Background
Badcock was born in West Ham and educated at Merchant Taylor"s School.
Badcock was born in West Ham and educated at Merchant Taylor"s School.
His family had been in business as boat builders and wharfingers on the River Thames for nearly a hundred years. In 1928 he was again in the winning Thames crews in the Grand and Stewards at Henley. In 1932 he was again in the winning Thames crew in the Stewards Challenge Cup at Henley.
Badcock was appointed a vice-president of Thames Rowing Club in 1936.
In 1934, Badcock married the swimmer, Joyce Cooper, who had one silver and three bronze medals at the 1928 and 1932 Olympics. Olympic Games 1928 – Silver, Eight Henley Royal Regatta.