List of cricketers who were killed during military service
This is a list of cricketers who were killed during military service. The cricketers are listed by war and divided into those who appeared in Test cricket and those who only played first-class cricket.
The conflicts featured on this list are, in chronological order, the Napoleonic Wars, Crimean War, First Boer War, Mahdist War, Second Boer War, World War I, Easter Rising, Irish War of Independence, World War II and the South African Border War. Approximately 210 first-class cricketers are known to have served in the First World War.[1]
Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815)
First-class cricketers
Name | Main first-class team | Ref | Rank | Date of death | Age | Place of death | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard Beckett | MCC | [1] | Captain | 28 July 1809 | 37 | Talavera de la Reina, Spain | [2] |
Crimean War (1853–1856)
First-class cricketers
Name | Main first-class team | Ref | Rank | Date of death | Age | Place of death | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Duncombe Buckley | Marylebone Cricket Club | [2] | Captain | 6 September 1855 | 24 | Sevastopol, Russian Empire | [3] |
Henry Neville | Marylebone Cricket Club | [3] | Captain | 5 November 1854 | 30 | Inkerman, Russian Empire | [4] |
First Boer War (1880–1881)
First-class cricketers
Name | Main first-class team | Ref | Rank | Date of death | Age | Place of death | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Edward Wilkinson | Cambridge University | [4] | Lieutenant | 8 February 1881 | 27 | Scheins Hoogte, Colony of Natal | [5] |
Mahdist War (1881–1899)
First-class cricketers
Name | Main first-class team | Ref | Rank | Date of death | Age | Place of death | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Herbert Stewart | MCC | [5] | Major-general | 16 February 1885 | 41 | Gakdul, Sudan | [6] |
John Trask | Somerset | [7] | Surgeon-captain | 25 July 1896 | 34 | Kosheh, Sudan | [8] |
Second Boer War (1899–1902)
Test cricketers
Name | Test team | Ref | Date of death | Age | Place of death | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Ferris | Australia | [9] | 17 November 1900 | 33 | Addington, Durban, Colony of Natal | [6] |
Frank Milligan | England | [10] | 31 March 1900 | 30 | Ramatlabama, Bechuanaland Protectorate | [6] |
First-class cricketers
Name | Main first-class team | Ref | Date of death | Age | Place of death | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cecil Boyle | Oxford University | [11] | 5 April 1900 | 47 | near Boshof, Orange Free State | [7] |
Frank Crawford | Kent | [12] | 16 January 1900 | 49 | Pietermaritzburg, Colony of Natal | [8] |
Dudley Forbes | Oxford University | [13] | 21 April 1901 | 28 | Kroonstad, Orange Free State | [6] |
Charles Hulse | Marylebone Cricket Club | [14] | 4 June 1901 | 40 | Braklaagte, Orange Free State | [9] |
Douglas McLean | Somerset | [15] | 5 February 1901 | 37 | Johannesburg, Transvaal Republic | [10] |
Marshall Porter | Dublin University | [16] | 5 June 1900 | 26 | Ladywood, Lindley, Orange Free State | [11] |
Henry Stanley | Somerset | [17] | 16 September 1900 | 27 | Hekpoort, Transvaal Republic | [6] |
George Strachan | Surrey | [18] | 29 December 1901 | 51 | Middelburg, Transvaal Republic | [6] |
Frank Townsend | Gloucestershire | [19] | 25 May 1901 | 25 | Kimberley, Cape Colony | [9] |
Prince Christian Victor | I Zingari | [20] | 29 October 1900 | 33 | Pretoria, Transvaal Republic | [6] |
World War I (1914–1918)
275 first-class cricketers were killed on active service during the First World War,[12] including twelve Test cricketers.
Test cricketers
Name | Test team | Ref | Date of death | Age | Place of death | Ref |
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Colin Blythe | England | [21] | 8 November 1917 | 38 | near Passchendaele, Belgium | [22] |
Major Booth | England | [23] | 1 July 1916 | 29 | near La Signy Farm, France | [24] |
Frederick Cook | South Africa | [25] | 30 November 1915 | 45 | Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire | [26] |
Tibby Cotter | Australia | [27] | 31 October 1917 | 33 | near Beersheba, Palestine | [28] |
Reginald Hands | South Africa | [29] | 20 April 1918 | 29 | Boulogne, France | [30] |
Kenneth Hutchings | England | [31] | 3 September 1916 | 33 | Ginchy, France | [32] |
Bill Lundie | South Africa | [33] | 12 September 1917 | 29 | near Passchendaele, Belgium | [34] |
Leonard Moon | England | [35] | 23 November 1916 | 38 | near Karasouli, Salonica, Greece | [36] |
Claude Newberry | South Africa | [37] | 1 August 1916 | 27 | Delville Wood, Somme, France | [38] |
Arthur Edward Ochse | South Africa | [39] | 11 April 1918 | 48 | Middle Farm, Petit Puits, Messines Ridge, France | [40] |
Reggie Schwarz | South Africa | [41] | 18 November 1918 | 43 | Étaples, France | [42] |
Gordon White | South Africa | [43] | 17 October 1918 | 36 | Gaza, Palestine | [44] |
First-class cricketers
Name | Main first-class team | Ref | Date of death | Age | Place of death | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cecil Abercrombie | Hampshire | [45] | 31 May 1916 | 30 | at sea, naval action off Jutland (HMS Defence) | [46] |
Fred Abraham | British Guiana | [47] | 2 October 1918 | 32 | Joncourt, France | [48] |
Lestock Adams | Cambridge University | [49] | 22 April 1918 | 30 | Placaut Wood, France | [50] |
Charlie Adamson | Queensland | [51] | 17 September 1918 | 43 | Salonica, Greece | [52] |
Ernest Alderwick | Gloucestershire | [53] | 26 August 1917 | 31 | Peronne, France | [54] |
Henry Anderson | Europeans (India) | [55] | 29 October 1914 | 47 | near La Gorgue, France | [56] |
Alban Arnold | Hampshire | [57] | 7 July 1916 | 23 | Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France | [58] |
Thomas Askham | Northamptonshire | [59] | 21 August 1916 | 19 | Maillet Wood, Sheepal, France | [60] |
Charles Backman | South Australia | [61] | 25 April 1915 | 31 | Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire | [62] |
Harold Bache | Worcestershire | [63] | 15 February 1916 | 26 | Comines Canal Bank, Ypres, Belgium | [64] |
Francis Bacon | Hampshire | [65] | 31 October 1915 | 46 | at sea, on Yacht Aries off the coast of Belgium | [66] |
Herbert Bailey | Barbados | [67] | 31 July 1917 | 27 | Hollebeke, France | [68] |
James Balfour-Melville | Scotland | [69] | 25 September 1915 | 33 | Loos-en-Gohelle, France | [70] |
Cecil Banes-Walker | Somerset | [71] | 9 May 1915 | 26 | Ypres, Belgium | [72] |
Percy Banks | Somerset | [73] | 26 April 1915 | 29 | La Bricque, Ypres, Belgium | [74] |
Hugh Bannerman | Southland | [75] | 23 December 1917 | 30 | near Ypres, Belgium | [76] |
Bob Barry | Canterbury | [77] | 3 December 1915 | 37 | aboard HMS Dongola, off Gallipoli Peninsula | [78] |
Arthur Bateman | Ireland | [79] | 28 March 1918 | 27 | near Arras, France | [80] |
Samuel Bates | Warwickshire | [81] | 28 August 1916 | 26 | near Hardecourt, France | [82] |
Gordon Belcher | Hampshire | [83] | 16 May 1915 | 29 | near Richebourg, Belgium | [84] |
William Benton | Middlesex | [85] | 17 August 1916 | 43 | near Méricourt-l'Abbé, France | [86] |
Harry Biedermann | Argentina | [87] | 10 August 1917 | 29 | Houthulst, Belgium | [88] |
Frank Bingham | Derbyshire | [89] | 22 May 1915 | 40 | Sanctuary Wood, Ypres, Belgium | [90] |
Wilfred Bird | Oxford University | [91] | 9 May 1915 | 31 | Richebourg St Vaast, France | [92] |
Henry Blacklidge | Surrey | [93] | 23 May 1917 | 32 | Amarah, Mesopotamia | [94] |
Cecil Bodington | Hampshire | [95] | 11 April 1917 | 37 | near Arras, France | [96] |
William Boswell | Oxford University | [97] | 28 July 1916 | 24 | Thiepval, France | [98] |
Evelyn Bradford | Hampshire | [99] | 14 September 1914 | 45 | near Bucy-le-Long, Soissons, France | [100] |
Druce Brandt | Oxford University | [101] | 6 July 1915 | 27 | Boesinghe, Belgium | [102] |
Bernard Brodhurst | Hampshire | [103] | 27 April 1915 | 41 | near Canadian Farm, St Julien, Ypres, Belgium | [104] |
Thomas Bryden | Otago | [105] | 12 October 1917 | 40 | Ypres, Belgium | [106] |
William Burns | MCC | [107] | 7 July 1916 | 32 | Contalmaison, France | [108] |
Frederick Burr | Worcestershire | [109] | 12 March 1915 | 27 | Kemmel, Belgium | [110] |
Brian Butler | MCC | [111] | 18 August 1916 | 40 | Longueval, France | [112] |
Leo Butler | Tasmania | [113] | 23 August 1916 | 33 | Puchevillers, France | [114] |
Hugh Butterworth | Oxford University | [115] | 25 September 1915 | 29 | Hooge, Belgium | [116] |
Arthur Byng | Jamaica | [117] | 14 September 1914 | 41 | Vailly, France | [118] |
William Cadogan | Europeans (India) | [119] | 12 November 1914 | 35 | Ypres, Belgium | [120] |
Norman Callaway | New South Wales | [121] | 3 May 1917 | 21 | Second Battle of Bullecourt, France | [122] |
John Campbell | Argentina | [123] | 2 December 1917 | 40 | Honnechy, France | [124] |
William Carlsson | Western Province | [125] | 14 July 1916 | 26 | Delville Wood, France | [126] |
Hugo Charteris | Gloucestershire | [127] | 23 April 1916 | 31 | Katia, Egypt | [128] |
Esmé Chinnery | Surrey | [129] | 18 January 1915 | 28 | Issy, Paris, France | [130] |
Harry Chinnery | Surrey | [131] | 28 May 1916 | 40 | Monchy-le-Preux, France | [132] |
Gother Clarke | New South Wales | [133] | 12 October 1917 | 42 | Zonnebeke, Belgium | [134] |
Leonard Colbeck | Cambridge University | [135] | 3 January 1918 | 32 | at sea, off the Cape of Good Hope in HMS Ormonde | [136] |
Edward Coleman | Essex | [137] | 2 April 1917 | 25 | Salonica, Greece | [138] |
Christopher Collier | Worcestershire | [139] | 25 August 1916 | 30 | near Mametz, France | [140] |
Alexander Cowie | Cambridge University | [141] | 7 April 1916 | 27 | Amarah, Mesopotamia | [142] |
Maurice Coxhead | Oxford University | [143] | 3 May 1917 | 27 | near Monchy-le-Preux, France | [144] |
Alexander Crawford | Nottinghamshire | [145] | 10 May 1916 | 24 | Laventie, Richebourg-l'Avoué, France | [146] |
Eustace Crawley | Cambridge University | [147] | 2 November 1914 | 46 | Wytschaete, Hollebeke, Belgium | [148] |
Ernest Crawshaw | Canterbury | [149] | 9 October 1918 | 29 | Le Cateau, France | [150] |
William Crozier | Dublin University | [151] | 1 July 1916 | 42 | Thiepval, France | [152] |
Foster Cunliffe | Oxford University | [153] | 10 July 1916 | 40 | Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France | [154] |
Wilfred Curwen | MCC | [155] | 9 May 1915 | 32 | near Poperinghe, Belgium | [156] |
Edward Cuthbertson | Cambridge University | [157] | 24 July 1917 | 29 | Amarah, Mesopotamia | [158] |
Leslie Davidson | MCC | [159] | 3 August 1915 | 65 | Rouen, France | [160] |
Geoffrey Davies | Essex | [161] | 26 September 1915 | 22 | Hulluch, France | [162] |
Arthur Davis | Leicestershire | [163] | 4 November 1916 | 34 | near Albert, France | [164] |
Archibald Difford | Western Province | [165] | 20 September 1918 | 35 | Palestine | [166] |
George Docker | Marylebone Cricket Club | [167] | 17 November 1914 | 38 | Touquet, Belgium | [168] |
Ossie Douglas | Tasmania | [169] | 24 April 1918 | 38 | Dermancourt, near Albert, France | [170] |
Sholto Douglas | Middlesex | [171] | 28 January 1916 | 42 | Cambrin, Arras, France | [172] |
Geoffrey Dowling | Sussex | [173] | 30 July 1915 | 23 | Hooge, Belgium | [174] |
Frank Dredge | Wellington | [175] | 22 August 1916 | 36 | Somme, France | [176] |
Garnet Driver | Griqualand West | [177] | 7 September 1916 | 32 | East Africa | [178] |
William Drysdale | Europeans (India) | [179] | 29 September 1916 | 39 | Gueudecourt, France | [180] |
Arthur du Boulay | Kent | [181] | 25 October 1918 | 38 | Fillièvres, France | [182] |
Arthur Edwards | Europeans (India) | [183] | 25 September 1915 | 44 | Loos-en-Gohelle, France | [184] |
William Eltham | Tasmania | [185] | 31 December 1916 | 30 | near Lesboeuts, France | [186] |
Charles Eyre | Cambridge University | [187] | 25 September 1915 | 32 | near Loos-en-Gohelle, France | [188] |
Charles Farmer | Marylebone Cricket Club | [189] | 18 August 1916 | 30 | Longueval, France | [190] |
Charles Fisher | Sussex | [191] | 31 May 1916 | 38 | at sea, aboard HMS Invincible at Jutland | [192] |
Harold Forster | Hampshire | [193] | 29 May 1918 | 39 | Bouleuse Ridge, near Ventalay, France | [194] |
Theodore Fowler | Gloucestershire | [195] | 17 August 1915 | 35 | London County Hospital, Epsom, Surrey, England | [196] |
Harold Garnett | Lancashire | [197] | 3 December 1917 | 38 | Marcoing, Cambrai, France | [198] |
Hubert Garrett | Somerset | [199] | 4 June 1915 | 29 | near Achi Baba, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire | [200] |
Laurence Gatenby | Tasmania | [201] | 14 January 1917 | 27 | Armentières, France | [202] |
Fairfax Gill | Yorkshire | [203] | 1 November 1917 | 34 | Wimereux, Boulogne, France | [204] |
Francis Gillespie | Surrey | [205] | 18 June 1916 | 27 | Ypres, Belgium | [206] |
George Gilroy | Oxford University | [207] | 15 July 1916 | 26 | Corbie-sur-Somme, France | [208] |
Andrew Given | Otago | [209] | 19 July 1916 | 30 | Pozieres, France | [210] |
Cecil Gold | Middlesex | [211] | 3 July 1916 | 29 | Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France | [212] |
Harold Goodwin | Cambridge University | [213] | 24 April 1917 | 31 | Arras, France | [214] |
Ronald Gordon | Europeans (India) | [215] | 31 October 1914 | 37 | Messines, France | [216] |
Lord Bernard Gordon-Lennox | Middlesex | [217] | 10 November 1914 | 36 | Kleinzillebeke, Belgium | [218] |
Eric Gore-Browne | Europeans (India) | [219] | 3 July 1918 | 28 | Namacurra, Portuguese East Africa | [220] |
Francis Gould | Europeans (India) | [221] | 6 June 1915 | 33 | Armentières, France | [222] |
Tom Grace | Wellington | [223] | 8 August 1915 | 25 | Monash Valley, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire | [224] |
William Grant | Gloucestershire | [225] | 26 September 1918 | 24 | near Passchendaele, Belgium | [226] |
Herbert Green | Europeans (India) | [227] | 31 December 1918 | 40 | Rouen, France | [228] |
John Gregory | Hampshire | [229] | 27 November 1914 | 27 | near Zonnebeke, Belgium | [230] |
Robert Gregory | Ireland | [231] | 23 January 1918 | 36 | near Grossa, Padua, Italy | [232] |
Walter Greive | Scotland | [233] | 1 April 1917 | 26 | France | [234] |
William Greive | Scotland | [235] | 17 July 1916 | 28 | Siege Farm, Kemmel, France | [236] |
Neville Grell | Trinidad | [237] | 5 June 1918 | 25 | Trinidad | [238] |
John Gunner | Hampshire | [239] | 9 August 1918 | 34 | Kemmel, Belgium | [240] |
Ralph Hancock | Somerset | [241] | 29 October 1914 | 26 | Festubert, near La Bassee, France | [242] |
Charles Handfield | Transvaal | [243] | 6 May 1915 | 36 | Gibeon, South-West Africa | [244] |
Alfred Hartley | Lancashire | [245] | 9 October 1918 | 39 | near Maissemy, France | [246] |
Eric Hatfeild | Kent | [247] | 21 September 1918 | 31 | Hargicourt, Cambrai, France | [248] |
Percy Heath | Europeans (India) | [249] | 14 July 1917 | 40 | Baghdad, Mesopotamia | [250] |
Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory | Oxford University | [251] | 25 August 1918 | 37 | Bayonvillers, France | [252] |
John Hellard | Somerset | [253] | 2 July 1916 | 34 | near Beaumont-Hamel, France | [254] |
Ralph Hemingway | Nottinghamshire | [255] | 15 October 1915 | 37 | Hohenzollern Redoubt, near Vermelles, France | [256] |
Rupert Hickmott | Canterbury | [257] | 16 September 1916 | 22 | Somme, France | [258] |
Charles Higginbotham | Army | [259] | 11 March 1915 | 48 | near Neuve-Chapelle, France | [260] |
Harold Hippisley | Somerset | [261] | 23 October 1914 | 24 | Langemarck, Belgium | [262] |
Harold Hodges | Nottinghamshire | [263] | 22 March 1918 | 32 | Ham, France | [264] |
William Holbech | Warwickshire, MCC | [265] | 1 November 1914 | 32 | Greenwich, England | [266] |
Bernard Holloway | MCC | [267] | 27 September 1915 | 27 | Loos-en-Gohelle, France | [268] |
Gerald Howard-Smith | Cambridge University | [269] | 29 March 1916 | 36 | Merville St Vaast, France | [270] |
Gilbert Howe | Wellington | [271] | 10 January 1917 | 25 | Messines, Belgium | [272] |
John Hunt | Middlesex | [273] | 16 September 1916 | 41 | near Ginchy, France | [274] |
de Courcy Ireland | Europeans (India) | [275] | 28 January 1915 | 41 | Hong Kong or Peking | [276] |
Arthur Isaac | Worcestershire | [277] | 7 July 1916 | 42 | Contalmaison, France | [278] |
John Isaac | Worcestershire | [279] | 9 May 1915 | 35 | Rouge Bancs, Fromelles Ridge, Armentières, France | [280] |
Geoffrey Jackson | Derbyshire | [281] | 9 April 1917 | 23 | Faimpoux, Arras, Belgium | [282] |
Arthur Jaques | Hampshire | [283] | 27 September 1915 | 27 | Bois Hugo, Loos-en-Gohelle, France | [284] |
Burnet James | Gloucestershire | [285] | 26 September 1915 | 28 | Langemark, Belgium | [286] |
Percy Jeeves | Warwickshire | [287] | 22 July 1916 | 28 | High Wood, Montauban-de-Picardie, France | [288] |
David Jennings | Kent | [289] | 6 August 1918 | 29 | Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England | [290] |
Robert Jesson | Hampshire | [291] | 22 February 1917 | 30 | near Kut, Mesopotamia | [292] |
Donald Johnston | Oxford University | [293] | 13 September 1918 | 23 | Beugneux, France | [294] |
Vivian Kavanagh | Auckland | [295] | 9 August 1917 | 35 | Ypres, Belgium | [296] |
Henry Keigwin | Essex | [297] | 20 September 1916 | 35 | near Thiepval, France | [298] |
David Kennedy | Scotland | [299] | 1 July 1916 | 25 | Somme, France | [300] |
William Kington | Europeans | [301] | 20 October 1914 | 38 | Zonnebeke, Belgium | [302] |
Gordon Kinvig | Wellington | [303] | 31 July 1917 | 29 | Ploegsteert Wood, near Ypres, Belgium | [304] |
Ronald Lagden | Oxford University | [305] | 1 March 1915 | 25 | St Eloi, Belgium | [306] |
Arthur Lang | Sussex | [307] | 25 January 1915 | 24 | Cuinchy, France | [308] |
Edwin Leat | Somerset | [309] | 8 June 1918 | 33 | near Beaumont-Hamel, France | [310] |
Lawrence Le Fleming | Kent | [311] | 21 March 1918 | 38 | Maissemy, France | [312] |
Logie Leggatt | Cambridge University | [313] | 31 July 1917 | 22 | Pilckem Ridge, Belgium | [314] |
Richard Lewis | Oxford University | [315] | 7 September 1917 | 43 | Ypres, Belgium | [316] |
Frank Lugton | Victoria | [317] | 29 July 1916 | 22 | near Villers-Bretonneux, France | [318] |
Joseph Lynch | Gentlemen of Ireland | [319] | 25 September 1915 | 35 | Loos-en-Gohelle, France | [320] |
Claude Mackay | Gloucestershire | [321] | 7 June 1915 | 20 | Boulogne, France | [322] |
George Macnamara | Ireland | [323] | 18 August 1916 | 23 | Loos-en-Gohelle, France | [324] |
Mark Mackenzie | Oxford University | [325] | 25 September 1914 | 26 | Soupir-sur-Aisne, Soissons, France | [326] |
Meredith Magniac | South Africa Army | [327] | 25 April 1917 | 36 | France | [328] |
Walter Malcolm | Otago | [329] | 23 December 1917 | 23 | Poelcapelle, Belgium | [330] |
William Malraison | Transvaal | [331] | 31 May 1916 | 39 | East Africa | [332] |
Bruce Manson | Europeans (India) | [333] | 4 November 1914 | 35 | Tanga, Tanganyika, German East Africa | [334] |
Alan Marshal | Queensland, Surrey | [335] | 23 July 1915 | 32 | Imtarfa, Malta | [336] |
Edward Marvin | Transvaal | [337] | 24 March 1918 | 39 | Marrieres Wood, France | [338] |
Arthur Marsden | Derbyshire | [339] | 31 July 1916 | 35 | St Pancras, London, England | [340] |
Kenelm McCloughin | Free Foresters | [341] | 26 September 1915 | 31 | Hohenzollern Redoubt, near Cambrin, France | [342] |
Stanley McKenzie | Tasmania | [343] | 8 December 1915 | 25 | Alexandria, Egypt | [344] |
Harold Mead | Essex | [345] | 13 April 1921 | 25 | Bell Common, Essex, England | [346] |
Ralph Melville | Gentlemen of Philadelphia | [347] | 4 March 1919 | 33 | Wimereux, France | [348] |
Charles Minnaar | Western Province | [349] | 16 November 1916 | 34 | near Beaumont Hamel, France | [350] |
Jacky Morkel | Transvaal | [351] | 15 May 1916 | 25 | East Africa | [352] |
Claude Mulcahy | Natal | [353] | 11 July 1916 | 30 | Corbie-sur-Somme, France | [354] |
John Murray | Royal Navy | [355] | 31 May 1916 | 42 | at sea during the Battle of Jutland | [356] |
John Murray | Scotland | [357] | 23 September 1917 | 35 | near Poelcappelle, Belgium | [358] |
Edwin Myers | Surrey | [359] | 15 September 1916 | 28 | near Adanac, France | [360] |
Guy Napier | Cambridge University | [361] | 25 September 1915 | 31 | Loos-en-Gohelle, France | [362] |
George Neale | MCC | [363] | 28 September 1915 | 46 | near Loos-en-Gohelle, France | [364] |
John Nelson | Lancashire | [365] | 12 August 1917 | 25 | near Pilckem, France | [366] |
Arnold Nesbitt | Worcestershire | [367] | 7 November 1914 | 36 | Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium | [368] |
Bernard Nevile | Worcestershire | [369] | 11 February 1916 | 27 | near Ypres, Belgium | [370] |
Charles Newcombe | Derbyshire | [371] | 27 December 1915 | 24 | Fleurbaix, France | [372] |
William Odell | Leicestershire | [373] | 4 October 1917 | 35 | near Passchendaele, Belgium | [374] |
Cecil Palmer | Hampshire | [375] | 26 July 1915 | 42 | near Hill Q, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire | [376] |
Ernest Parker | Western Australia | [377] | 2 May 1918 | 34 | Caëstre, France | [378] |
William Parker | MCC | [379] | 30 July 1915 | 28 | Hooge, Belgium | [380] |
Walter Parke | Army | [381] | 13 October 1914 | 23 | Hazebrouck, France | [382] |
Eric Penn | Cambridge University | [383] | 18 October 1915 | 37 | Hohenzollern, near Loos-en-Gohelle, France | [384] |
Charles Pepper | Nottinghamshire | [385] | 13 September 1917 | 42 | near La Clytte, Belgium | [386] |
Henry Persse | Hampshire | [387] | 28 June 1918 | 32 | near Saint-Omer, France | [388] |
Edward Phillips | Cambridge University | [389] | 8 May 1915 | 32 | near Ypres, Belgium | [390] |
George Poeppel | Queensland | [391] | 2 February 1917 | 23 | German POW camp, Germany | [392] |
Albert Pratt | Auckland | [393] | 19 July 1916 | 23 | Pozières, France | [394] |
Reggie Pridmore | Warwickshire | [395] | 13 March 1918 | 31 | near Piave River, north of Venice, Italy | [396] |
Donald Priestley | Gloucestershire | [397] | 30 October 1917 | 30 | Passchendale, Belgium | [398] |
Richard Rail | Western Province | [399] | 9 October 1917 | 29 | Houthulst Forest, Passchendale, Belgium | [400] |
John Raphael | Surrey | [401] | 11 June 1917 | 35 | Remy, Belgium | [402] |
Cyril Rattigan | Cambridge University | [403] | 13 November 1916 | 32 | near Beaucourt, France | [404] |
Rowland Raw | Gentlemen of England | [405] | 7 August 1915 | 31 | Suvla Bay, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire | [406] |
Wilfrid Reay | Gentlemen of England | [407] | 8 October 1915 | 24 | near Thiepval, France | [408] |
William Riley | Nottinghamshire | [409] | 9 August 1917 | 28 | near Coxyde, Belgium | [410] |
Francis Roberts | Gloucestershire | [411] | 8 February 1916 | 33 | St Julien, Ypres, Belgium | [412] |
Herbert Rogers | Hampshire | [413] | 12 October 1916 | 23 | Somme, France | [414] |
Henry Rosher | JG Greig's XI | [415] | 14 April 1915 | 48 | Shaibah, Mesopotamia | [416] |
James Rothery | Yorkshire | [417] | 2 June 1919 | 41 | Leeds, Yorkshire, England | [418] Archived 13 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine |
Eustace Rutter | Europeans | [419] | 13 May 1915 | 44 | Ypres, Belgium | [420] |
James Ryan | Northamptonshire | [421] | 25 September 1915 | 23 | Loos-en-Gohelle, France | [422] |
Oswald Samson | Somerset | [423] | 7 September 1918 | 37 | near Peronne, France | [424] |
George Sandeman | Hampshire | [425] | 26 April 1915 | 33 | Zonnebeke, Belgium | [426] |
Clifford Saville | Middlesex | [427] | 8 November 1917 | 25 | Fresnoy-le-Grand, Aisne, France | [428] |
Herbert Sharp | Hawke's Bay | [429] | 1 September 1918 | 37 | France | [430] |
Edward Shaw | Oxford University | [431] | 7 October 1916 | 24 | Le Sars, France | [432] |
Ernest Shorrocks | Somerset | [433] | 20 July 1916 | 41 | Thiepval, France | [434] |
Karl Siedle | Natal | [435] | 30 May 1918 | 28 | Doullens, Picardy, France | [436] |
Ernest Simpson | Kent | [437] | 2 October 1917 | 41 | Saint-Omer, France | [438] |
Leonard Slater | Gentlemen of the South | [439] | 14 September 1914 | 38 | Aisne, France | [440] |
Hubert Selwyn-Smith | Queensland | [441] | 7 June 1917 | 25 | Messines, France | [442] |
Allan Ivo Steel | MCC | [443] | 8 October 1917 | 25 | Langemark, Belgium | [444] |
Frank Street | Essex | [445] | 7 July 1916 | 46 | Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France | [446] |
Norman Street | Warwickshire | [447] | 10 August 1915 | 33 | Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, Turkey | [448] |
William Stuart | Scotland | [449] | 23 April 1917 | 27 | Arras, France | [450] |
Harvey Staunton | Nottinghamshire | [451] | 14 January 1918 | 47 | Arzizieh, Mesopotamia | [452] |
Henry Stricker | Transvaal | [453] | 15 February 1917 | 29 | Dodoma, Tanganyika, German East Africa | [454] |
James Sutcliffe | Hampshire | [455] | 14 July 1915 | 38 | Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire | [456] |
Leonard Sutton | Somerset | [457] | 3 June 1916 | 26 | Zillebeke, France | [458] |
Theodore Tapp | London County | [459] | 21 October 1917 | 24 | near Dozingham, Belgium | [460] |
Edmund Thomson | MCC | [461] | 21 December 1914 | 40 | Festubert, near La Bassée, France | [462] |
Charles Tomblin | Northamptonshire | [463] | 1 June 1916 | 24 | near Sissonne, France | [464] |
Attwood Torrens | MCC | [465] | 8 December 1916 | 42 | Pozières, France | [466] |
Francis Townend | Europeans (India) | [467] | 29 March 1915 | 29 | Béthune, France | [468] |
Geoffrey Toynbee | Hampshire | [469] | 15 November 1914 | 29 | Ploegstraete, Armentières, France | [470] |
Thomas Truman | Gloucestershire | [471] | 14 September 1918 | 37 | near Étrun, France | [472] |
Frederick Trumble | Royal Navy | [473] | 10 May 1918 | 24 | at sea, on board HMS Warwick | [474] |
Hervey Tudway | Somerset | [475] | 18 November 1914 | 26 | Boulogne, France | [476] |
Frank Tuff | Oxford University | [477] | 5 November 1915 | 25 | Imtarfa, Malta | [478] |
Hugh Tuke | Hawke's Bay | [479] | 7 June 1915 | 30 | at sea, off Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire | [480] |
Frederick Turner | Oxford University | [481] | 10 January 1915 | 26 | near Kemmel, Belgium | [482] |
Ronald Turner | Gloucestershire | [483] | 15 August 1915 | 30 | Suvla Bay, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire | [484] |
William Tyldesley | Lancashire | [485] | 26 April 1918 | 30 | Kemmel, Belgium | [486] |
James Valiant | Essex | [487] | 28 October 1917 | 33 | Gaza, Palestine | [488] |
Alan Wallace | Auckland | [489] | 10 May 1915 | 24 | at sea, off Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire | [490] |
Gerald Ward | MCC | [491] | 30 October 1914 | 36 | Zandvoorde, Belgium | [492] |
George Whatford | Sussex | [493] | 22 November 1915 | 37 | Ctesiphon, Ottoman Empire | [494] |
George Whitehead | Kent | [495] | 17 October 1918 | 23 | Lanwe, near Menen, Belgium | [496] |
Tony Wilding | Canterbury | [497] | 9 May 1915 | 31 | Neuve-Chapelle, France | [498] |
John Nathaniel Williams | Gloucestershire | [499] | 25 April 1915 | 37 | Gallipoli, Turkey | [500] |
Joseph Williams | MCC | [501] | 10 July 1916 | 23 | Thiepval, France | [502] |
Arthur Willmer | Oxford University | [503] | 20 September 1916 | 26 | Rouen, France | [504] |
Francis Wilson | Jamaica | [505] | 24 May 1915 | 32 | Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire | [506] |
George Wilson | Canterbury | [507] | 14 December 1917 | 30 | Belgium | [508] |
Guy Wilson | Derbyshire | [509] | 30 November 1917 | 35 | Cambrai, France | [510] |
Archer Windsor-Clive | Cambridge University | [511] | 25 August 1914 | 23 | Landrecies, France | [512] |
John Winnington | Worcestershire | [513] | 22 September 1918 | 42 | near Kefar Kassin, Ramle, Palestine | [514] |
Geoffrey Wood | Oxford University | [515] | 13 October 1915 | 24 | Hohenzollern, near Loos-en-Gohelle, France | [516] |
Maxmillian Wood | Europeans (India) | [517] | 22 August 1915 | 42 | near Ismail Oglu Tepe, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire | [518] |
Kenneth Woodroffe | Cambridge University | [519] | 13 May 1915 | 22 | near Neuve-Chapelle, France | [520] |
Richard Worsley | Orange Free State | [521] | 4 May 1917 | 37 | at sea, off Gulf of Genoa, Italy | [522] |
Oswald Wreford-Brown | Gloucestershire | [523] | 7 July 1916 | 38 | near Corbie, France | [524] |
Egerton Wright | Oxford University | [525] | 11 May 1918 | 32 | Barly, France | [526] |
Harold Wright | Leicestershire | [527] | 14 September 1915 | 31 | Marylebone, London, England | [528] |
Charles Yaldren | Hampshire | [529] | 23 October 1916 | 24 | Thiepval, France | [530] |
William Yalland | Gloucestershire | [531] | 23 October 1914 | 25 | Ypres, Belgium | [532] |
Charles Younger | Scotland | [533] | 21 March 1917 | 31 | St Leger, near Aveluy, France | [534] |
Easter Rising (1916)
First-class cricketers
Name | Main first-class team | Ref | Date of death | Age | Place of death | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Francis Browning | Ireland | [535] | 26 April 1916 | 47 | Dublin, Ireland | [536] |
Irish War of Independence (1919–1921)
First-class cricketers
Name | Main first-class team | Ref | Date of death | Age | Place of death | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Airy | Europeans (India) | [537] | 21 July 1920 | 36 | Ballyvourney, County Cork, Ireland | [538] |
Hugh Montgomery | Somerset | [539] | 10 December 1920 | 40 | Bray, County Dublin, Ireland | [540] |
World War II (1939–1945)
Test cricketers
Name | Test team | Ref | Date of death | Age | Place of death | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dooley Briscoe | South Africa | [541] | 22 April 1941 | 30 | Kombolcha, Ethiopia, Italian East Africa | [542] |
Ken Farnes | England | [543] | 20 October 1941 | 30 | Chipping Warden, Oxfordshire, England | [544] |
Ross Gregory | Australia | [545] | 10 June 1942 | 26 | near Gaffargaon, Bengal, India | [546] |
Arthur Langton | South Africa | [547] | 27 November 1942 | 30 | near Maiduguri, Nigeria | [548] |
Geoffrey Legge | England | [549] | 21 November 1940 | 37 | Brampford Speke, Devon, England | [550] |
George Macaulay | England | [551] | 13 December 1940 | 43 | Sullom Voe, Shetland Islands, Scotland | [552] |
Sonny Moloney | New Zealand | [553] | 15 July 1942 | 31 | Ruweisat Ridge, El Alamein, Egypt | [554] |
Maurice Turnbull | England | [555] | 5 August 1944 | 38 | near Montchamp, France | [556] |
Hedley Verity | England | [557] | 31 July 1943 | 38 | Caserta, Italy | [558] |
First-class cricketers
Name | Main first-class team | Ref | Date of death | Age | Place of death | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sidney Adams | Northamptonshire | [559] | 24 March 1945 | 40 | near Hamminkeln, Germany | [560] |
James Alexander | Bengal | [561] | 23 October 1943 | 27 | Bhawanipur, Bengal, India | [562] |
Leigh Alexander | Europeans (India) | [563] | 28 April 1943 | 44 | Burma | [564] |
Robert Alexander | Ireland | [565] | 19 July 1943 | 32 | near Catania, Sicily, Italy | [566] |
Michael Anderson | Cambridge University | [567] | 10 May 1940 | 23 | Hoogvliet, Netherlands | [568] |
Francis Arkwright | Hampshire | [569] | 1 July 1942 | 37 | Knightsbridge, near Acroma, Libya | [570] |
Claude Ashton | Essex | [571] | 31 October 1942 | 41 | Caernarvon, Wales | [572] |
Glen Baker | Queensland | [573] | 15 December 1943 | 28 | Buna, New Guinea | [574] |
Peter Bairnsfather-Cloete | Western Province | [575] | 19 December 1942 | 25 | Kisumu, Kenya | [576] |
William Baldock | Somerset | [577] | 30 December 1941 | 41 | Jabor Valley, Trengganu, Malaya | [578] |
Tristan Ballance | Oxford University | [579] | 4 December 1943 | 27 | near Naples, Italy | [580] |
Clifford Barker | Transvaal | [581] | 27 July 1942 | 25 | El Alamein, Egypt | [582] |
Freeman Barnardo | Middlesex | [583] | 25 October 1942 | 24 | ten miles west of El Alamein, Egypt | [584] |
Stanley Behrend | Bengal | [585] | 30 May 1944 | 35 | Imphal, Manipur, India | [586] |
Montague Bennett | Minor Counties | [587] | 17 December 1940 | 28 | at sea, on HMS Acheron, off the Isle of Wight | [588] |
Thomas Bevan | Army | [589] | 12 June 1942 | 42 | Tobruk, Libya | [590] |
Peter Blagg | Oxford University | [591] | 18 March 1943 | 24 | near Donbaik, Burma | [592] |
John Blake | Cambridge University Hampshire | [593] | 3 June 1944 | 26 | near Brač, Yugoslavia | [594] |
Charles Blount | Royal Air Force | [595] | 23 October 1940 | 46 | Hendon Aerodrome, Colindale, Middlesex, England | [596] |
Norman Bowell | Hampshire | [597] | 5 March 1943 | 39 | at sea, off the coast of Singapore | [598] |
Paul Brooks | Middlesex | [599] | 26 January 1946 | 24 | Paddington, London, England | [600] |
James Bruce-Jones | Scotland | [601] | 29 April 1943 | 32 | Enfidaville, French Tunisia | [602] |
Anthony Burke | Europeans | [603] | 17 February 1942 | 45 | Kyaikto, British Burma | [604] |
Reginald Butterworth | Middlesex | [605] | 21 May 1940 | 33 | Saint-Martin-au-Laërt, near Saint-Omer, France | [606] |
John Butterworth | Oxford University | [607] | 18 March 1941 | 35 | Shooter's Hill, London, England | [608] |
Frederick Campling | Orange Free State | [609] | 22 March 1945 | 36 | British Borneo | [610] |
Bill Carson | Auckland | [611] | 8 October 1944 | 28 | at sea, on board ship between Bari, Italy and Egypt | [612] |
Gerry Chalk | Kent | [613] | 17 February 1943 | 32 | Louches, near Calais, France | [614] |
Peter Cherrington | Leicestershire | [615] | 20 January 1945 | 27 | Monywa, Myanmar | [616] |
Vivian Chiodetti | Hyderabad Cricket Association XI | [617] | 17 January 1942 | 38 | Kyaumedaung, Burma | [618] |
Alfred Cobden | Canterbury | [619] | 24 October 1942 | 29 | El Alamein, Egypt | [620] |
Arthur Cocks | Army | [621] | 6 June 1944 | 39 | Ouistreham, France | [622] |
Colin Cokayne-Frith | Army | [623] | 18 May 1940 | 40 | Assche, Belgium | [624] |
Joseph Connaughton | Middlesex | [625] | 12 February 1944 | 25 | at sea, One and a Half Degree Channel, Maldives | [626] |
Paul Cressall | British Guiana | [627] | 8 April 1943 | 49 | Hong Kong | [628] |
Ronald Crook | Wellington | [629] | 17 January 1943 | 35 | Tripoli, Libya | [630] |
Grahame Cruickshanks | Eastern Province | [631] | 8 September 1941 | 28 | Berlin, Germany | [632] |
David Day | Europeans (India) | [633] | 22 February 1944 | 27 | Arakan, Burma | [634] |
Eric Dixon | Oxford University | [635] | 20 April 1941 | 25 | flying from HMS Formidable off the coast of Tripoli, Libya | [636] |
Harold Dods | Minor Counties | [637] | 18 June 1944 | 35 | Westminster, London, England | [638] |
Conan Doyle | Orange Free State | [639] | 24 October 1942 | 29 | Egypt | [640] |
Howard Dunbar | Europeans (India) | [641] | 23 July 1942 | 37 | Ruweisat Ridge, El Alamein, Egypt | [642] |
Peter Eckersley | Lancashire | [643] | 13 August 1940 | 36 | in a flying accident near Eastleigh, Hampshire, England | [644] |
Allan Edwards | Otago | [645] | 18 August 1942 | 22 | at sea, off Cherbourg, France | [646] |
Alfred Evans | Hampshire | [647] | 29 December 1944 | 60 | at sea, over the Atlantic Ocean | [648] |
Richard Evans | Border | [649] | 29 May 1943 | 28 | at sea, off Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa | [650] |
Dudley Everett | Western Australia | [651] | 3 May 1943 | 31 | Ontario, Canada | [652] |
George Fenton | Viceroy's XI | [653] | 26 May 1944 | 34 | Palena, Italy | [654] |
Geoffrey Fletcher | Oxford University | [655] | 27 March 1943 | 23 | Djebel Saikra, Matmata, Tunisia | [656] |
Hubert Freakes | Eastern Province | [657] | 10 March 1942 | 28 | Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England | [658] |
Albert Freeman | Surrey | [659] | 7 January 1945 | 57 | Greenwich, London, England | [660] |
John Gartly | Transvaal | [661] | 22 November 1941 | 33 | Sidi Rezegh, Libya | [662] |
Ernest Gasson | Canterbury | [663] | 7 September 1942 | 34 | El Alamein, Egypt | [664] |
Ronald Gerrard | Somerset | [665] | 22 January 1943 | 30 | near Tripoli, Libya | [666] |
Edward Gibson | Rangoon Gymkhana | [667] | 11 August 1944 | 45 | Bangkok, Thailand | [668] |
James Grimshaw | Cambridge University | [669] | 26 September 1944 | 32 | Nijmegen–Arnhem region, Netherlands | [670] |
Lancelot Grove | Army | [671] | 9 February 1943 | 37 | Gander, Newfoundland | [672] |
John Halliday | Oxford University | [673] | 3 December 1945 | 30 | Rochefort, Puy-de-Dôme, France | [674] |
Cyril Hamilton | Kent | [675] | 10 February 1941 | 31 | Keren, Eritrea, Italian East Africa | [676] |
Eric Hamilton | Transvaal | [677] | 15 July 1943 | 30 | over Sicily, Italy | [678] |
Leslie Hancock | Marylebone Cricket Club | [679] | 12 July 1944 | 44 | Maupertus-sur-Mer, Normandy, France | [680] |
Geoffrey Hart-Davis | Natal | [681] | 9 December 1941 | 36 | Sidi Rezegh, Libya | [682] |
David Hayward | Middlesex | [683] | 21 April 1945 | 24 | Lasham Hill Farm, Hampshire, England | [684] |
Ronald Hewat | Griqualand West | [685] | 15 February 1944 | 56 | Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa | [686] |
Francis Hodder | Royal Air Force | [687] | 6 September 1943 | 36 | near Rhein, Germany | [688] |
Alec Howie | Army (India) | [689] | 22 May 1940 | 26 | Escaut River, Belgium | [690] |
Bernard Howlett | Kent | [691] | 29 November 1943 | 44 | Santa Maria Imbaro, Italy | [692] |
Roger Human | Worcestershire | [693] | 21 November 1942 | 33 | Bangalore, Karnataka, India | [694] |
Harold Jameson | Cambridge University | [695] | 26 August 1940 | 22 | Portsmouth, England | [696] |
Gilbert Jose | South Australia | [697] | 27 March 1942 | 43 | Changi POW Camp, Singapore | [698] |
George Kemp-Welch | Warwickshire | [699] | 18 June 1944 | 36 | Westminster, London, England | [700] |
Frank Kerr | Otago | [701] | 24 July 1943 | 26 | Solomon Islands | [702] |
Stuart King | Victoria | [703] | 28 February 1943 | 36 | at sea, Coral Sea, Pacific Ocean | [704] |
Jack Lee | Somerset | [705] | 20 June 1944 | 42 | near Bazenville, Normandy, France | [706] |
Geoffrey Longfield | Royal Air Force | [707] | 25 February 1943 | 33 | Rennes, France | [708] |
Michael Matthews | Oxford University | [709] | 29 May 1940 | 26 | Dunkirk, France | [710] |
Michael Maw | Cambridge University | [711] | 13 August 1944 | 31 | near Alzey, Germany | [712] |
Charles Mayo | Somerset | [713] | 10 April 1943 | 40 | near Alexandria, Egypt | [714] |
Norman McMillan | Auckland | [715] | 16 July 1942 | 35 | El Alamein, Egypt | [716] |
Alastair McNeil | Scotland | [717] | 26 January 1944 | 28 | Anzio, Italy | [718] |
Peter McRae | Somerset | [719] | 25 February 1944 | 28 | Barents Sea (aboard HMS Mahratta), England | [720] |
Michael Magill | Oxford University | [721] | 5 September 1940 | 24 | Filey, England | [722] |
David Merry | Trinidad | [723] | 4 May 1944 | 21 | Canada | [724] |
David Monaghan | South Island Army | [725] | 27 January 1944 | 21 | Caserta, Italy | [726] |
Edward Moss | Oxford University | [727] | 31 March 1944 | 32 | Rimbach, Germany | [728] |
Alastair Monteath | Otago | [729] | 27 June 1942 | 28 | Western Desert, Libya | [730] |
Ross Moyle | South Australia | [731] | 24 October 1942 | 29 | Cairo, Egypt | [732] |
Henry Myles | Western Province | [733] | 15 June 1942 | 31 | Kirkinner, Dumfries, Scotland | [734] |
Robert Nelson | Northamptonshire | [735] | 29 October 1940 | 28 | Deal, Kent, England | [736] |
Charles Orton | Europeans (India) | [737] | 28 May 1940 | 29 | near Wormhout, France | [738] |
Charles Packe | Leicestershire | [739] | 1 July 1944 | 35 | Chateau de la Londs, Caen, Normandy, France | [740] |
Christiaan Papenfus | Orange Free State | [741] | 18 November 1941 | 25 | Gazala, Libya | [742] |
Wilfred Parry | Natal | [743] | 23 July 1942 | 31 | Ruweisat Ridge, Egypt | [744] |
Alan Pearsall | Tasmania | [745] | 8 March 1944 | 28 | over English Channel | [746] |
John Pelly | Royal Navy | [747] | 6 June 1945 | 56 | Hove, Sussex, England | [748] |
William Pershke | Oxford University | [749] | 21 January 1944 | 25 | at sea, on active service | [750] |
Robert Philpot-Brookes | Europeans (India) | [751] | 29 May 1940 | 27 | St Eloi, France | [752] |
David Price | Western Province | [753] | 6 July 1942 | 31 | at sea, off Iceland | [754] |
Donald Ray | Marylebone Cricket Club | [755] | 12 July 1944 | 41 | on board a hospital ship off Southampton, England | [756] |
Jack Richards | Cambridge University | [757] | 2 November 1944 | 26 | Gelderland, Netherlands | [758] |
Kenneth Ridings | South Australia | [759] | 17 May 1943 | 23 | over Bay of Biscay | [760] |
Patrick Rucker | Oxford University | [761] | 20 May 1940 | 40 | Amiens, France | [762] |
Kenneth Scott | Oxford University | [763] | 9 August 1943 | 27 | Bronte, Sicily, Italy | [764] |
Peter Scott | Oxford University | [765] | 13 June 1944 | 32 | Villers-Bocage, France | [766] |
Gerald Seeley | Worcestershire | [767] | 23 July 1941 | 38 | at sea off Ostend, Belgium | [768] |
John Shadwell | Europeans (India) | [769] | 25 April 1942 | 23 | Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India | [770] |
Alexander Shaw | Bengal | [771] | 19 July 1945 | 37 | New Delhi, India | [772] |
Francis Sides | Victoria | [773] | 25 August 1943 | 29 | Kunai Spur, Salamaua, New Guinea | [774] |
Charles Spencer | Oxford University | [775] | 29 September 1941 | 38 | South Havant, Hampshire, England | [776] |
Ralph Spitteler | Europeans (India) | [777] | 14 March 1946 | 30 | Jakarta, Java, Dutch East Indies | [778] |
Robert Stephenson | Royal Navy | [779] | 9 November 1942 | 36 | at sea aboard HMS Cromer, off Mersa Matruh, Egypt | [780] |
Charles Sutton | South Americans | [781] | 29 July 1945 | 38 | Gosport, Hampshire, England | [782] |
George Talbot | Canterbury | [783] | 15 December 1943 | 36 | Orsogna, Italy | [784] |
Frank Thorn | Victoria | [785] | 11 February 1942 | 29 | Gasmata, New Guinea | [786] |
Gordon Thorne | Army | [787] | 2 March 1942 | 44 | at sea, in the Indian Ocean | [788] |
Richard Tindall | Oxford University | [789] | 22 January 1942 | 29 | Jadabia, Libya | [790] |
Edward Titley | Cambridge University | [791] | 17 July 1943 | 31 | Moita, County Meath, Ireland | [792] |
Charlie Walker | South Australia | [793] | 18 December 1942 | 33 | Soltau, Germany | [794] |
David Walker | Oxford University | [795] | 7 February 1942 | 28 | on a flight over Norway, and buried at Trondheim, Norway | [796] |
Donald Walker | Hampshire | [797] | 18 June 1941 | 28 | flying 2 km north of Best, Netherlands | [798] |
Henry Walters | Auckland | [799] | 25 August 1944 | 26 | at sea, English Channel | [800] |
Clement Wareham | Wellington | [801] | 30 September 1940 | 29 | Hollingbourne, Kent, England | [802] |
Geoffrey Warren | Roshanara Club | [803] | 21 November 1941 | 33 | Libya | [804] |
David Warburton | Oxford University | [805] | 4 February 1941 | 21 | near Crewe, Cheshire, England | [806] |
David Watson | Oxford University | [807] | 3 October 1943 | 23 | United States of America | [808] |
William Welch | Free Foresters | [809] | 25 May 1940 | 28 | Calais, France | [810] |
Robin Whetherly | Oxford University | [811] | 27 November 1943 | 27 | near Glamoč, Yugoslavia | [812] |
Peter Whitehouse | Oxford University | [813] | 19 November 1943 | 26 | Archi, Italy | [814] |
John Whitty | Army | [815] | 23 October 1944 | 34 | Vicchio, Florence, Italy | [816] |
Alec Wills | Combined Services | [817] | 7 November 1941 | 30 | Kallang, Singapore | [818] |
Roger Winlaw | Cambridge University | [819] | 31 October 1942 | 30 | Caernarvon, Wales | [820] |
Denys Witherington | Cambridge University | [821] | 16 February 1944 | 22 | near Anzio, Italy | [822] |
Barney Wood | Western Australia | [823] | 9 June 1941 | 39 | Syria | [824] |
South African Border War (1966–1989)
First-class cricketers
Name | Main first-class team | Ref | Date of death | Age | Place of death | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Bricknell | Western Province | [825] | 25 March 1977 | 22 | Keetmanshoop, South-West Africa | [826] |
See also
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