's Coat and Badge is the prize and name for the oldest rowing race in the world. The winner's prize is a traditional watermen's red coat with a silver badge added, displaying the horse of the House of Hanover & the word "Liberty".Competitors include up to six apprentice watermen.

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