George Whatford
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| Full name | George Lumley Whatford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 July 1878 Eastbourne, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 November 1915 (aged 37) Ctesiphon, Ottoman Iraq, Ottoman Empire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1904 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 January 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Lumley Whatford (20 July 1878 – 22 November 1915) was an English cricketer. Whatford's batting style is unknown. He was also a British and Indian Army officer. The son of Jack Henry Whatford and Emily Rose Whatford, he was born at Eastbourne, Sussex,[1] and educated at Harrow School.
By 1900, Whatford was serving in the British Army as a second lieutenant in the South Staffordshire Regiment.[2] He was still serving in the same regiment with the same rank in February 1902, when he transferred to the Indian Staff Corps in the British Indian Army.[3] The following year he was serving in the 6 Madras Infantry, where he was promoted to lieutenant in that year.[4] In 1904, Whatford made his first-class debut in cricket for Sussex against Somerset at the Recreation Ground, Bath, in the 1904 County Championship, though in a match affected by the elements, Whatford wasn't required to bat.[5] He made a second first-class appearance in that same season against Gloucestershire at the Ashley Down Ground, Bristol.[6] Whatford scored 8 runs in Sussex's first-innings, before he was dismissed by Henry Huggins, while in their second-innings he was run out for 13 runs.[7]
By 1909, he was serving in the British Raj with the 66th Punjabis. It was in this year that he was promoted to the rank of captain.[8] His service continued in to World War I, during which he was killed in action in the Mesopotamian campaign at the Battle of Ctesiphon on 22 November 1915. Prior to his death he was due to be promoted to the rank of Major.[9] No known grave exists for Whatford, though his name is commemorated on The Basra Memorial.[1] His brother, Stuart Whatford, also fought and was killed in the war.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Eastbourne War Memorial Surnames W". roll-of-honour.com. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ "No. 27194". The London Gazette. 22 May 1900. p. 3253.
- ^ "No. 27469". The London Gazette. 29 August 1902. p. 5608.
- ^ "No. 27570". The London Gazette. 30 June 1903. p. 4098.
- ^ "Somerset v Sussex, 1904 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by George Whatford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ "Gloucestershire v Sussex, 1904 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ "No. 28271". The London Gazette. 16 July 1909. p. 5470.
- ^ "No. 30017". The London Gazette. 13 April 1917. p. 3510.
External links
[edit]- George Whatford at ESPNcricinfo
- George Whatford at CricketArchive
- 1878 births
- 1915 deaths
- Cricketers from Eastbourne
- People educated at Harrow School
- English cricketers
- Sussex cricketers
- South Staffordshire Regiment officers
- Indian Army personnel of World War I
- British Indian Army officers
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Military personnel from East Sussex
- 19th-century British Army personnel
- Indian Staff Corps officers