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
Crimean War (1853–1856)
First-class cricketers
First Boer War (1880–1881)
First-class cricketers
Mahdist War (1881–1899)
First-class cricketers
Second Boer War (1899–1902)
Test cricketers
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
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
Irish War of Independence (1919–1921)
First-class cricketers
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
See also
References
^ "Cricket remembers the Great War with Lord's installation" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 7 November 2018 .
^ Baines, Edward (1825). History of the wars of the French revolution . M'Carty & Davis.
^ The Eton College Register . Eton: Spottiswode & Co., Ltd . p. 63. ISBN 978-1141069019 .
^ Swallow, Henry James (1885). De Nova Villa: or, The house of Nevill in sunshine and shade . A. Reid. p. 334.
^ Natalia, Volumes 9-12 . Natal Society. 1979.
^ a b c d e f Allen, W. H. (1906), National Review (London) – Volume 46
^ The Oxford Magazine – Volume 18 (1900)
^ Green, Benny (1988). A History of Cricket . Barrie & Jenkins.
^ a b Dooner, Mildred G. The Last Post – Roll of Officers who fell in South Africa 1899–1902 . Naval and Military Press.
^ The Oxford Magazine – Volume 19 (1901)
^ Gooch, John (2000). The Boer War – Direction, Experience And Image . Frank Cass Publishers.
^ McCrery, Nigel (30 July 2015). Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War . Pen and Sword . pp. Preface. ISBN 978-1473864191 .