Minor Counties Players War Deaths

BAMBRIDGE; William Herbert [Wiltshire 1910-1911] b Marlborough, Wiltshire 27.10.1889 d La Bassee, Bethune, France 19.8.1917. Son of WS Bambridge [Wiltshire]. Nephew of AL Bambridge [Wiltshire]. Medical Student. Captain 24 th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Bat 3-5-0-40-26-8.00 ct 1 BATTYE; Cyril Wynyard [Berkshire 1914] b Wandsworth, Surrey 31.8.1894 d Netheravon, Wiltshire 13.3.1916. Son of W Battye [MCC, Bedfordshire and Suffolk]. Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Berkshire Regiment. Bat 3-6-0-53-16-8.83 ct 2 Bowl 67-0 BEECHEY; Frank Collett Reeve [Lincolnshire 1914] b Friesthorpe, Lincolnshire 12.10.1886 d Serre, Somme, France 14.11.1916. RHB, WK. Schoolmaster. Second Lieutenant 13 th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment. Bat 1-1-1-1-1*-no av ct 5 BELCHER; Gordon [Berkshire 1910-1913] b Kemp Town, Brighton, Sussex 26.9.1885 d Richebourg, Pas-de-Calais, France between 15.5.1917 and 17.5.1917. FC: Hampshire. Son of TH Belcher [Oxford University]. Captain 3 rd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment. MC. Bat 27-42-4-849-112*-22.34-2-2 ct 22 Bowl 1950-107-18.22-7/54-4-1 BENNETT; John [Durham 1913-1914] b West Hartlepool, Durham 7.11.1890 d west of Gavrelle, Arras, France 3.5.1917. RHB. Private 18 th Battalion Durham Light Infantry. Bat 2-3-1-59-26*-29.50 BENNETT; Sydney Garner [Suffolk 1909-1911] b Kirkley, Lowestoft, Suffolk 7.6.1888 d Delville Wood, Somme, France 20.7.1916. WK: Schoolmaster. Second Lieutenant 2 nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Bat 10-17-1-343-84-21.43-0-2 ct 7 BENTLEY; Frank Mercer [Lancashire 2 nd XI 1908] b Bury, Lancashire 4.9.1881 d Passchendaele, Belgium 13.10.1918. Newspaper Proprietor. Captain 1 st /5 th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. MC. Bat 1-1-0-0-0-0.00 ct 1 BERNARD; Laurence Arthur [Suffolk 1906] b Copdock, Suffolk 27.8.1886 d Troyon, Grand Est, France 20.9.1914. WK. Lieutenant 2 nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters [Notts and Derby Regiment]. Bat 3-4-1-3-2-1.00 ct 4 st 1 BIEDERMANN; Henry Ernest Charles ‘Harry’ [Buckinghamshire 1913] b Maidenhead, Berkshire 4.9.1887 d Houthulst, West Flanders, Belgium 10.8.1917. FC: Argentina. Second Lieutenant 57 th Squadron Royal Flying Corps. Bat 1-1-0-0-0-0.00 BIRKBECK; Gervase William [Norfolk 1906-1912] b Bixley, Norfolk 20.4.1886 d Gaza, Palestine 19.4.1917. Son of Henry Birkbeck [Norfolk]. Uncle of Henry ‘Harry’ Birkbeck [Norfolk]. Banker. Captain 5 th Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Bat 38-61-8-1567-118-29.56-3-6 ct 15 Bowl 308-9-34.22-2/11 BLACKBURNE; John George [Devon 1907] b Oldham, Lancs 12.3.1873 d Ismail Ogle Tepe, Turkey 22.8.1915. Major 9 th Battalion Sherwood Foresters [Notts and Derby Regiment]. Bat 5-8-0-100-50-12.50-0-1 ct 5 Bowl 78-2-39.00-1/21 BLACKLIDGE; Henry George ‘Harry’ [Surrey 2 nd XI 1906-1913] b Stoughton, Guildford, Surrey 14.7.1884 d Amara, Mesopotamia 23.5.1917. LHB, SLA, LFM. FC: Surrey. 2 ND : Derbyshire. Cricket Coach. Lance Corporal A Company 1 st /5 th Battalion Hampshire Regiment attached 21 st Brigade HQ. Bat 49-64-10-1070-95-19.81-0-4 ct 34 Bowl 2490-151-16.49-7/47-8-1 BLAKE; Maurice Frederick [Hertfordshire 1901] b Welwyn, Hertfordshire 6.10.1881 d Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France 14.9.1914. Lieutenant 2 nd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps. Bat 1-2-0-10-10-5.00 BLANCHETT; Herbert Walter Taylor [Buckinghamshire 1900-01] b Slough, Buckinghamshire 1877 d Tidworth Military Hospital, Wiltshire 29.1.1917. Brother of HHW Blanchett [Buckinghamshire]. Organist and Teacher of Music. Private Army Service Corps 351 st Coy. Bat 5-8-1-71-15-10.14 ct 2 BOND; Charles Gordon [Wiltshire 1900-1913] b Savernake, Marlborough, Wiltshire 18.7.1881 d Givenchy, Pas de Calais, France 25.11.1915. RRF. Captain 2 nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment. Bat 13-18-3-206-41-13.73 ct 9 BOOTH; Major William [Yorkshire 2 nd XI 1907-1909] b Lowtown, Pudsey, Yorkshire 10.12.1886 d La Signy Farm, Somme, France 1.7.1916. RHB, RMF. FC: England, Yorkshire, MCC, GL Jessop’s XI, Lord Londesborough’s XI, MCC South African Touring Team and Kent & Yorkshire. Electrical Engineer. Cricket Professional. Second Lieutenant 15 th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment [Prince of Wales's Own]. Bat 28-38-2-785-98-21.80-0-4 ct 16 Bowl 1553-83-18.71-7/58-5-1 BOYCOTT; Harold Charlton [Northamptonshire 1902] b Handsacre, Staffordshire 1876 d near Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France 21.3.1918. Hockey [England]. Solicitor. Lieutenant 2 nd Battalion Coldstream Guards. Bat 2-3-1-26-13-13.00 BRADSHAW; Arthur Edwin [Oxfordshire 1902] b Plymouth, Devon 20.3.1882 d Bout-de-Ville, Pas-de-Calais, France 13.10.1914. Captain 14 th Murray's Jat Lancers attached 15 th [The King's] Hussars. Bat 1-2-0-17-11-8.50 BREWIS; Robert Henry Watkin [Oxfordshire 1897] b Wallingford, Berkshire 29.9.1873 d Armentieres, Nord, France 18.12.1914. Lieutenant Colonel commanding 2 nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Bat 3-6-1-21-9-4.20 ct 1

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