Minor Counties Players War Deaths

TYLDESLEY; William Knowles [Lancashire 2 nd XI 1907-1908] b Aspull, Wigan, Lancashire 12.8.1887 d Kemmel, Belgium 26.4.1918. LHB, LMF, occasional WK. FC: Lancashire. Brother of H Tyldesley [Lancashire, MCC and Lancashire 2 nd XI], JD Tyldesley [Lancashire and Lancashire 2 nd XI] and RK Tyldesley [England, Lancashire, MCC, The Rest, J Sharp’s XI, Players, North and Sir L Parkinson’s XI]. Electrician. Lieutenant 5 th Battalion attached 9 th Battalion The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Bat 10-18-3-244-51-16.26-0-1 ct 9 Bowl 49-3-16.33-3/17 TYNDALL; William Ernest Marriott [Berkshire 1905] b Kensington, Middlesex 2.2.1875 d Roehampton, Surrey 1.8.1916. Lieutenant Colonel 2 nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's [West Riding Regiment]. DSO. Bat 1-2-0-8-8-4.00 USSHER; Beverly [Buckinghamshire 1899] b Osmaston, Derbyshire 4.8.1879 d Dardenelles, Canakkale, Turkey 19.6.1915. Brother of S Ussher. Captain Leinster Regiment attached as Staff Captain to 88 th Brigade 29 th Division. Bat 1-1-0-15-15-15.00 ct 1 Bowl 67-3-22.33-3/27 USSHER; Stephen [Buckinghamshire 1902] b Belgravia, Middlesex 4.10.1882 d Givenchy, Pas-de-Calais, France 16.12.1914. Brother of B Ussher. Captain 129 th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis. Bat 2-3-0-34-29-11.33 Bowl 49-1-49.00-1/22 VALIANT; James [Lancashire 2 nd XI 1908] b Wavertree, Liverpool 17.7.1884 d Gaza, Palestine 28.10.1917. FC: Essex. Farmer. Lieutenant 7 th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Bat 1-2-0-19-15-9.50 ct 1 VAUGHAN; Francis Seymour [Cheshire 1913] b Toxteth Park, Liverpool 30.10.1889 d in aerial combat over Salonika, Greece 17.3.1918. Land Development Senior Partner. Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and 2 nd /4 th Battalion Queen's Own [Royal West Kent Regiment]. Bat 1-2-0-0-0-0.00 ct 1 WATTS; Harold Vaughan Iremonger [Devon 1900-1910] b Newton Abbot, Devon 11.6.1881 d Ypres, Belgium 11.8.1917. Son of F Watts [Devon]. Brother of FMI Watts [Devon] and JAI Watts [Devon]. Hockey [Oxford University, Devon and Western Counties]. Solicitor. Captain 7 th Battalion attached to 2 nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment. Bat 17-28-1-463-80-17.14-0-3 ct 10 Bowl 8-0 WEBB; Walter Stanley [Berkshire 1904] b Hurst, Reading, Berkshire 29.12.1880 d Etaples, Pas-de-Calais, France 19.5.1918. Squadron Corporal Major 1 st Life Guards. Bat 1-2-0-1-1-0.50 ct 1 Bowl 47-1-47.00-1/37 WEIR; Thomas Henderson [Cornwall 1904] b West Hartlepool, Durham 13.2.1882 d Pas-de-Calais, France 8.5.1918. Major 526 [Durham] Field Company Royal Engineers. MC. Bat 1-1-0-7-7-7.00 ct 1 Bowl 129-6-21.50-4/57 WELLS-COLE; Neville William [Lincolnshire 1909-1911] b Lincoln 30.11.1891 d Langemarck, West Flanders, Belgium 6.1.1918. LHB, LA [style unknown]. Son of GF Wells-Cole [Lincolnshire]. Brother of GC Wells-Cole [Lincolnshire] and VH Wells-Cole [Europeans and Lincolnshire]. Major 28 th Brigade Royal Field Artillery. Bat 8-13-2-123-29-11.18 ct 5 Bowl 282-11-25.63-3/35 WHARTON; Thomas Henry [Norfolk 1908-1909] b Great Bircham, Norfolk 10.6.1889 d Gommecourt, Pas-de-Calais, France 3.7.1916. Farmer. Private 9 th Battalion Essex Regiment. Bat 8-13-1-113-46-9.41 ct 1 Bowl 91-3-30.33-2/38 WHITEHEAD; George William Edendale [Kent 2 nd XI 1912-1914] b Bromley, Kent 27.8.1895 d Lauwe, Menin, Belgium 17.10.1918. RHB, LBG. FC: Kent. Brother of JHE Whitehead. Lieutenant 53 rd Squadron Royal Air Force and Royal Field Artillery. Bat 3-6-0-61-16-10.16 Bowl 15-0 WHITEHEAD; James Hugh Edendale [Kent 2 nd XI 1912-1914] b Bromley, Kent 8.7.1890 d St James Park, Westminster, Middlesex 13.3.1919. LB. FC: MCC. Brother of GWE Whitehead. Second Lieutenant 9 th Battalion Queen's Own [Royal West Kent Regiment]. Bat 5-9-1-219-81-27.37-0-2 ct 3 WILLCOCKS; Harold Francis [Berkshire 1908-1913] b Kensington, Middlesex 15.7.1890 d Woolwich, Kent 7.5.1919. Major and Adjutant Royal Field Artillery attached Royal Military Academy. Bat 13-20-6-186-40-13.28 ct 3 Bowl 619-25-24.76-4/52 WILLIAMS; John Nathaniel ‘Nat’ [Dorset 1904-1905] b Kensington, Middlesex 24.1.1878 d Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, Turkey 25.4.1915. RHB. FC: Hawke’s Bay [New Zealand] and Gloucestershire. Brother of PFC Williams [MCC, Gloucestershire and Dorset]. Grandson of JPF Gundry [Oxford University, Gentlemen of Kent & Sussex and Dorset]. Uncle of RME Williams [Dorset]. Real Tennis [Oxford University]. Engineering Business Director. Private 6 th [Hauraki] Company, Auckland Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Bat 2-3-0-7-4-2.33 ct 1 Bowl 1-1-1.00-1/1 WILLIAMS; Joseph [Cheshire 1909-1914] b Bromborough Pool, Bebington, Cheshire 1892 ch Bromborough 4.7.1892 d Thiepval, Somme, France 10.7.1916. LHB. FC: MCC. Private 10 th Battalion Cheshire Regiment. Bat 5-9-4-64-28*-12.80 ct 4 Bowl 186-5-37.20-3/22 WILLIAMS; Leslie [Bedfordshire 1907] b Mountfield, Sussex 29.1.1891 d near Serre, Somme, France 1.7.1916. Hockey [Kent]. Second Lieutenant 23 rd [Tyneside Scottish] Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. Bat 1-2-0-17-13-8.50 ct 2 [including 1 as sub] Bowl 71-1-71.00-1/35