Minor Counties Players War Deaths

DUNN; Francis William Morgan [Glamorgan 1911] b Llanblethian, Glamorgan 9.1886 d Gallipoli, Turkey 10.8.1915. Second Lieutenant 5 th Battalion Welsh Regiment. Bat 1 DNB ct 1 EATON; Jesse Clarence [Staffordshire 1910] b Walsall, Staffordshire 27.12.1885 d Bucquoy, Pas-de-Calais, France 14.3.1917. RHB. Clerk. Private 1 st /5 th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment. Bat 1-1-0-4-4-4.00 ct 1 EDWARDS; William Armine [Glamorgan 1913] b Sketty, Swansea, Glamorgan 3.5.1892 d Beersheba, Palestine 1.11.1917. WK. Brother of JB Edwards [Glamorgan]. Second Lieutenant 24 th [Pembroke & Glamorgan Yeomanry] Battalion Welsh Regiment. Bat 2-3-0-38-37-12.66 ct 1 st 2 FARRER; Henry Wyndham Francis Blackburne [Dorset 1913-1914] b Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland 10.8.1894 d Mazinghien, Flanders, Belgium 30.10.1918. WK. Father: HRW Farrer [Dorset]. Brother: ERB Farrer [Dorset]. Rugby Union [Royal Military Academy]. Major 30 th Battalion Royal Field Artillery. MC and two bars. Bat 9-18-5-229-55*-17.62-0-2 ct 23 st 3 FENTIMAN; Harold John [Monmouthshire 1902] b Benares [now Varanasi], Uttar Pradesh, India 1.6.1880 d on SS Zara torpedoed off Helliso Island near Norway 13.4.1917. Second Engineer Mercantile Marine. Bat 2-3-1-10-6-5.00 Bowl 38-4-9.50-3/24 FIELD; Dare Hamilton [Buckinghamshire 1912-1913] b Westminster, Middlesex 31.8.1891 d Ypres, Belgium 22.4.1915. Assistant Works Manager. Lieutenant 2 nd [London] Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery. Bat 7-11-1-232-103-23.20-1-0 ct 6 Bowl 243-11-22.09-4/21 FISHWICK; Maurice Randall [Devon 1912-1914] b Appledore, Devon 1890 d Passchendaele, Belgium 26.10.1917. Elementary Schoolmaster. Private 9 th Battalion Devonshire Regiment. Bat 11-13-7-77-31*-12.83 ct 2 Bowl 549-48-11.43-7/23-3-0 FORD; Arthur Llewelyn [Durham 1913] b West Hartlepool, Durham 19.6.1893 d near Fleurbaix, Pas-de-Calais, France 27.9.1915. Second Lieutenant 12 th Battalion The King's [Liverpool Regiment]. Bat 3-4-0-37-30-9.25 FOSDICK; John Hyland ‘Jack’ [Suffolk 1913] b Sproughton, Ipswich, Suffolk 2.3.1895 d Hooge, Belgium 31.7.1915. WK. Football [Corinthians and Cambridge University]. Lieutenant 7 th Battalion Rifle Brigade. Bat 2-4-0-49-21-12.25 ct 3 st 1 FOWLER; Theodore Humphrey [Dorset 1908-1912] b Cirencester, Gloucestershire 25.9.1879 d Epsom, Surrey 17.8.1915. RHB, WK. FC: Gloucestershire. Brewer. Lance Corporal Honourable Artillery Company. Bat 6-10-1-425-86-47.22-0-5 ct 4 GARFORTH; William Godfrey Willoughby [Buckinghamshire 1913] b Settrington, Yorkshire 10.2.1883 d Festubert, Pas-de-Calais, France 16.5.1915. Son of WH Garforth [I Zingari]. Land Agent. Lieutenant 2 nd Battalion Scots Guards. Bat 1-2-0-34-24-17.00 GEEN; William Purdon ‘Billy’ [Monmouthshire 1909-1912] b Newport, Monmouthshire 14.3.1891 d Hooge, Belgium 31.7.1915. WK. Rugby Union [Wales, Barbarians, Blackheath, Newport, Oxford University and Monmouthshire]. Second Lieutenant 9 th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Bat 13-20-3-159-40-9.35 ct 14 st 3 GILL; Fairfax [Yorkshire 2 nd XI 1906] b Wakefield, Yorkshire 3.9.1883 d Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas de Calais, France 1.11.1917. RHB. FC: Yorkshire. Clerk and Cricket Professional. Gunner 21 st Trench Mortar Battery Royal Field Artillery. Bat 3-6-1-165-57-33.00-0-2 GILLESPIE; Francis Sydney [Surrey 2 nd XI 1911-1914] b Upper Norwood, Surrey 26.3.1889 d Ypres, Belgium 18.6.1916. LHB. FC: Surrey. Other: London County. Engineer, Merchant and Agent. Captain 13th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. Bat 12-18-3-575-105-38.33-1-4 ct 5 Bowl 115-2-57.50-1/29 GODLEY; Edwin ‘Eddie’ [Suffolk 1910-1914] b Roe Green, Lancashire 10.7.1888 d at sea off island of Kandeloussa on board the ship Royal Edward which was torpedoed 13.8.1915. WK. Clerk. Corporal 54 th [1 st /1 st ] East Anglian] Casualty Clearing Station Royal Army Medical Corps. Bat 7-13-1-203-45-16.91 ct 6 st 4 GOLD; Cecil Argo [Berkshire 1906] b St Pancras, Middlesex 3.6.1887 d Ovillers-la-Boisselle, Somme, France 3.7.1916. FC: Middlesex. Solicitor’s Articled Clerk. Lieutenant Adjutant 5 th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Bat 1-2-0-129-112-64.50-1-0 GORDON; Gerard Montague [Dorset 1908-1913] b Sherborne, Dorset 8.1.1891 d Reninghelst, West Flanders, Belgium 9.6.1917. Occasional WK. Agricultural Student. Captain Adjutant 12 th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Bat 35-61-2-1253-129-21.23-2-7 ct 18 st 1 Bowl 983-30-32.76-5/17-1-0 GORE; Sydney Kingston [Kent 2 nd XI 1911-1912] b Barry, Glamorgan 12.7.1889 d Neuve Chappelle, Pas-de-Calais, France 28.10.1914. RHB, WK. Football [Folkestone]. Lieutenant A Company 1 st Battalion Queen's Own [Royal West Kent Regiment]. Bat 2-4-1-55-44-18.33 ct 2 st 1