Osborne Paul Hart was born in Chobham, Surrey, in 1878, the son of the gardener James Hart and his wife Annie. On 23 October 1906, he set off on an excursion on his bicycle, pedalling along Westwood Road. Another cyclist, the labourer Frederick Butler, saw him coming and dismounted from his own machine to allow him to pass. Butler saw Hart cycling towards the main London Road, when there was a sudden crash and an outcry. When Butler reached the London Road, he could
