Minor Counties Players War Deaths

HIGGINBOTHAM; Charles Ernest [Devon 1901-1902] b Charing Cross, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland 4.7.1866 d Neve Chapelle, Pas-de-Calais, France 11.3.1915. RHB. FC: Army and South Africa Army. Father-in-law of J Round [Oxford University] and brother-in-law of CJ Round [Essex and Essex 2 nd XI]. Major 2 nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment. Bat 4-6-0-80-24-13.33 ct 4 Bowl 11-0 HILL; Charles Glencairn ‘Andrew’ [Berkshire 1910-1913] b Winchester, Hampshire 22.9.1872 d Cambrin, Pas de Calais, France 26.6.1915. Lieutenant Colonel 1 st Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment. CMG, DSO. Bat 11-18-2-452-118-28.25-1-2 ct 22 HILL; Maurice Cridland [Northumberland 1901-1909] b Plawsworth, Chester-le-Street, Durham 25.6.1876 d Ypres, Belgium 24.5.1915. RHB. Brother of CG Hill [Northumberland]. Solicitor. Lieutenant 5 th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. Bat 5-10-2-63-23-7.87 ct 1 Bowl 28-1-28.00-1/19 HILLEARD; Paul James [Essex 2 nd XI 1914] b Newington, Southwark, Surrey 1894 d Ypres, Belgium 24.4.1915. Rifleman 1 st /12 th Battalion London Regiment [The Rangers]. Bat 4-8-1-191-85*-27.28-0-1 ct 1 Bowl 55-2-27.50-1/14 HILLIER; Cyril Anthony Hudson [Suffolk 1914] b Stowmarket, Suffolk 2.3.1897 d Farnborough, Hampshire 26.2.1915. Second Lieutenant 2 nd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment. Bat 2-4-0-36-26-9.00 HINDE; William Henry Rousseau [Berkshire 1913-1914] b Southsea, Hampshire 1891 d Headingley, Leeds, Yorkshire 22.10.1918. Brother of HM Hinde [Minor Counties and Berkshire]. Hockey [Oxford University]. Captain Royal Army Service Corps No 3 Main Supply Depot [Leeds]. Bat 5-10-0-58-21-5.80 ct 5 HOARE; Vincent Robertson [Norfolk 1897-1905] b Colkirk, Norfolk 18.3.1873 d Ypres, Belgium 15.2.1915. RHB, RFM, LB. Brother of AR Hoare [MCC and Norfolk] and WR Hoare [Norfolk]. Nephew of W Hoare [Gentlemen of Kent]. Company Director. Major 12 th Battalion London Regiment [The Rangers]. Bat 3-6-0-48-17-8.00 ct 6 Bowl 79-3-26.33-1/15 HOLDSWORTH; Arthur Mervyn [Berkshire 1908-1914] b Newton Abbot, Devon 5.11.1875 d Etaples, Pas-de-Calais, France 7.7.1916. Lieutenant Colonel 2 nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment. Bat 3-6-0-51-16-8.50 ct 1 HORNER; Bernard [Cheshire 1913] b Stockport, Cheshire 8.9.1891 d Somme, France 5.3.1917. Lieutenant 8 th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers attached 10 th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. Bat 1-2-1-9-7*-9.00 HOUSEHOLD; Ernest Scott ‘Ernie’ [Hertfordshire 1910-1914] b Lakenheath, Suffolk 8.6.1893 d Etrun, Arras, Pas-de- Calais, France 21.7.1917. Solicitor’s Clerk. Second Lieutenant 5 th Battalion attached 9 th Battalion Essex Regiment. Bat 31-44-7-1218-153-32.91-2-8 ct 23 Bowl 129-6-21.50-4/18 HOWARD-SMITH; Gerald [Staffordshire 1908-1910] b Earl's Court, Kensington, Middlesex 21.1.1880 d Neuville- Saint-Vaast, Pas-de-Calais, France 29.3.1916. RHB, RF. FC: MCC and Cambridge University. Athletics [Cambridge University]. Solicitor. Lieutenant 6 th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment. MC. Bat 2-3-0-20-20-6.66 ct 1 Bowl 97-3-32.33-3/53 HOWELL; John [Surrey 2 nd XI 1913] b Thames Ditton, Surrey 5.7.1895 d Bellewarde Farm, Hooge, Belgium 25.9.1915. Son of R Howell [Surrey]. Brother of M Howell [Oxford University, Surrey, MCC, Free Foresters, PF Warner’s XI, HDG Leveson-Gower’s XI, Uncapped, Oxford & Cambridge Universities, Harlequins, Gentlemen and Surrey 2 nd X1]. Second Lieutenant 9 th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps. Bat 1-2-0-47-44-23.50 HUDDLESTON; Purefoy Gauntlett [Cambridgeshire 1914] b Cambridge 28.4.1886 d near Ypres, Belgium 25.3.1916. Captain 84 th Field Company Royal Engineers. Bat 1-2-0-27-16-13.50 Bowl 14-0 HUDSON; Ralph Palliser Milbanke [Durham 1914] b Sunderland, Durham 14.10.1891 d Sunderland, Durham 15.3.1920. Other: Northumberland. Shipowner. Author. Captain 3 rd Battalion The Duke of Wellington’s [West Riding] Regiment. Bat 4-6-0-100-45-16.66 ct 4 Bowl 46-2-23.00-2/22 HUGGINS; John Warwick ‘Jack’ [Durham 1908] b Crosby Ravensworth, Westmorland 2.6.1886 d Boetleer’s Farm, Gravenstafel Ridge, Ypres, Belgium 24.4.1915. Other: Cumberland. Football [Sunderland, Reading, Durham City and Leadgate Park]. Elementary Schoolmaster. Private 1 st /8 th Battalion Durham Light Infantry. Bat 1-2-1-37-37*-37.00 ct 1 ISAAC; Arthur Whitmore [Worcestershire 1895-1896] b Powick Court, Powick, Worcestershire 4.10.1873 d Contalmaison, Somme, France 7.7.1916. RHB. FC: Worcestershire and HK Foster’s XI. 2 ND : Worcestershire. Father of HW Isaac [Worcestershire]. Brother of JEV Isaac [Orange Free State, Worcestershire and South Africa Army]. Banker. Second Lieutenant 5 th Battalion attached 1 st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Bat 5-8-0-125-75-15.62-0-1 ct 3