Minor Counties Players War Deaths

SOUTHWELL; Wilfrid Alan Glanville [Bedfordshire 1912] b Filey, Yorkshire 27.11.1893 d Hooge, Belgium 16.6.1915. Grandson of HG Southwell [Cambridge University]. Hockey [Bedfordshire]. Private 1 st Battalion Honourable Artillery Company. Bat 6-12-1-249-67-22.63-0-1 ct 1 STAFFORD; Thomas Colegrave [Surrey 2nd XI 1908-1909] b Camberwell, Surrey 6.1873 d Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India 2.4.1916. Other: Calcutta. Captain 1 st Garrison Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Bat 2-3-0-22-17-7.33 STANTON; Claude Wilfrid [Monmouthshire 1908] b Mathern, Monmouthshire 1890 d Ypres, Belgium 8.5.1915. WK. Trainee Solicitor and Clerk to Chepstow Rural District Council. Captain 1 st Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment. Bat 2-2-1-8-8*-8.00 ct 5 st 1 STAUNTON; The Reverend Harvey [ Nottinghamshire 2 nd XI 1909-1910] b Staunton Hall, Nottinghamshire 21.11.1870 d Arzizieh, Mesopotamia 14.1.1918. RHB. FC: Nottinghamshire. Rugby Union [Cambridge University]. Chaplain 4 th Class Army Chaplain's Department. Bat 21-27-4-306-57*-13.30-0-1 ct 8 STEER; Gordon Pemberton [Monmouthshire 1909] b Harborne, Staffordshire 24.1.1885 d Wimereux, Pas-de-Calais, France 26.12.1915. Captain 3rd Battalion Somerset Light Infantry attached 2 nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment. Bat 1-2-0-9-8-4.50 ct 1 STEVENS; Norman Walter [Norfolk 1905-1910] b Norwich, Norfolk 7.10.1887 d Colaba Military Hospital, Bombay, Maharashtra, India 27.7.1919. Brother of GA Stevens [Minor Counties, LG Robinson’s XI and Norfolk] and GS Stevens [Norfolk]. Uncle of BGW Stevens [Norfolk]. Medical Officer. Brevet Major Royal Army Medical Corps. Bat 11-20-0-239-57-11.95-0-1 ct 8 Bowl 14-0 TAYLOR; Leonard Frank [Staffordshire 1910-1914] b Walsall, Staffordshire 8.10.1890 d Foncquevillers, Somme, France 14.3.1917. LHB. Brother of BJ Taylor [Staffordshire] and LJ Taylor [Staffordshire]. Second Lieutenant 1 st /5 th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment. Bat 28-35-1-890-103-26.17-2-4 ct 10 TAYLOR; Ronald Francis [Norfolk 1909] b Harleston, Norfolk 29.2.1888 d Ypres, Belgium 8.8.1915. Schoolmaster. Second Lieutenant 5 th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Bat 3-4-1-21-8-7.00 THOMPSON; Cecil Victor [Essex 2 nd XI 1914] b Lambeth, Surrey 1897 d Basra, Mesopotamia 6.2.1917. Second Lieutenant 8 th Battalion attached 6 th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment. Bat 4-8-1-68-19-9.71 ct 3 Bowl 98-4-24.50-3/30 THOMSON; Edmund Peel [Wiltshire 1912] b Moss Side, Manchester, Lancashire 22.4.1874 d Festubert, Pas-de-Calais, France 21.12.1914. RHB. FC: MCC, Free Foresters and Army. Major 2 nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers. Bat 1-2-0-4-4-2.00 THURGAR; Ralph William [Norfolk 1909-1914] b Brundall, Norfolk 28.9.1890 d Gaza, Palestine 19.4.1917. WK. Son of WA Thurgar [Norfolk]. Football [Norfolk]. Auctioneer’s Assistant. Captain 1 st /4 th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. MC. Bat 48-74-3-1101-155-15.50-1-2 ct 64 st 31 TODD; Alexander Findlater [Berkshire 1910-1913] b Lewisham, Kent 20.9.1873 d Poperinghe, Belgium 21.4.1915. WK. Other: London County. Rugby Union [England, Barbarians, Cambridge University, Blackheath and Kent]. Wine Merchant. Captain 1 st Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Bat 23-35-13-149-18*-6.77 ct 25 st 22 TOMPSON; Alan Hawtin [Buckinghamshire 1899] b Denham, Buckinghamshire 23.1.1880 d Loos, Pas-de-Calais, France 27.9.1915. Merchant. Second Lieutenant 4 th Battalion Grenadier Guards. Bat 1-1-0-13-13-13.00 TUFF; Frank Noel [Kent 2 nd XI 1911-1914] b Rochester, Kent 26.11.1889 d Imtarfa, Malta 5.11.1915. RHB, RMF. FC: Oxford University, Oxford & Cambridge Universities and Free Foresters. Football [Corinthian and Oxford University]. Law Student. Second Lieutenant Royal East Kent Yeomanry. Bat 6-10-1-89-42-9.88 ct 7 Bowl 346-10-34.60-2/20 TUFNELL; Carleton Wyndham [Surrey 2 nd XI 1911] b Sydenham, Kent 5.8.1892 d Zillebeke, Belgium 6.11.1914. Son of CF Tufnell [Kent and Gentlemen of Kent]. Brother of NC Tufnell [England, MCC, Cambridge University, Surrey, GJV Weigall’s XI, Gentlemen, HDG Leveson-Gower’s XI, England XI, South, LG Robinson’s XI, Gentlemen of England, Army, PF Warner’s XI, Free Foresters, Surrey 2 nd XI and Norfolk]. Lieutenant 2 nd Battalion Grenadier Guards. Bat 1-2-0-9-6-4.50 ct 2 TURNER; Frederick Harding [Lancashire 2 nd XI 1908] b Sefton Park, Liverpool 29.5.1888 d near Kemmel, West Flanders, Belgium 10.1.1915. FC: Oxford University. Rugby Union [Scotland and Oxford University]. Second Lieutenant 10 th Battalion The King's [Liverpool Regiment]. Bat 2-3-0-12-7-4.00 ct 4 Bowl 4-1-4.00-1/4 TWIGG; Francis William ‘Frank’ [Staffordshire 1912-1913] b Weeping Cross, Stafford, Staffordshire 8.11.1884 d Cambrai, Nord, France 24.9.1918. Brother of CH Twigg [Europeans, Eastern Province and Bengal] and WH Twigg [Staffordshire]. Draughtsman. Captain 1 st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment. Bat 2-2-1-31-17-31.00 ct 1