Minor Counties Players War Deaths

MINOR COUNTIES CRICKETERS [1895-1914] WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN CONFLICT Boxer Rebellion, China HILL; Arthur Joseph [Cambridgeshire 1898] b Old Weston, Huntingdonshire 22.7.1863 d Tung Chau, Tientsin, China 18.9.1900. Son of J Hill [Herefordshire]. Captain 1 st East Surrey Regiment serving with 1 st Chinese Regiment. Bat 3-4-0-24-8-6.00 Second Boer War BAMFORD; Branton [Hertfordshire 1896-1897] b Essendon, Hertfordshire 1868 ch Essendon 24.5.1868 d at sea on the SS Nubia travelling from South Africa to Southampton 19.10.1900. Foreign Office Messenger and Sergeant 42 nd Herts Squadron Imperial Yeomanry. Bat 2-3-0-8-3-2.66 ct 1 CAVENDISH; Charles William Hugh [Buckinghamshire 1898] b Cliveden, Taplow, Buckinghamshire 18.9.1878 d Diamond Hill, Transvaal, South Africa 11.6.1900. Second Lieutenant 17 th Lancers. Bat 3-5-0-134-87-26.80-0-1 ct 1 FORBES; Archibald Jones [Oxfordshire 1896-1898] b Whitchurch, Oxfordshire 15.1.1873 d Klerksdorp, Transvaal, South Africa 13.5.1901. Other: Monmouthshire. Lieutenant 2 nd Battalion South Wales Borderers. DSO. Bat 5-9-0-195-70-21.66-0-2 ct 3 TRYON; Guy Thomas Lewes [Northamptonshire 1899] b Bulwick, Northamptonshire 22.10.1878 d Harrismith, Natal, South Africa 24.4.1901. Second Lieutenant Grenadier Guards. Bat 2-3-0-23-22-7.66 ct 2 Bowl 57-2-28.50-1/6 First World War ADAMSON; Charles Young ‘Charlie’ [Durham 1895-1914] b Neville’s Cross, Durham 18.4.1875 d Doiran, Macedonia 17.9.1918. LHB, LA [style unknown]. FC: Queensland. Son of J Adamson [Durham]. Father of CL Adamson [Durham & Minor Counties], JA Adamson [Durham] & nephew of LV Lodge [Hampshire & Durham]. Rugby Union [British Isles, Barbarians, Bristol & Durham]. Stockbroker. Captain [and Quartermaster] 8 th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers. Bat 78-128-6-2895-139-23.72-2-14 ct 30 Bowl 1349-72-18.73-8/25-4-1 ALDERWICK; Ernest Ewart Gladstone [Suffolk 1914] b Montpelier, Bristol 14.4.1886 d Peronne, Somme, France 26.8.1917. RHB, WK. FC: Gloucestershire. Clerk. Second Lieutenant 11 th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Bat 4-8-0-161-37-20.12 ct 3 st 1 ALLSOPP; Thomas Charlesworth [Norfolk 1909-1912] b Leicester 18.12.1880 d Norwich, Norfolk 7.3.1919. LHB, SLA. FC: Leicestershire and MCC. 2 ND : Leicestershire 2 nd XI. Football [Leicester Fosse, Luton Town, Brighton & Hove Albion and Norwich City]. Publican. Serjeant The Queen’s [Royal West Surrey Regiment] transferred to 126 th Company Labour Corps. Bat 27-40-5-512-69*-14.62-0-2 ct 21 Bowl 1458-71-20.53-6/43-4-0 AMORY; Ludovic Heathcoat [Devon 1902-1910] b Westminster, Middlesex 11.5.1881 d Bayonvillers, Somme, France 25.8.1918. RHB, RF. FC: Oxford University. Uncle of J Heathcoat-Amory [Oxford University, Minor Counties, Free Foresters & West], RH Amory [Devon] & nephew of HT Stanley [Somerset, MCC, A Priestley’s XI & Oxford University Past and Present]. Major 1 st Royal First Devon Yeomanry attached to 32 nd Division HQ. Bat 3-6-0-85-28-14.16 ct 3 Bowl 127-3-42.33-2/53 ARUNDELL; Reinfred Tatton [Devon 1905] b Cheriton Fitzpaine, Devon 19.12.1879 d Serapeum Ismailia, Egypt 3.12.1915. Son of WH Arundell [Devon]. Brother of WH Arundell [Dorset and Devon]. Captain 2 nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry. Bat 9-14-0-212-71-15.14-0-1 ct 3 AWDRY; Charles Selwyn [Wiltshire 1895-1913] b St Pancras, Middlesex 23.3.1877 d Bapaume, Pas-de-Calais, France 25.3.1918. RF. Son of C Awdry [Wiltshire]. Father of AL Awdry [Wiltshire], CE Awdry [Minor Counties, West and Wiltshire] and HG Awdry [Wiltshire]. Brother of RW Awdry [Oxford University and Wiltshire]. Nephew of H Awdry [Wiltshire] and JC Moberly [Hampshire]. Partner WH Smith. Major [6 th Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry] Battalion Wiltshire Regiment. DSO. Bat 95-162-9-3633-160*-23.74-3-15 ct 59 Bowl 294-2-147.00-1/9 BACHE: Harold Godfrey [Worcestershire 2 nd XI 1907] b Churchill, Worcestershire 20.8.1889 d Comines Canal Bank, Ypres, Belgium 16.2.1916. LHB, SLA. FC: Worcestershire and Cambridge University. Football [England Amateurs, Cambridge University, Corinthian and West Bromwich Albion]. Rugby Union [Cambridge University]. Lawn Tennis [Cambridge University]. Schoolmaster. Second Lieutenant 10 th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. Bat 4-8-0-249-89-31.12-0-2 ct 1