Jump to content

List of cricketers who were killed during military service

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is a list of cricketers who were killed during military service. The cricketers are listed by war and divided into those who appeared in Test cricket and those who only played first-class cricket.

The conflicts featured on this list are, in chronological order, the Napoleonic Wars, Crimean War, First Boer War, Mahdist War, Second Boer War, World War I, Easter Rising, Irish War of Independence, World War II and the South African Border War. Approximately 210 first-class cricketers are known to have served in the First World War.[1]

Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815)

[edit]

First-class cricketers

[edit]
Name Main first-class team Ref Rank Date of death Age Place of death Ref
Richard Beckett MCC [1] Captain 28 July 1809 37 Talavera de la Reina, Spain [2]

Crimean War (1853–1856)

[edit]

First-class cricketers

[edit]
Name Main first-class team Ref Rank Date of death Age Place of death Ref
Duncombe Buckley Marylebone Cricket Club [2] Captain 6 September 1855 24 Sevastopol, Russian Empire [3]
Henry Neville Marylebone Cricket Club [3] Captain 5 November 1854 30 Inkerman, Russian Empire [4]

First Boer War (1880–1881)

[edit]

First-class cricketers

[edit]
Name Main first-class team Ref Rank Date of death Age Place of death Ref
Edward Wilkinson Cambridge University [4] Lieutenant 8 February 1881 27 Scheins Hoogte, Colony of Natal [5]

Mahdist War (1881–1899)

[edit]

First-class cricketers

[edit]
Name Main first-class team Ref Rank Date of death Age Place of death Ref
Herbert Stewart MCC [5] Major-general 16 February 1885 41 Gakdul, Sudan [6]
John Trask Somerset [7] Surgeon-captain 25 July 1896 34 Kosheh, Sudan [8]

Second Boer War (1899–1902)

[edit]

Test cricketers

[edit]
Name Test team Ref Date of death Age Place of death Ref
John Ferris Australia [9] 17 November 1900 33 Addington, Durban, Colony of Natal [6]
Frank Milligan England [10] 31 March 1900 30 Ramatlabama, Bechuanaland Protectorate [6]

First-class cricketers

[edit]
Name Main first-class team Ref Date of death Age Place of death Ref
Cecil Boyle Oxford University [11] 5 April 1900 47 near Boshof, Orange Free State [7]
Frank Crawford Kent [12] 16 January 1900 49 Pietermaritzburg, Colony of Natal [8]
Dudley Forbes Oxford University [13] 21 April 1901 28 Kroonstad, Orange Free State [6]
Charles Hulse Marylebone Cricket Club [14] 4 June 1901 40 Braklaagte, Orange Free State [9]
Douglas McLean Somerset [15] 5 February 1901 37 Johannesburg, Transvaal Republic [10]
Marshall Porter Dublin University [16] 5 June 1900 26 Ladywood, Lindley, Orange Free State [11]
Henry Stanley Somerset [17] 16 September 1900 27 Hekpoort, Transvaal Republic [6]
George Strachan Surrey [18] 29 December 1901 51 Middelburg, Transvaal Republic [6]
Frank Townsend Gloucestershire [19] 25 May 1901 25 Kimberley, Cape Colony [9]
Prince Christian Victor I Zingari [20] 29 October 1900 33 Pretoria, Transvaal Republic [6]

World War I (1914–1918)

[edit]

275 first-class cricketers were killed on active service during the First World War,[12] including twelve Test cricketers.

Test cricketers

[edit]
Name Test team Ref Date of death Age Place of death Ref
Colin Blythe England [21] 8 November 1917 38 near Passchendaele, Belgium [22]
Major Booth England [23] 1 July 1916 29 near La Signy Farm, France [24]
Frederick Cook South Africa [25] 30 November 1915 45 Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire [26]
Tibby Cotter Australia [27] 31 October 1917 33 near Beersheba, Palestine [28]
Reginald Hands South Africa [29] 20 April 1918 29 Boulogne, France [30]
Kenneth Hutchings England [31] 3 September 1916 33 Ginchy, France [32]
Bill Lundie South Africa [33] 12 September 1917 29 near Passchendaele, Belgium [34]
Leonard Moon England [35] 23 November 1916 38 near Karasouli, Salonica, Greece [36]
Claude Newberry South Africa [37] 1 August 1916 27 Delville Wood, Somme, France [38]
Arthur Edward Ochse South Africa [39] 11 April 1918 48 Middle Farm, Petit Puits, Messines Ridge, France [40]
Reggie Schwarz South Africa [41] 18 November 1918 43 Étaples, France [42]
Gordon White South Africa [43] 17 October 1918 36 Gaza, Palestine [44]

First-class cricketers

[edit]
Name Main first-class team Ref Date of death Age Place of death Ref
Cecil Abercrombie Hampshire [45] 31 May 1916 30 at sea, naval action off Jutland (HMS Defence) [46]
Fred Abraham British Guiana [47] 2 October 1918 32 Joncourt, France [48]
Lestock Adams Cambridge University [49] 22 April 1918 30 Placaut Wood, France [50]
Charlie Adamson Queensland [51] 17 September 1918 43 Salonica, Greece [52]
Ernest Alderwick Gloucestershire [53] 26 August 1917 31 Peronne, France [54]
Henry Anderson Europeans (India) [55] 29 October 1914 47 near La Gorgue, France [56]
Alban Arnold Hampshire [57] 7 July 1916 23 Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France [58]
Thomas Askham Northamptonshire [59] 21 August 1916 19 Maillet Wood, Sheepal, France [60]
Charles Backman South Australia [61] 25 April 1915 31 Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire [62]
Harold Bache Worcestershire [63] 15 February 1916 26 Comines Canal Bank, Ypres, Belgium [64]
Francis Bacon Hampshire [65] 31 October 1915 46 at sea, on Yacht Aries off the coast of Belgium [66]
Herbert Bailey Barbados [67] 31 July 1917 27 Hollebeke, France [68]
James Balfour-Melville Scotland [69] 25 September 1915 33 Loos-en-Gohelle, France [70]
Cecil Banes-Walker Somerset [71] 9 May 1915 26 Ypres, Belgium [72]
Percy Banks Somerset [73] 26 April 1915 29 La Bricque, Ypres, Belgium [74]
Hugh Bannerman Southland [75] 23 December 1917 30 near Ypres, Belgium [76]
Bob Barry Canterbury [77] 3 December 1915 37 aboard HMS Dongola, off Gallipoli Peninsula [78]
Arthur Bateman Ireland [79] 28 March 1918 27 near Arras, France [80]
Samuel Bates Warwickshire [81] 28 August 1916 26 near Hardecourt, France [82]
Gordon Belcher Hampshire [83] 16 May 1915 29 near Richebourg, Belgium [84]
William Benton Middlesex [85] 17 August 1916 43 near Méricourt-l'Abbé, France [86]
Harry Biedermann Argentina [87] 10 August 1917 29 Houthulst, Belgium [88]
Frank Bingham Derbyshire [89] 22 May 1915 40 Sanctuary Wood, Ypres, Belgium [90]
Wilfred Bird Oxford University [91] 9 May 1915 31 Richebourg St Vaast, France [92]
Henry Blacklidge Surrey [93] 23 May 1917 32 Amarah, Mesopotamia [94]
Cecil Bodington Hampshire [95] 11 April 1917 37 near Arras, France [96]
William Boswell Oxford University [97] 28 July 1916 24 Thiepval, France [98]
Evelyn Bradford Hampshire [99] 14 September 1914 45 near Bucy-le-Long, Soissons, France [100]
Druce Brandt Oxford University [101] 6 July 1915 27 Boesinghe, Belgium [102]
Bernard Brodhurst Hampshire [103] 27 April 1915 41 near Canadian Farm, St Julien, Ypres, Belgium [104]
Thomas Bryden Otago [105] 12 October 1917 40 Ypres, Belgium [106]
William Burns MCC [107] 7 July 1916 32 Contalmaison, France [108]
Frederick Burr Worcestershire [109] 12 March 1915 27 Kemmel, Belgium [110]
Brian Butler MCC [111] 18 August 1916 40 Longueval, France [112]
Leo Butler Tasmania [113] 23 August 1916 33 Puchevillers, France [114]
Hugh Butterworth Oxford University [115] 25 September 1915 29 Hooge, Belgium [116]
Arthur Byng Jamaica [117] 14 September 1914 41 Vailly, France [118]
William Cadogan Europeans (India) [119] 12 November 1914 35 Ypres, Belgium [120]
Norman Callaway New South Wales [121] 3 May 1917 21 Second Battle of Bullecourt, France [122]
John Campbell Argentina [123] 2 December 1917 40 Honnechy, France [124]
William Carlsson Western Province [125] 14 July 1916 26 Delville Wood, France [126]
Hugo Charteris Gloucestershire [127] 23 April 1916 31 Katia, Egypt [128]
Esmé Chinnery Surrey [129] 18 January 1915 28 Issy, Paris, France [130]
Harry Chinnery Surrey [131] 28 May 1916 40 Monchy-le-Preux, France [132]
Gother Clarke New South Wales [133] 12 October 1917 42 Zonnebeke, Belgium [134]
Leonard Colbeck Cambridge University [135] 3 January 1918 32 at sea, off the Cape of Good Hope in HMS Ormonde [136]
Edward Coleman Essex [137] 2 April 1917 25 Salonica, Greece [138]
Christopher Collier Worcestershire [139] 25 August 1916 30 near Mametz, France [140]
Alexander Cowie Cambridge University [141] 7 April 1916 27 Amarah, Mesopotamia [142]
Maurice Coxhead Oxford University [143] 3 May 1917 27 near Monchy-le-Preux, France [144]
Alexander Crawford Nottinghamshire [145] 10 May 1916 24 Laventie, Richebourg-l'Avoué, France [146]
Eustace Crawley Cambridge University [147] 2 November 1914 46 Wytschaete, Hollebeke, Belgium [148]
Ernest Crawshaw Canterbury [149] 9 October 1918 29 Le Cateau, France [150]
William Crozier Dublin University [151] 1 July 1916 42 Thiepval, France [152]
Foster Cunliffe Oxford University [153] 10 July 1916 40 Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France [154]
Wilfred Curwen MCC [155] 9 May 1915 32 near Poperinghe, Belgium [156]
Edward Cuthbertson Cambridge University [157] 24 July 1917 29 Amarah, Mesopotamia [158]
Leslie Davidson MCC [159] 3 August 1915 65 Rouen, France [160]
Geoffrey Davies Essex [161] 26 September 1915 22 Hulluch, France [162]
Arthur Davis Leicestershire [163] 4 November 1916 34 near Albert, France [164]
Archibald Difford Western Province [165] 20 September 1918 35 Palestine [166]
George Docker Marylebone Cricket Club [167] 17 November 1914 38 Touquet, Belgium [168]
Ossie Douglas Tasmania [169] 24 April 1918 38 Dermancourt, near Albert, France [170]
Sholto Douglas Middlesex [171] 28 January 1916 42 Cambrin, Arras, France [172]
Geoffrey Dowling Sussex [173] 30 July 1915 23 Hooge, Belgium [174]
Frank Dredge Wellington [175] 22 August 1916 36 Somme, France [176]
Garnet Driver Griqualand West [177] 7 September 1916 32 East Africa [178]
William Drysdale Europeans (India) [179] 29 September 1916 39 Gueudecourt, France [180]
Arthur du Boulay Kent [181] 25 October 1918 38 Fillièvres, France [182]
Arthur Edwards Europeans (India) [183] 25 September 1915 44 Loos-en-Gohelle, France [184]
William Eltham Tasmania [185] 31 December 1916 30 near Lesboeuts, France [186]
Charles Eyre Cambridge University [187] 25 September 1915 32 near Loos-en-Gohelle, France [188]
Charles Farmer Marylebone Cricket Club [189] 18 August 1916 30 Longueval, France [190]
Charles Fisher Sussex [191] 31 May 1916 38 at sea, aboard HMS Invincible at Jutland [192]
Harold Forster Hampshire [193] 29 May 1918 39 Bouleuse Ridge, near Ventalay, France [194]
Theodore Fowler Gloucestershire [195] 17 August 1915 35 London County Hospital, Epsom, Surrey, England [196]
Harold Garnett Lancashire [197] 3 December 1917 38 Marcoing, Cambrai, France [198]
Hubert Garrett Somerset [199] 4 June 1915 29 near Achi Baba, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire [200]
Laurence Gatenby Tasmania [201] 14 January 1917 27 Armentières, France [202]
Fairfax Gill Yorkshire [203] 1 November 1917 34 Wimereux, Boulogne, France [204]
Francis Gillespie Surrey [205] 18 June 1916 27 Ypres, Belgium [206]
George Gilroy Oxford University [207] 15 July 1916 26 Corbie-sur-Somme, France [208]
Andrew Given Otago [209] 19 July 1916 30 Pozieres, France [210]
Cecil Gold Middlesex [211] 3 July 1916 29 Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France [212]
Harold Goodwin Cambridge University [213] 24 April 1917 31 Arras, France [214]
Ronald Gordon Europeans (India) [215] 31 October 1914 37 Messines, France [216]
Lord Bernard Gordon-Lennox Middlesex [217] 10 November 1914 36 Kleinzillebeke, Belgium [218]
Eric Gore-Browne Europeans (India) [219] 3 July 1918 28 Namacurra, Portuguese East Africa [220]
Francis Gould Europeans (India) [221] 6 June 1915 33 Armentières, France [222]
Tom Grace Wellington [223] 8 August 1915 25 Monash Valley, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire [224]
William Grant Gloucestershire [225] 26 September 1918 24 near Passchendaele, Belgium [226]
Herbert Green Europeans (India) [227] 31 December 1918 40 Rouen, France [228]
John Gregory Hampshire [229] 27 November 1914 27 near Zonnebeke, Belgium [230]
Robert Gregory Ireland [231] 23 January 1918 36 near Grossa, Padua, Italy [232]
Walter Greive Scotland [233] 1 April 1917 26 France [234]
William Greive Scotland [235] 17 July 1916 28 Siege Farm, Kemmel, France [236]
Neville Grell Trinidad [237] 5 June 1918 25 Trinidad [238]
John Gunner Hampshire [239] 9 August 1918 34 Kemmel, Belgium [240]
Ralph Hancock Somerset [241] 29 October 1914 26 Festubert, near La Bassee, France [242]
Charles Handfield Transvaal [243] 6 May 1915 36 Gibeon, South-West Africa [244]
Alfred Hartley Lancashire [245] 9 October 1918 39 near Maissemy, France [246]
Eric Hatfeild Kent [247] 21 September 1918 31 Hargicourt, Cambrai, France [248]
Percy Heath Europeans (India) [249] 14 July 1917 40 Baghdad, Mesopotamia [250]
Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory Oxford University [251] 25 August 1918 37 Bayonvillers, France [252]
John Hellard Somerset [253] 2 July 1916 34 near Beaumont-Hamel, France [254]
Ralph Hemingway Nottinghamshire [255] 15 October 1915 37 Hohenzollern Redoubt, near Vermelles, France [256]
Rupert Hickmott Canterbury [257] 16 September 1916 22 Somme, France [258]
Charles Higginbotham Army [259] 11 March 1915 48 near Neuve-Chapelle, France [260]
Harold Hippisley Somerset [261] 23 October 1914 24 Langemarck, Belgium [262]
Harold Hodges Nottinghamshire [263] 22 March 1918 32 Ham, France [264]
William Holbech Warwickshire, MCC [265] 1 November 1914 32 Greenwich, England [266]
Bernard Holloway MCC [267] 27 September 1915 27 Loos-en-Gohelle, France [268]
Gerald Howard-Smith Cambridge University [269] 29 March 1916 36 Merville St Vaast, France [270]
Gilbert Howe Wellington [271] 10 January 1917 25 Messines, Belgium [272]
John Hunt Middlesex [273] 16 September 1916 41 near Ginchy, France [274]
de Courcy Ireland Europeans (India) [275] 28 January 1915 41 Hong Kong or Peking [276]
Arthur Isaac Worcestershire [277] 7 July 1916 42 Contalmaison, France [278]
John Isaac Worcestershire [279] 9 May 1915 35 Rouge Bancs, Fromelles Ridge, Armentières, France [280]
Geoffrey Jackson Derbyshire [281] 9 April 1917 23 Faimpoux, Arras, Belgium [282]
Arthur Jaques Hampshire [283] 27 September 1915 27 Bois Hugo, Loos-en-Gohelle, France [284]
Burnet James Gloucestershire [285] 26 September 1915 28 Langemark, Belgium [286]
Percy Jeeves Warwickshire [287] 22 July 1916 28 High Wood, Montauban-de-Picardie, France [288]
David Jennings Kent [289] 6 August 1918 29 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England [290]
Robert Jesson Hampshire [291] 22 February 1917 30 near Kut, Mesopotamia [292]
Donald Johnston Oxford University [293] 13 September 1918 23 Beugneux, France [294]
Vivian Kavanagh Auckland [295] 9 August 1917 35 Ypres, Belgium [296]
Henry Keigwin Essex [297] 20 September 1916 35 near Thiepval, France [298]
David Kennedy Scotland [299] 1 July 1916 25 Somme, France [300]
William Kington Europeans [301] 20 October 1914 38 Zonnebeke, Belgium [302]
Gordon Kinvig Wellington [303] 31 July 1917 29 Ploegsteert Wood, near Ypres, Belgium [304]
Ronald Lagden Oxford University [305] 1 March 1915 25 St Eloi, Belgium [306]
Arthur Lang Sussex [307] 25 January 1915 24 Cuinchy, France [308]
Edwin Leat Somerset [309] 8 June 1918 33 near Beaumont-Hamel, France [310]
Lawrence Le Fleming Kent [311] 21 March 1918 38 Maissemy, France [312]
Logie Leggatt Cambridge University [313] 31 July 1917 22 Pilckem Ridge, Belgium [314]
Richard Lewis Oxford University [315] 7 September 1917 43 Ypres, Belgium [316]
Frank Lugton Victoria [317] 29 July 1916 22 near Villers-Bretonneux, France [318]
Joseph Lynch Gentlemen of Ireland [319] 25 September 1915 35 Loos-en-Gohelle, France [320]
Claude Mackay Gloucestershire [321] 7 June 1915 20 Boulogne, France [322]
George Macnamara Ireland [323] 18 August 1916 23 Loos-en-Gohelle, France [324]
Mark Mackenzie Oxford University [325] 25 September 1914 26 Soupir-sur-Aisne, Soissons, France [326]
Meredith Magniac South Africa Army [327] 25 April 1917 36 France [328]
Walter Malcolm Otago [329] 23 December 1917 23 Poelcapelle, Belgium [330]
William Malraison Transvaal [331] 31 May 1916 39 East Africa [332]
Bruce Manson Europeans (India) [333] 4 November 1914 35 Tanga, Tanganyika, German East Africa [334]
Alan Marshal Queensland, Surrey [335] 23 July 1915 32 Imtarfa, Malta [336]
Edward Marvin Transvaal [337] 24 March 1918 39 Marrieres Wood, France [338]
Arthur Marsden Derbyshire [339] 31 July 1916 35 St Pancras, London, England [340]
Kenelm McCloughin Free Foresters [341] 26 September 1915 31 Hohenzollern Redoubt, near Cambrin, France [342]
Stanley McKenzie Tasmania [343] 8 December 1915 25 Alexandria, Egypt [344]
Harold Mead Essex [345] 13 April 1921 25 Bell Common, Essex, England [346]
Ralph Melville Gentlemen of Philadelphia [347] 4 March 1919 33 Wimereux, France [348]
Charles Minnaar Western Province [349] 16 November 1916 34 near Beaumont Hamel, France [350]
Jacky Morkel Transvaal [351] 15 May 1916 25 East Africa [352]
Claude Mulcahy Natal [353] 11 July 1916 30 Corbie-sur-Somme, France [354]
John Murray Royal Navy [355] 31 May 1916 42 at sea during the Battle of Jutland [356]
John Murray Scotland [357] 23 September 1917 35 near Poelcappelle, Belgium [358]
Edwin Myers Surrey [359] 15 September 1916 28 near Adanac, France [360]
Guy Napier Cambridge University [361] 25 September 1915 31 Loos-en-Gohelle, France [362]
George Neale MCC [363] 28 September 1915 46 near Loos-en-Gohelle, France [364]
John Nelson Lancashire [365] 12 August 1917 25 near Pilckem, France [366]
Arnold Nesbitt Worcestershire [367] 7 November 1914 36 Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium [368]
Bernard Nevile Worcestershire [369] 11 February 1916 27 near Ypres, Belgium [370]
Charles Newcombe Derbyshire [371] 27 December 1915 24 Fleurbaix, France [372]
William Odell Leicestershire [373] 4 October 1917 35 near Passchendaele, Belgium [374]
Cecil Palmer Hampshire [375] 26 July 1915 42 near Hill Q, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire [376]
Ernest Parker Western Australia [377] 2 May 1918 34 Caëstre, France [378]
William Parker MCC [379] 30 July 1915 28 Hooge, Belgium [380]
Walter Parke Army [381] 13 October 1914 23 Hazebrouck, France [382]
Eric Penn Cambridge University [383] 18 October 1915 37 Hohenzollern, near Loos-en-Gohelle, France [384]
Charles Pepper Nottinghamshire [385] 13 September 1917 42 near La Clytte, Belgium [386]
Henry Persse Hampshire [387] 28 June 1918 32 near Saint-Omer, France [388]
Edward Phillips Cambridge University [389] 8 May 1915 32 near Ypres, Belgium [390]
George Poeppel Queensland [391] 2 February 1917 23 German POW camp, Germany [392]
Albert Pratt Auckland [393] 19 July 1916 23 Pozières, France [394]
Reggie Pridmore Warwickshire [395] 13 March 1918 31 near Piave River, north of Venice, Italy [396]
Donald Priestley Gloucestershire [397] 30 October 1917 30 Passchendale, Belgium [398]
Richard Rail Western Province [399] 9 October 1917 29 Houthulst Forest, Passchendale, Belgium [400]
John Raphael Surrey [401] 11 June 1917 35 Remy, Belgium [402]
Cyril Rattigan Cambridge University [403] 13 November 1916 32 near Beaucourt, France [404]
Rowland Raw Gentlemen of England [405] 7 August 1915 31 Suvla Bay, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire [406]
Wilfrid Reay Gentlemen of England [407] 8 October 1915 24 near Thiepval, France [408]
William Riley Nottinghamshire [409] 9 August 1917 28 near Coxyde, Belgium [410]
Francis Roberts Gloucestershire [411] 8 February 1916 33 St Julien, Ypres, Belgium [412]
Herbert Rogers Hampshire [413] 12 October 1916 23 Somme, France [414]
Henry Rosher JG Greig's XI [415] 14 April 1915 48 Shaibah, Mesopotamia [416]
James Rothery Yorkshire [417] 2 June 1919 41 Leeds, Yorkshire, England [418] Archived 13 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine
Eustace Rutter Europeans [419] 13 May 1915 44 Ypres, Belgium [420]
James Ryan Northamptonshire [421] 25 September 1915 23 Loos-en-Gohelle, France [422]
Oswald Samson Somerset [423] 7 September 1918 37 near Peronne, France [424]
George Sandeman Hampshire [425] 26 April 1915 33 Zonnebeke, Belgium [426]
Clifford Saville Middlesex [427] 8 November 1917 25 Fresnoy-le-Grand, Aisne, France [428]
Herbert Sharp Hawke's Bay [429] 1 September 1918 37 France [430]
Edward Shaw Oxford University [431] 7 October 1916 24 Le Sars, France [432]
Ernest Shorrocks Somerset [433] 20 July 1916 41 Thiepval, France [434]
Karl Siedle Natal [435] 30 May 1918 28 Doullens, Picardy, France [436]
Ernest Simpson Kent [437] 2 October 1917 41 Saint-Omer, France [438]
Leonard Slater Gentlemen of the South [439] 14 September 1914 38 Aisne, France [440]
Hubert Selwyn-Smith Queensland [441] 7 June 1917 25 Messines, France [442]
Allan Ivo Steel MCC [443] 8 October 1917 25 Langemark, Belgium [444]
Frank Street Essex [445] 7 July 1916 46 Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France [446]
Norman Street Warwickshire [447] 10 August 1915 33 Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, Turkey [448]
William Stuart Scotland [449] 23 April 1917 27 Arras, France [450]
Harvey Staunton Nottinghamshire [451] 14 January 1918 47 Arzizieh, Mesopotamia [452]
Henry Stricker Transvaal [453] 15 February 1917 29 Dodoma, Tanganyika, German East Africa [454]
James Sutcliffe Hampshire [455] 14 July 1915 38 Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire [456]
Leonard Sutton Somerset [457] 3 June 1916 26 Zillebeke, France [458]
Theodore Tapp London County [459] 21 October 1917 24 near Dozingham, Belgium [460]
Edmund Thomson MCC [461] 21 December 1914 40 Festubert, near La Bassée, France [462]
Charles Tomblin Northamptonshire [463] 1 June 1916 24 near Sissonne, France [464]
Attwood Torrens MCC [465] 8 December 1916 42 Pozières, France [466]
Francis Townend Europeans (India) [467] 29 March 1915 29 Béthune, France [468]
Geoffrey Toynbee Hampshire [469] 15 November 1914 29 Ploegstraete, Armentières, France [470]
Thomas Truman Gloucestershire [471] 14 September 1918 37 near Étrun, France [472]
Frederick Trumble Royal Navy [473] 10 May 1918 24 at sea, on board HMS Warwick [474]
Hervey Tudway Somerset [475] 18 November 1914 26 Boulogne, France [476]
Frank Tuff Oxford University [477] 5 November 1915 25 Imtarfa, Malta [478]
Hugh Tuke Hawke's Bay [479] 7 June 1915 30 at sea, off Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire [480]
Frederick Turner Oxford University [481] 10 January 1915 26 near Kemmel, Belgium [482]
Ronald Turner Gloucestershire [483] 15 August 1915 30 Suvla Bay, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire [484]
William Tyldesley Lancashire [485] 26 April 1918 30 Kemmel, Belgium [486]
James Valiant Essex [487] 28 October 1917 33 Gaza, Palestine [488]
Alan Wallace Auckland [489] 10 May 1915 24 at sea, off Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire [490]
Gerald Ward MCC [491] 30 October 1914 36 Zandvoorde, Belgium [492]
George Whatford Sussex [493] 22 November 1915 37 Ctesiphon, Ottoman Empire [494]
George Whitehead Kent [495] 17 October 1918 23 Lanwe, near Menen, Belgium [496]
Tony Wilding Canterbury [497] 9 May 1915 31 Neuve-Chapelle, France [498]
John Nathaniel Williams Gloucestershire [499] 25 April 1915 37 Gallipoli, Turkey [500]
Joseph Williams MCC [501] 10 July 1916 23 Thiepval, France [502]
Arthur Willmer Oxford University [503] 20 September 1916 26 Rouen, France [504]
Francis Wilson Jamaica [505] 24 May 1915 32 Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire [506]
George Wilson Canterbury [507] 14 December 1917 30 Belgium [508]
Guy Wilson Derbyshire [509] 30 November 1917 35 Cambrai, France [510]
Archer Windsor-Clive Cambridge University [511] 25 August 1914 23 Landrecies, France [512]
John Winnington Worcestershire [513] 22 September 1918 42 near Kefar Kassin, Ramle, Palestine [514]
Geoffrey Wood Oxford University [515] 13 October 1915 24 Hohenzollern, near Loos-en-Gohelle, France [516]
Maxmillian Wood Europeans (India) [517] 22 August 1915 42 near Ismail Oglu Tepe, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire [518]
Kenneth Woodroffe Cambridge University [519] 13 May 1915 22 near Neuve-Chapelle, France [520]
Richard Worsley Orange Free State [521] 4 May 1917 37 at sea, off Gulf of Genoa, Italy [522]
Oswald Wreford-Brown Gloucestershire [523] 7 July 1916 38 near Corbie, France [524]
Egerton Wright Oxford University [525] 11 May 1918 32 Barly, France [526]
Harold Wright Leicestershire [527] 14 September 1915 31 Marylebone, London, England [528]
Charles Yaldren Hampshire [529] 23 October 1916 24 Thiepval, France [530]
William Yalland Gloucestershire [531] 23 October 1914 25 Ypres, Belgium [532]
Charles Younger Scotland [533] 21 March 1917 31 St Leger, near Aveluy, France [534]

Easter Rising (1916)

[edit]

First-class cricketers

[edit]
Name Main first-class team Ref Date of death Age Place of death Ref
Francis Browning Ireland [535] 26 April 1916 47 Dublin, Ireland [536]

Irish War of Independence (1919–1921)

[edit]

First-class cricketers

[edit]
Name Main first-class team Ref Date of death Age Place of death Ref
James Airy Europeans (India) [537] 21 July 1920 36 Ballyvourney, County Cork, Ireland [538]
Hugh Montgomery Somerset [539] 10 December 1920 40 Bray, County Dublin, Ireland [540]

World War II (1939–1945)

[edit]

Test cricketers

[edit]
Name Test team Ref Date of death Age Place of death Ref
Dooley Briscoe South Africa [541] 22 April 1941 30 Kombolcha, Ethiopia, Italian East Africa [542]
Ken Farnes England [543] 20 October 1941 30 Chipping Warden, Oxfordshire, England [544]
Ross Gregory Australia [545] 10 June 1942 26 near Gaffargaon, Bengal, India [546]
Arthur Langton South Africa [547] 27 November 1942 30 near Maiduguri, Nigeria [548]
Geoffrey Legge England [549] 21 November 1940 37 Brampford Speke, Devon, England [550]
George Macaulay England [551] 13 December 1940 43 Sullom Voe, Shetland Islands, Scotland [552]
Sonny Moloney New Zealand [553] 15 July 1942 31 Ruweisat Ridge, El Alamein, Egypt [554]
Maurice Turnbull England [555] 5 August 1944 38 near Montchamp, France [556]
Hedley Verity England [557] 31 July 1943 38 Caserta, Italy [558]

First-class cricketers

[edit]
Name Main first-class team Ref Date of death Age Place of death Ref
Sidney Adams Northamptonshire [559] 24 March 1945 40 near Hamminkeln, Germany [560]
James Alexander Bengal [561] 23 October 1943 27 Bhawanipur, Bengal, India [562]
Leigh Alexander Europeans (India) [563] 28 April 1943 44 Burma [564]
Robert Alexander Ireland [565] 19 July 1943 32 near Catania, Sicily, Italy [566]
Michael Anderson Cambridge University [567] 10 May 1940 23 Hoogvliet, Netherlands [568]
Francis Arkwright Hampshire [569] 1 July 1942 37 Knightsbridge, near Acroma, Libya [570]
Claude Ashton Essex [571] 31 October 1942 41 Caernarvon, Wales [572]
Glen Baker Queensland [573] 15 December 1943 28 Buna, New Guinea [574]
Peter Bairnsfather-Cloete Western Province [575] 19 December 1942 25 Kisumu, Kenya [576]
William Baldock Somerset [577] 30 December 1941 41 Jabor Valley, Trengganu, Malaya [578]
Tristan Ballance Oxford University [579] 4 December 1943 27 near Naples, Italy [580]
Clifford Barker Transvaal [581] 27 July 1942 25 El Alamein, Egypt [582]
Freeman Barnardo Middlesex [583] 25 October 1942 24 ten miles west of El Alamein, Egypt [584]
Stanley Behrend Bengal [585] 30 May 1944 35 Imphal, Manipur, India [586]
Montague Bennett Minor Counties [587] 17 December 1940 28 at sea, on HMS Acheron, off the Isle of Wight [588]
Thomas Bevan Army [589] 12 June 1942 42 Tobruk, Libya [590]
Peter Blagg Oxford University [591] 18 March 1943 24 near Donbaik, Burma [592]
John Blake Cambridge University
Hampshire 		[593] 3 June 1944 26 near Brač, Yugoslavia [594]
Charles Blount Royal Air Force [595] 23 October 1940 46 Hendon Aerodrome, Colindale, Middlesex, England [596]
Norman Bowell Hampshire [597] 5 March 1943 39 at sea, off the coast of Singapore [598]
Paul Brooks Middlesex [599] 26 January 1946 24 Paddington, London, England [600]
James Bruce-Jones Scotland [601] 29 April 1943 32 Enfidaville, French Tunisia [602]
Anthony Burke Europeans [603] 17 February 1942 45 Kyaikto, British Burma [604]
Reginald Butterworth Middlesex [605] 21 May 1940 33 Saint-Martin-au-Laërt, near Saint-Omer, France [606]
John Butterworth Oxford University [607] 18 March 1941 35 Shooter's Hill, London, England [608]
Frederick Campling Orange Free State [609] 22 March 1945 36 British Borneo [610]
Bill Carson Auckland [611] 8 October 1944 28 at sea, on board ship between Bari, Italy and Egypt [612]
Gerry Chalk Kent [613] 17 February 1943 32 Louches, near Calais, France [614]
Peter Cherrington Leicestershire [615] 20 January 1945 27 Monywa, Myanmar [616]
Vivian Chiodetti Hyderabad Cricket Association XI [617] 17 January 1942 38 Kyaumedaung, Burma [618]
Alfred Cobden Canterbury [619] 24 October 1942 29 El Alamein, Egypt [620]
Arthur Cocks Army [621] 6 June 1944 39 Ouistreham, France [622]
Colin Cokayne-Frith Army [623] 18 May 1940 40 Assche, Belgium [624]
Joseph Connaughton Middlesex [625] 12 February 1944 25 at sea, One and a Half Degree Channel, Maldives [626]
Paul Cressall British Guiana [627] 8 April 1943 49 Hong Kong [628]
Ronald Crook Wellington [629] 17 January 1943 35 Tripoli, Libya [630]
Grahame Cruickshanks Eastern Province [631] 8 September 1941 28 Berlin, Germany [632]
David Day Europeans (India) [633] 22 February 1944 27 Arakan, Burma [634]
Eric Dixon Oxford University [635] 20 April 1941 25 flying from HMS Formidable off the coast of Tripoli, Libya [636]
Harold Dods Minor Counties [637] 18 June 1944 35 Westminster, London, England [638]
Conan Doyle Orange Free State [639] 24 October 1942 29 Egypt [640]
Howard Dunbar Europeans (India) [641] 23 July 1942 37 Ruweisat Ridge, El Alamein, Egypt [642]
Peter Eckersley Lancashire [643] 13 August 1940 36 in a flying accident near Eastleigh, Hampshire, England [644]
Allan Edwards Otago [645] 18 August 1942 22 at sea, off Cherbourg, France [646]
Alfred Evans Hampshire [647] 29 December 1944 60 at sea, over the Atlantic Ocean [648]
Richard Evans Border [649] 29 May 1943 28 at sea, off Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa [650]
Dudley Everett Western Australia [651] 3 May 1943 31 Ontario, Canada [652]
George Fenton Viceroy's XI [653] 26 May 1944 34 Palena, Italy [654]
Geoffrey Fletcher Oxford University [655] 27 March 1943 23 Djebel Saikra, Matmata, Tunisia [656]
Hubert Freakes Eastern Province [657] 10 March 1942 28 Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England [658]
Albert Freeman Surrey [659] 7 January 1945 57 Greenwich, London, England [660]
John Gartly Transvaal [661] 22 November 1941 33 Sidi Rezegh, Libya [662]
Ernest Gasson Canterbury [663] 7 September 1942 34 El Alamein, Egypt [664]
Ronald Gerrard Somerset [665] 22 January 1943 30 near Tripoli, Libya [666]
Edward Gibson Rangoon Gymkhana [667] 11 August 1944 45 Bangkok, Thailand [668]
James Grimshaw Cambridge University [669] 26 September 1944 32 Nijmegen–Arnhem region, Netherlands [670]
Lancelot Grove Army [671] 9 February 1943 37 Gander, Newfoundland [672]
John Halliday Oxford University [673] 3 December 1945 30 Rochefort, Puy-de-Dôme, France [674]
Cyril Hamilton Kent [675] 10 February 1941 31 Keren, Eritrea, Italian East Africa [676]
Eric Hamilton Transvaal [677] 15 July 1943 30 over Sicily, Italy [678]
Leslie Hancock Marylebone Cricket Club [679] 12 July 1944 44 Maupertus-sur-Mer, Normandy, France [680]
Geoffrey Hart-Davis Natal [681] 9 December 1941 36 Sidi Rezegh, Libya [682]
David Hayward Middlesex [683] 21 April 1945 24 Lasham Hill Farm, Hampshire, England [684]
Ronald Hewat Griqualand West [685] 15 February 1944 56 Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa [686]
Francis Hodder Royal Air Force [687] 6 September 1943 36 near Rhein, Germany [688]
Alec Howie Army (India) [689] 22 May 1940 26 Escaut River, Belgium [690]
Bernard Howlett Kent [691] 29 November 1943 44 Santa Maria Imbaro, Italy [692]
Roger Human Worcestershire [693] 21 November 1942 33 Bangalore, Karnataka, India [694]
Harold Jameson Cambridge University [695] 26 August 1940 22 Portsmouth, England [696]
Gilbert Jose South Australia [697] 27 March 1942 43 Changi POW Camp, Singapore [698]
George Kemp-Welch Warwickshire [699] 18 June 1944 36 Westminster, London, England [700]
Frank Kerr Otago [701] 24 July 1943 26 Solomon Islands [702]
Stuart King Victoria [703] 28 February 1943 36 at sea, Coral Sea, Pacific Ocean [704]
Jack Lee Somerset [705] 20 June 1944 42 near Bazenville, Normandy, France [706]
Geoffrey Longfield Royal Air Force [707] 25 February 1943 33 Rennes, France [708]
Michael Matthews Oxford University [709] 29 May 1940 26 Dunkirk, France [710]
Michael Maw Cambridge University [711] 13 August 1944 31 near Alzey, Germany [712]
Charles Mayo Somerset [713] 10 April 1943 40 near Alexandria, Egypt [714]
Norman McMillan Auckland [715] 16 July 1942 35 El Alamein, Egypt [716]
Alastair McNeil Scotland [717] 26 January 1944 28 Anzio, Italy [718]
Peter McRae Somerset [719] 25 February 1944 28 Barents Sea (aboard HMS Mahratta), England [720]
Michael Magill Oxford University [721] 5 September 1940 24 Filey, England [722]
David Merry Trinidad [723] 4 May 1944 21 Canada [724]
David Monaghan South Island Army [725] 27 January 1944 21 Caserta, Italy [726]
Edward Moss Oxford University [727] 31 March 1944 32 Rimbach, Germany [728]
Alastair Monteath Otago [729] 27 June 1942 28 Western Desert, Libya [730]
Ross Moyle South Australia [731] 24 October 1942 29 Cairo, Egypt [732]
Henry Myles Western Province [733] 15 June 1942 31 Kirkinner, Dumfries, Scotland [734]
Robert Nelson Northamptonshire [735] 29 October 1940 28 Deal, Kent, England [736]
Charles Orton Europeans (India) [737] 28 May 1940 29 near Wormhout, France [738]
Charles Packe Leicestershire [739] 1 July 1944 35 Chateau de la Londs, Caen, Normandy, France [740]
Christiaan Papenfus Orange Free State [741] 18 November 1941 25 Gazala, Libya [742]
Wilfred Parry Natal [743] 23 July 1942 31 Ruweisat Ridge, Egypt [744]
Alan Pearsall Tasmania [745] 8 March 1944 28 over English Channel [746]
John Pelly Royal Navy [747] 6 June 1945 56 Hove, Sussex, England [748]
William Pershke Oxford University [749] 21 January 1944 25 at sea, on active service [750]
Robert Philpot-Brookes Europeans (India) [751] 29 May 1940 27 St Eloi, France [752]
David Price Western Province [753] 6 July 1942 31 at sea, off Iceland [754]
Donald Ray Marylebone Cricket Club [755] 12 July 1944 41 on board a hospital ship off Southampton, England [756]
Jack Richards Cambridge University [757] 2 November 1944 26 Gelderland, Netherlands [758]
Kenneth Ridings South Australia [759] 17 May 1943 23 over Bay of Biscay [760]
Patrick Rucker Oxford University [761] 20 May 1940 40 Amiens, France [762]
Kenneth Scott Oxford University [763] 9 August 1943 27 Bronte, Sicily, Italy [764]
Peter Scott Oxford University [765] 13 June 1944 32 Villers-Bocage, France [766]
Gerald Seeley Worcestershire [767] 23 July 1941 38 at sea off Ostend, Belgium [768]
John Shadwell Europeans (India) [769] 25 April 1942 23 Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India [770]
Alexander Shaw Bengal [771] 19 July 1945 37 New Delhi, India [772]
Francis Sides Victoria [773] 25 August 1943 29 Kunai Spur, Salamaua, New Guinea [774]
Charles Spencer Oxford University [775] 29 September 1941 38 South Havant, Hampshire, England [776]
Ralph Spitteler Europeans (India) [777] 14 March 1946 30 Jakarta, Java, Dutch East Indies [778]
Robert Stephenson Royal Navy [779] 9 November 1942 36 at sea aboard HMS Cromer, off Mersa Matruh, Egypt [780]
Charles Sutton South Americans [781] 29 July 1945 38 Gosport, Hampshire, England [782]
George Talbot Canterbury [783] 15 December 1943 36 Orsogna, Italy [784]
Frank Thorn Victoria [785] 11 February 1942 29 Gasmata, New Guinea [786]
Gordon Thorne Army [787] 2 March 1942 44 at sea, in the Indian Ocean [788]
Richard Tindall Oxford University [789] 22 January 1942 29 Jadabia, Libya [790]
Edward Titley Cambridge University [791] 17 July 1943 31 Moita, County Meath, Ireland [792]
Charlie Walker South Australia [793] 18 December 1942 33 Soltau, Germany [794]
David Walker Oxford University [795] 7 February 1942 28 on a flight over Norway, and buried at Trondheim, Norway [796]
Donald Walker Hampshire [797] 18 June 1941 28 flying 2 km north of Best, Netherlands [798]
Henry Walters Auckland [799] 25 August 1944 26 at sea, English Channel [800]
Clement Wareham Wellington [801] 30 September 1940 29 Hollingbourne, Kent, England [802]
Geoffrey Warren Roshanara Club [803] 21 November 1941 33 Libya [804]
David Warburton Oxford University [805] 4 February 1941 21 near Crewe, Cheshire, England [806]
David Watson Oxford University [807] 3 October 1943 23 United States of America [808]
William Welch Free Foresters [809] 25 May 1940 28 Calais, France [810]
Robin Whetherly Oxford University [811] 27 November 1943 27 near Glamoč, Yugoslavia [812]
Peter Whitehouse Oxford University [813] 19 November 1943 26 Archi, Italy [814]
John Whitty Army [815] 23 October 1944 34 Vicchio, Florence, Italy [816]
Alec Wills Combined Services [817] 7 November 1941 30 Kallang, Singapore [818]
Roger Winlaw Cambridge University [819] 31 October 1942 30 Caernarvon, Wales [820]
Denys Witherington Cambridge University [821] 16 February 1944 22 near Anzio, Italy [822]
Barney Wood Western Australia [823] 9 June 1941 39 Syria [824]

South African Border War (1966–1989)

[edit]

First-class cricketers

[edit]
Name Main first-class team Ref Date of death Age Place of death Ref
Gary Bricknell Western Province [825] 25 March 1977 22 Keetmanshoop, South-West Africa [826]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Cricket remembers the Great War with Lord's installation". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  2. ^ Baines, Edward (1825). History of the wars of the French revolution. M'Carty & Davis.
  3. ^ The Eton College Register. Eton: Spottiswode & Co., Ltd. p. 63. ISBN 978-1141069019.
  4. ^ Swallow, Henry James (1885). De Nova Villa: or, The house of Nevill in sunshine and shade. A. Reid. p. 334.
  5. ^ Natalia, Volumes 9-12. Natal Society. 1979.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Allen, W. H. (1906), National Review (London) – Volume 46
  7. ^ The Oxford Magazine – Volume 18 (1900)
  8. ^ Green, Benny (1988). A History of Cricket. Barrie & Jenkins.
  9. ^ a b Dooner, Mildred G. The Last Post – Roll of Officers who fell in South Africa 1899–1902. Naval and Military Press.
  10. ^ The Oxford Magazine – Volume 19 (1901)
  11. ^ Gooch, John (2000). The Boer War – Direction, Experience And Image. Frank Cass Publishers.
  12. ^ McCrery, Nigel (30 July 2015). Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War. Pen and Sword. pp. Preface. ISBN 978-1473864191.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_cricketers_who_were_killed_during_military_service&oldid=1244059793"