English cricketer and soldier
Paul Dayrell Green-Armytage (28 March 1881 – 1971) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in both the Royal Marines and the British Indian Army.
The second son of Alfred Green-Armytage,[1] he was born in March 1881 at Clifton. Green-Armytage was educated at Clifton College.[2] Following the completion of his education, he joined the Royal Marines Light Infantry as a second lieutenant in September 1899,[3] with promotion to lieutenant following in July 1900.[4] In October 1905, he was appointed to the 117th Mahrattas of the British Indian Army,[5] with promotion to captain following in March 1910;[6] this promotion was later antedated to December 1909.[7] Whilst in British India, Green-Armytage made two appearances in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Parsees in the 1911–12 Bombay Presidency Match, and the Hindus in the 1913–14 Bombay Presidency Match.[8] He scored 32 runs in his two matches, with a highest score of 19.[9]
Green-Armytage served in the First World War, gaining the temporary rank of major in its second year.[10] He gained the full rank in April 1917.[11] Following the war, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in May 1922,[12] before retiring from active service in April 1928.[13] Green-Armytage died at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1971. He was married to Gwendoline May Parks-Smith, the couple having married in July 1914.[1] His younger brother was the gynaecologist Vivian Green-Armytage.
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