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Mercedes Gleitze and Patrick Joseph Carey on their wedding day with adult bridesmaids 'Channel Twins’ Bernice and Phyllis Zittenfield Greetings Card

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Mercedes Gleitze and Patrick Joseph Carey on their wedding day with adult bridesmaids 'Channel Twins’ Bernice and Phyllis Zittenfield NPG x198296

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by J.G. Whorwell & Son

Swimmer. Born in Brighton, Gleitze set many records for endurance in swimming, she set the British record for swimming for 46 hours (1932). She was the first British woman to swim the English Channel which she completed in 15 hours and 15 minutes (1927). She was also the first to swim the Straits of Gibraltar (1928). She actively fundraised selling postcards of herself amongst other initiatives. After her retirement in 1932, she devoted her remaining fortune to her cause, setting up Mercedes Gleitze Home for... more

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