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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)

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First-class cricketers

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Name Main first-class team Ref Rank Date of death Age Place of death Ref
Richard Beckett MCC Captain 28 July 1809 37 Talavera de la Reina, Spain [2]

Crimean War (1853–1856)

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First-class cricketers

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Name Main first-class team Ref Rank Date of death Age Place of death Ref
Duncombe Buckley Marylebone Cricket Club Captain 6 September 1855 24 Sevastopol, Russian Empire [3]
Henry Neville Marylebone Cricket Club Captain 5 November 1854 30 Inkerman, Russian Empire [4]

First Boer War (1880–1881)

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First-class cricketers

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Name Main first-class team Ref Rank Date of death Age Place of death Ref
Edward Wilkinson Cambridge University Lieutenant 8 February 1881 27 Scheins Hoogte, Colony of Natal [5]

Mahdist War (1881–1899)

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First-class cricketers

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Name Main first-class team Ref Rank Date of death Age Place of death Ref
Herbert Stewart MCC Major-general 16 February 1885 41 Gakdul, Sudan
John Trask Somerset Surgeon-captain 25 July 1896 34 Kosheh, Sudan

Second Boer War (1899–1902)

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Test cricketers

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Name Test team Ref Date of death Age Place of death Ref
John Ferris Australia 17 November 1900 33 Addington, Durban, Colony of Natal [6]
Frank Milligan England 31 March 1900 30 Ramatlabama, Bechuanaland Protectorate [6]

First-class cricketers

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Name Main first-class team Ref Date of death Age Place of death Ref
Cecil Boyle Oxford University 5 April 1900 47 near Boshof, Orange Free State [7]
Frank Crawford Kent 16 January 1900 49 Pietermaritzburg, Colony of Natal [8]
Dudley Forbes Oxford University 21 April 1901 28 Kroonstad, Orange Free State [6]
Charles Hulse Marylebone Cricket Club 4 June 1901 40 Braklaagte, Orange Free State [9]
Douglas McLean Somerset 5 February 1901 37 Johannesburg, Transvaal Republic [10]
Marshall Porter Dublin University 5 June 1900 26 Ladywood, Lindley, Orange Free State [11]
Henry Stanley Somerset 16 September 1900 27 Hekpoort, Transvaal Republic [6]
George Strachan Surrey 29 December 1901 51 Middelburg, Transvaal Republic [6]
Frank Townsend Gloucestershire 25 May 1901 25 Kimberley, Cape Colony [9]
Prince Christian Victor I Zingari 29 October 1900 33 Pretoria, Transvaal Republic [6]

World War I (1914–1918)

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275 first-class cricketers were killed on active service during the First World War,[12] including twelve Test cricketers.

Test cricketers

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Name Test team Ref Date of death Age Place of death Ref
Colin Blythe England 8 November 1917 38 near Passchendaele, Belgium
Major Booth England 1 July 1916 29 near La Signy Farm, France
Frederick Cook South Africa 30 November 1915 45 Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire
Tibby Cotter Australia 31 October 1917 33 near Beersheba, Palestine
Reginald Hands South Africa 20 April 1918 29 Boulogne, France
Kenneth Hutchings England 3 September 1916 33 Ginchy, France
Bill Lundie South Africa 12 September 1917 29 near Passchendaele, Belgium
Leonard Moon England 23 November 1916 38 near Karasouli, Salonica, Greece
Claude Newberry South Africa 1 August 1916 27 Delville Wood, Somme, France
Arthur Edward Ochse South Africa 11 April 1918 48 Middle Farm, Petit Puits, Messines Ridge, France
Reggie Schwarz South Africa 18 November 1918 43 Étaples, France
Gordon White South Africa 17 October 1918 36 Gaza, Palestine

First-class cricketers

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Name Main first-class team Ref Date of death Age Place of death Ref
Cecil Abercrombie Hampshire 31 May 1916 30 at sea, naval action off Jutland (HMS Defence)
Fred Abraham British Guiana 2 October 1918 32 Joncourt, France
Lestock Adams Cambridge University 22 April 1918 30 Placaut Wood, France
Charlie Adamson Queensland 17 September 1918 43 Salonica, Greece
Ernest Alderwick Gloucestershire 26 August 1917 31 Peronne, France
Henry Anderson Europeans (India) 29 October 1914 47 near La Gorgue, France
Alban Arnold Hampshire 7 July 1916 23 Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France
Thomas Askham Northamptonshire 21 August 1916 19 Maillet Wood, Sheepal, France
Charles Backman South Australia 25 April 1915 31 Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire
Harold Bache Worcestershire 15 February 1916 26 Comines Canal Bank, Ypres, Belgium
Francis Bacon Hampshire 31 October 1915 46 at sea, on Yacht Aries off the coast of Belgium
Herbert Bailey Barbados 31 July 1917 27 Hollebeke, France
James Balfour-Melville Scotland 25 September 1915 33 Loos-en-Gohelle, France
Cecil Banes-Walker Somerset 9 May 1915 26 Ypres, Belgium
Percy Banks Somerset 26 April 1915 29 La Bricque, Ypres, Belgium
Hugh Bannerman Southland 23 December 1917 30 near Ypres, Belgium
Bob Barry Canterbury 3 December 1915 37 aboard HMS Dongola, off Gallipoli Peninsula
Arthur Bateman Ireland 28 March 1918 27 near Arras, France
Samuel Bates Warwickshire 28 August 1916 26 near Hardecourt, France
Gordon Belcher Hampshire 16 May 1915 29 near Richebourg, Belgium
William Benton Middlesex 17 August 1916 43 near Méricourt-l'Abbé, France
Harry Biedermann Argentina 10 August 1917 29 Houthulst, Belgium
Frank Bingham Derbyshire 22 May 1915 40 Sanctuary Wood, Ypres, Belgium
Wilfred Bird Oxford University 9 May 1915 31 Richebourg St Vaast, France
Henry Blacklidge Surrey 23 May 1917 32 Amarah, Mesopotamia
Cecil Bodington Hampshire 11 April 1917 37 near Arras, France
William Boswell Oxford University 28 July 1916 24 Thiepval, France
Evelyn Bradford Hampshire 14 September 1914 45 near Bucy-le-Long, Soissons, France
Druce Brandt Oxford University 6 July 1915 27 Boesinghe, Belgium
Bernard Brodhurst Hampshire 27 April 1915 41 near Canadian Farm, St Julien, Ypres, Belgium
Thomas Bryden Otago 12 October 1917 40 Ypres, Belgium
William Burns MCC 7 July 1916 32 Contalmaison, France
Frederick Burr Worcestershire 12 March 1915 27 Kemmel, Belgium
Brian Butler MCC 18 August 1916 40 Longueval, France
Leo Butler Tasmania 23 August 1916 33 Puchevillers, France
Hugh Butterworth Oxford University 25 September 1915 29 Hooge, Belgium
Arthur Byng Jamaica 14 September 1914 41 Vailly, France
William Cadogan Europeans (India) 12 November 1914 35 Ypres, Belgium
Norman Callaway New South Wales 3 May 1917 21 Second Battle of Bullecourt, France
John Campbell Argentina 2 December 1917 40 Honnechy, France
William Carlsson Western Province 14 July 1916 26 Delville Wood, France
Hugo Charteris Gloucestershire 23 April 1916 31 Katia, Egypt
Esmé Chinnery Surrey 18 January 1915 28 Issy, Paris, France
Harry Chinnery Surrey 28 May 1916 40 Monchy-le-Preux, France
Gother Clarke New South Wales 12 October 1917 42 Zonnebeke, Belgium
Leonard Colbeck Cambridge University 3 January 1918 32 at sea, off the Cape of Good Hope in HMS Ormonde
Edward Coleman Essex 2 April 1917 25 Salonica, Greece
Christopher Collier Worcestershire 25 August 1916 30 near Mametz, France
Alexander Cowie Cambridge University 7 April 1916 27 Amarah, Mesopotamia
Maurice Coxhead Oxford University 3 May 1917 27 near Monchy-le-Preux, France
Alexander Crawford Nottinghamshire 10 May 1916 24 Laventie, Richebourg-l'Avoué, France
Eustace Crawley Cambridge University 2 November 1914 46 Wytschaete, Hollebeke, Belgium
Ernest Crawshaw Canterbury 9 October 1918 29 Le Cateau, France
William Crozier Dublin University 1 July 1916 42 Thiepval, France
Foster Cunliffe Oxford University 10 July 1916 40 Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France
Wilfred Curwen MCC 9 May 1915 32 near Poperinghe, Belgium
Edward Cuthbertson Cambridge University 24 July 1917 29 Amarah, Mesopotamia
Leslie Davidson MCC 3 August 1915 65 Rouen, France
Geoffrey Davies Essex 26 September 1915 22 Hulluch, France
Arthur Davis Leicestershire 4 November 1916 34 near Albert, France
Archibald Difford Western Province 20 September 1918 35 Palestine
George Docker Marylebone Cricket Club 17 November 1914 38 Touquet, Belgium
Ossie Douglas Tasmania 24 April 1918 38 Dermancourt, near Albert, France
Sholto Douglas Middlesex 28 January 1916 42 Cambrin, Arras, France
Geoffrey Dowling Sussex 30 July 1915 23 Hooge, Belgium
Frank Dredge Wellington 22 August 1916 36 Somme, France
Garnet Driver Griqualand West 7 September 1916 32 East Africa
William Drysdale Europeans (India) 29 September 1916 39 Gueudecourt, France
Arthur du Boulay Kent 25 October 1918 38 Fillièvres, France
Arthur Edwards Europeans (India) 25 September 1915 44 Loos-en-Gohelle, France
William Eltham Tasmania 31 December 1916 30 near Lesboeuts, France
Charles Eyre Cambridge University 25 September 1915 32 near Loos-en-Gohelle, France
Charles Farmer Marylebone Cricket Club 18 August 1916 30 Longueval, France
Charles Fisher Sussex 31 May 1916 38 at sea, aboard HMS Invincible at Jutland
Harold Forster Hampshire 29 May 1918 39 Bouleuse Ridge, near Ventalay, France
Theodore Fowler Gloucestershire 17 August 1915 35 London County Hospital, Epsom, Surrey, England
Harold Garnett Lancashire 3 December 1917 38 Marcoing, Cambrai, France
Hubert Garrett Somerset 4 June 1915 29 near Achi Baba, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire
Laurence Gatenby Tasmania 14 January 1917 27 Armentières, France
Fairfax Gill Yorkshire 1 November 1917 34 Wimereux, Boulogne, France
Francis Gillespie Surrey 18 June 1916 27 Ypres, Belgium
George Gilroy Oxford University 15 July 1916 26 Corbie-sur-Somme, France
Andrew Given Otago 19 July 1916 30 Pozieres, France
Cecil Gold Middlesex 3 July 1916 29 Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France
Harold Goodwin Cambridge University 24 April 1917 31 Arras, France
Ronald Gordon Europeans (India) 31 October 1914 37 Messines, France
Lord Bernard Gordon-Lennox Middlesex 10 November 1914 36 Kleinzillebeke, Belgium
Eric Gore-Browne Europeans (India) 3 July 1918 28 Namacurra, Portuguese East Africa
Francis Gould Europeans (India) 6 June 1915 33 Armentières, France
Tom Grace Wellington 8 August 1915 25 Monash Valley, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire
William Grant Gloucestershire 26 September 1918 24 near Passchendaele, Belgium
Herbert Green Europeans (India) 31 December 1918 40 Rouen, France
John Gregory Hampshire 27 November 1914 27 near Zonnebeke, Belgium
Robert Gregory Ireland 23 January 1918 36 near Grossa, Padua, Italy
Walter Greive Scotland 1 April 1917 26 France
William Greive Scotland 17 July 1916 28 Siege Farm, Kemmel, France
Neville Grell Trinidad 5 June 1918 25 Trinidad
John Gunner Hampshire 9 August 1918 34 Kemmel, Belgium
Ralph Hancock Somerset 29 October 1914 26 Festubert, near La Bassee, France
Charles Handfield Transvaal 6 May 1915 36 Gibeon, South West Africa
Alfred Hartley Lancashire 9 October 1918 39 near Maissemy, France
Eric Hatfeild Kent 21 September 1918 31 Hargicourt, Cambrai, France
Percy Heath Europeans (India) 14 July 1917 40 Baghdad, Mesopotamia
Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory Oxford University 25 August 1918 37 Bayonvillers, France
John Hellard Somerset 2 July 1916 34 near Beaumont-Hamel, France
Ralph Hemingway Nottinghamshire 15 October 1915 37 Hohenzollern Redoubt, near Vermelles, France
Rupert Hickmott Canterbury 16 September 1916 22 Somme, France
Charles Higginbotham Army 11 March 1915 48 near Neuve-Chapelle, France
Harold Hippisley Somerset 23 October 1914 24 Langemarck, Belgium
Harold Hodges Nottinghamshire 22 March 1918 32 Ham, France
William Holbech Warwickshire, MCC 1 November 1914 32 Greenwich, England
Bernard Holloway MCC 27 September 1915 27 Loos-en-Gohelle, France
Gerald Howard-Smith Cambridge University 29 March 1916 36 Merville St Vaast, France
Gilbert Howe Wellington 10 January 1917 25 Messines, Belgium
John Hunt Middlesex 16 September 1916 41 near Ginchy, France
de Courcy Ireland Europeans (India) 28 January 1915 41 Hong Kong or Peking
Arthur Isaac Worcestershire 7 July 1916 42 Contalmaison, France
John Isaac Worcestershire 9 May 1915 35 Rouge Bancs, Fromelles Ridge, Armentières, France
Geoffrey Jackson Derbyshire 9 April 1917 23 Faimpoux, Arras, Belgium
Arthur Jaques Hampshire 27 September 1915 27 Bois Hugo, Loos-en-Gohelle, France
Burnet James Gloucestershire 26 September 1915 28 Langemark, Belgium
Percy Jeeves Warwickshire 22 July 1916 28 High Wood, Montauban-de-Picardie, France
David Jennings Kent 6 August 1918 29 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Robert Jesson Hampshire 22 February 1917 30 near Kut, Mesopotamia
Donald Johnston Oxford University 13 September 1918 23 Beugneux, France
Vivian Kavanagh Auckland 9 August 1917 35 Ypres, Belgium
Henry Keigwin Essex 20 September 1916 35 near Thiepval, France
David Kennedy Scotland 1 July 1916 25 Somme, France
William Kington Europeans 20 October 1914 38 Zonnebeke, Belgium
Gordon Kinvig Wellington 31 July 1917 29 Ploegsteert Wood, near Ypres, Belgium
Ronald Lagden Oxford University 1 March 1915 25 St Eloi, Belgium
Arthur Lang Sussex 25 January 1915 24 Cuinchy, France
Edwin Leat Somerset 8 June 1918 33 near Beaumont-Hamel, France
Lawrence Le Fleming Kent 21 March 1918 38 Maissemy, France
Logie Leggatt Cambridge University 31 July 1917 22 Pilckem Ridge, Belgium
Richard Lewis Oxford University 7 September 1917 43 Ypres, Belgium
Frank Lugton Victoria 29 July 1916 22 near Villers-Bretonneux, France
Joseph Lynch Gentlemen of Ireland 25 September 1915 35 Loos-en-Gohelle, France
Claude Mackay Gloucestershire 7 June 1915 20 Boulogne, France
George Macnamara Ireland 18 August 1916 23 Loos-en-Gohelle, France
Mark Mackenzie Oxford University 25 September 1914 26 Soupir-sur-Aisne, Soissons, France
Meredith Magniac South Africa Army 25 April 1917 36 Monchy-le-Preux, France
Walter Malcolm Otago 23 December 1917 23 Poelcapelle, Belgium
William Malraison Transvaal 31 May 1916 39 East Africa
Bruce Manson Europeans (India) 4 November 1914 35 Tanga, Tanganyika, German East Africa
Alan Marshal Queensland, Surrey 23 July 1915 32 Imtarfa, Malta
Edward Marvin Transvaal 24 March 1918 39 Marrieres Wood, France
Arthur Marsden Derbyshire 31 July 1916 35 St Pancras, London, England
Kenelm McCloughin Free Foresters 26 September 1915 31 Hohenzollern Redoubt, near Cambrin, France
Stanley McKenzie Tasmania 8 December 1915 25 Alexandria, Egypt
Harold Mead Essex 13 April 1921 25 Bell Common, Essex, England
Ralph Melville Gentlemen of Philadelphia 4 March 1919 33 Wimereux, France
Charles Minnaar Western Province 16 November 1916 34 near Beaumont Hamel, France
Jacky Morkel Transvaal 15 May 1916 25 East Africa
Claude Mulcahy Natal 11 July 1916 30 Corbie-sur-Somme, France
John Murray Royal Navy 31 May 1916 42 at sea during the Battle of Jutland
John Murray Scotland 23 September 1917 35 near Poelcappelle, Belgium
Edwin Myers Surrey 15 September 1916 28 near Adanac, France
Guy Napier Cambridge University 25 September 1915 31 Loos-en-Gohelle, France
George Neale MCC 28 September 1915 46 near Loos-en-Gohelle, France
John Nelson Lancashire 12 August 1917 25 near Pilckem, France
Arnold Nesbitt Worcestershire 7 November 1914 36 Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium
Bernard Nevile Worcestershire 11 February 1916 27 near Ypres, Belgium
Charles Newcombe Derbyshire 27 December 1915 24 Fleurbaix, France
William Odell Leicestershire 4 October 1917 35 near Passchendaele, Belgium
Cecil Palmer Hampshire 26 July 1915 42 near Hill Q, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire
Ernest Parker Western Australia 2 May 1918 34 Caëstre, France
William Parker MCC 30 July 1915 28 Hooge, Belgium
Walter Parke Army 13 October 1914 23 Hazebrouck, France
Eric Penn Cambridge University 18 October 1915 37 Hohenzollern, near Loos-en-Gohelle, France
Charles Pepper Nottinghamshire 13 September 1917 42 near La Clytte, Belgium
Henry Persse Hampshire 28 June 1918 32 near Saint-Omer, France
Edward Phillips Cambridge University 8 May 1915 32 near Ypres, Belgium
George Poeppel Queensland 2 February 1917 23 German POW camp, Germany
Albert Pratt Auckland 19 July 1916 23 Pozières, France
Reggie Pridmore Warwickshire 13 March 1918 31 near Piave River, north of Venice, Italy
Donald Priestley Gloucestershire 30 October 1917 30 Passchendale, Belgium
Richard Rail Western Province 9 October 1917 29 Houthulst Forest, Passchendale, Belgium
John Raphael Surrey 11 June 1917 35 Remy, Belgium
Cyril Rattigan Cambridge University 13 November 1916 32 near Beaucourt, France
Rowland Raw Gentlemen of England 7 August 1915 31 Suvla Bay, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire
Wilfrid Reay Gentlemen of England 8 October 1915 24 near Thiepval, France
William Riley Nottinghamshire 9 August 1917 28 near Coxyde, Belgium
Francis Roberts Gloucestershire 8 February 1916 33 St Julien, Ypres, Belgium
Herbert Rogers Hampshire 12 October 1916 23 Somme, France
Henry Rosher JG Greig's XI 14 April 1915 48 Shaibah, Mesopotamia
James Rothery Yorkshire 2 June 1919 41 Leeds, Yorkshire, England Archived 13 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine
Eustace Rutter Europeans 13 May 1915 44 Ypres, Belgium
James Ryan Northamptonshire 25 September 1915 23 Loos-en-Gohelle, France
Oswald Samson Somerset 7 September 1918 37 near Peronne, France
George Sandeman Hampshire 26 April 1915 33 Zonnebeke, Belgium
Clifford Saville Middlesex 8 November 1917 25 Fresnoy-le-Grand, Aisne, France
Herbert Sharp Hawke's Bay 1 September 1918 37 France
Edward Shaw Oxford University 7 October 1916 24 Le Sars, France
Ernest Shorrocks Somerset 20 July 1916 41 Thiepval, France
Karl Siedle Natal 30 May 1918 28 Doullens, Picardy, France
Ernest Simpson Kent 2 October 1917 41 Saint-Omer, France
Leonard Slater Gentlemen of the South 14 September 1914 38 Aisne, France
Hubert Selwyn-Smith Queensland 7 June 1917 25 Messines, France
Allan Ivo Steel MCC 8 October 1917 25 Langemark, Belgium
Frank Street Essex 7 July 1916 46 Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France
Norman Street Warwickshire 10 August 1915 33 Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, Turkey
William Stuart Scotland 23 April 1917 27 Arras, France
Harvey Staunton Nottinghamshire 14 January 1918 47 Arzizieh, Mesopotamia
Henry Stricker Transvaal 15 February 1917 29 Dodoma, Tanganyika, German East Africa
James Sutcliffe Hampshire 14 July 1915 38 Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire
Leonard Sutton Somerset 3 June 1916 26 Zillebeke, France
Theodore Tapp London County 21 October 1917 24 near Dozingham, Belgium
Edmund Thomson MCC 21 December 1914 40 Festubert, near La Bassée, France
Charles Tomblin Northamptonshire 1 June 1916 24 near Sissonne, France
Attwood Torrens MCC 8 December 1916 42 Pozières, France
Francis Townend Europeans (India) 29 March 1915 29 Béthune, France
Geoffrey Toynbee Hampshire 15 November 1914 29 Ploegstraete, Armentières, France
Thomas Truman Gloucestershire 14 September 1918 37 near Étrun, France
Frederick Trumble Royal Navy 10 May 1918 24 at sea, on board HMS Warwick
Hervey Tudway Somerset 18 November 1914 26 Boulogne, France
Frank Tuff Oxford University 5 November 1915 25 Imtarfa, Malta
Hugh Tuke Hawke's Bay 7 June 1915 30 at sea, off Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire
Frederick Turner Oxford University 10 January 1915 26 near Kemmel, Belgium
Ronald Turner Gloucestershire 15 August 1915 30 Suvla Bay, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire
William Tyldesley Lancashire 26 April 1918 30 Kemmel, Belgium
James Valiant Essex 28 October 1917 33 Gaza, Palestine
Alan Wallace Auckland 10 May 1915 24 at sea, off Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire
Gerald Ward MCC 30 October 1914 36 Zandvoorde, Belgium
George Whatford Sussex 22 November 1915 37 Ctesiphon, Ottoman Empire
George Whitehead Kent 17 October 1918 23 Lanwe, near Menen, Belgium
Tony Wilding Canterbury 9 May 1915 31 Neuve-Chapelle, France
John Nathaniel Williams Gloucestershire 25 April 1915 37 Gallipoli, Turkey
Joseph Williams MCC 10 July 1916 23 Thiepval, France
Arthur Willmer Oxford University 20 September 1916 26 Rouen, France
Francis Wilson Jamaica 24 May 1915 32 Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire
George Wilson Canterbury 14 December 1917 30 Ypres salient, Belgium
Guy Wilson Derbyshire 30 November 1917 35 Cambrai, France
Archer Windsor-Clive Cambridge University 25 August 1914 23 Landrecies, France
John Winnington Worcestershire 22 September 1918 42 near Kefar Kassin, Ramle, Palestine
Geoffrey Wood Oxford University 13 October 1915 24 Hohenzollern, near Loos-en-Gohelle, France
Maxmillian Wood Europeans (India) 22 August 1915 42 near Ismail Oglu Tepe, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire
Kenneth Woodroffe Cambridge University 13 May 1915 22 near Neuve-Chapelle, France
Richard Worsley Orange Free State 4 May 1917 37 at sea, off Gulf of Genoa, Italy
Oswald Wreford-Brown Gloucestershire 7 July 1916 38 near Corbie, France
Egerton Wright Oxford University 11 May 1918 32 Barly, France
Harold Wright Leicestershire 14 September 1915 31 Marylebone, London, England
Charles Yaldren Hampshire 23 October 1916 24 Thiepval, France
William Yalland Gloucestershire 23 October 1914 25 Ypres, Belgium
Charles Younger Scotland 21 March 1917 31 St Leger, near Aveluy, France

Easter Rising (1916)

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First-class cricketers

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Name Main first-class team Ref Date of death Age Place of death Ref
Francis Browning Ireland 26 April 1916 47 Dublin, Ireland

Irish War of Independence (1919–1921)

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First-class cricketers

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Name Main first-class team Ref Date of death Age Place of death Ref
James Airy Europeans (India) 21 July 1920 36 Ballyvourney, County Cork, Ireland
Hugh Montgomery Somerset 10 December 1920 40 Bray, County Dublin, Ireland

World War II (1939–1945)

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Test cricketers

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Name Test team Ref Date of death Age Place of death Ref
Dooley Briscoe South Africa 22 April 1941 30 Kombolcha, Ethiopia, Italian East Africa
Ken Farnes England 20 October 1941 30 Chipping Warden, Oxfordshire, England
Ross Gregory Australia 10 June 1942 26 near Gaffargaon, Bengal, India
Arthur Langton South Africa 27 November 1942 30 near Maiduguri, Nigeria
Geoffrey Legge England 21 November 1940 37 Brampford Speke, Devon, England
George Macaulay England 13 December 1940 43 Sullom Voe, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Sonny Moloney New Zealand 15 July 1942 31 Ruweisat Ridge, El Alamein, Egypt
Maurice Turnbull England 5 August 1944 38 near Montchamp, France
Hedley Verity England 31 July 1943 38 Caserta, Italy

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Name Main first-class team Ref Date of death Age Place of death Ref
Sidney Adams Northamptonshire 24 March 1945 40 near Hamminkeln, Germany
James Alexander Bengal 23 October 1943 27 Bhawanipur, Bengal, India
Leigh Alexander Europeans (India) 28 April 1943 44 Burma
Robert Alexander Ireland 19 July 1943 32 near Catania, Sicily, Italy
Michael Anderson Cambridge University 10 May 1940 23 Hoogvliet, Netherlands
Francis Arkwright Hampshire 1 July 1942 37 Knightsbridge, near Acroma, Libya
Claude Ashton Essex 31 October 1942 41 Caernarvon, Wales
Glen Baker Queensland 15 December 1943 28 Buna, New Guinea
Peter Bairnsfather-Cloete Western Province 19 December 1942 25 Kisumu, Kenya
William Baldock Somerset 30 December 1941 41 Jabor Valley, Trengganu, Malaya
Tristan Ballance Oxford University 4 December 1943 27 near Naples, Italy
Clifford Barker Transvaal 27 July 1942 25 El Alamein, Egypt
Freeman Barnardo Middlesex 25 October 1942 24 ten miles west of El Alamein, Egypt
Stanley Behrend Bengal 30 May 1944 35 Imphal, Manipur, India
Montague Bennett Minor Counties 17 December 1940 28 at sea, on HMS Acheron, off the Isle of Wight
Thomas Bevan Army 12 June 1942 42 Tobruk, Libya
Peter Blagg Oxford University 18 March 1943 24 near Donbaik, Burma
John Blake Cambridge University
Hampshire		 3 June 1944 26 near Brač, Yugoslavia
Charles Blount Royal Air Force 23 October 1940 46 Hendon Aerodrome, Colindale, Middlesex, England
Norman Bowell Hampshire 5 March 1943 39 at sea, off the coast of Singapore
Paul Brooks Middlesex 26 January 1946 24 Paddington, London, England
James Bruce-Jones Scotland 29 April 1943 32 Enfidaville, French Tunisia
Anthony Burke Europeans 17 February 1942 45 Kyaikto, British Burma
Reginald Butterworth Middlesex 21 May 1940 33 Saint-Martin-au-Laërt, near Saint-Omer, France
John Butterworth Oxford University 18 March 1941 35 Shooter's Hill, London, England
Frederick Campling Orange Free State 22 March 1945 36 British Borneo
Bill Carson Auckland 8 October 1944 28 at sea, on board ship between Bari, Italy and Egypt
Gerry Chalk Kent 17 February 1943 32 Louches, near Calais, France
Peter Cherrington Leicestershire 20 January 1945 27 Monywa, Myanmar
Vivian Chiodetti Hyderabad Cricket Association XI 17 January 1942 38 Kyaumedaung, Burma
Alfred Cobden Canterbury 24 October 1942 29 El Alamein, Egypt
Arthur Cocks Army 6 June 1944 39 Ouistreham, France
Colin Cokayne-Frith Army 18 May 1940 40 Assche, Belgium
Joseph Connaughton Middlesex 12 February 1944 25 at sea, One and a Half Degree Channel, Maldives
Paul Cressall British Guiana 8 April 1943 49 Hong Kong
Ronald Crook Wellington 17 January 1943 35 Tripoli, Libya
Grahame Cruickshanks Eastern Province 8 September 1941 28 Berlin, Germany
David Day Europeans (India) 22 February 1944 27 Arakan, Burma
Eric Dixon Oxford University 20 April 1941 25 flying from HMS Formidable off the coast of Tripoli, Libya
Harold Dods Minor Counties 18 June 1944 35 Westminster, London, England
Conan Doyle Orange Free State 24 October 1942 29 Egypt
Howard Dunbar Europeans (India) 23 July 1942 37 Ruweisat Ridge, El Alamein, Egypt
Peter Eckersley Lancashire 13 August 1940 36 in a flying accident near Eastleigh, Hampshire, England
Allan Edwards Otago 18 August 1942 22 at sea, off Cherbourg, France
Alfred Evans Hampshire 29 December 1944 60 at sea, over the Atlantic Ocean
Richard Evans Border 29 May 1943 28 at sea, off Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Dudley Everett Western Australia 3 May 1943 31 Ontario, Canada
George Fenton Viceroy's XI 26 May 1944 34 Palena, Italy
Geoffrey Fletcher Oxford University 27 March 1943 23 Djebel Saikra, Matmata, Tunisia
Hubert Freakes Eastern Province 10 March 1942 28 Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England
Albert Freeman Surrey 7 January 1945 57 Greenwich, London, England
John Gartly Transvaal 22 November 1941 33 Sidi Rezegh, Libya
Ernest Gasson Canterbury 7 September 1942 34 El Alamein, Egypt
Ronald Gerrard Somerset 22 January 1943 30 near Tripoli, Libya
Edward Gibson Rangoon Gymkhana 11 August 1944 45 Bangkok, Thailand
James Grimshaw Cambridge University 26 September 1944 32 Nijmegen–Arnhem region, Netherlands
Lancelot Grove Army 9 February 1943 37 Gander, Newfoundland
John Halliday Oxford University 3 December 1945 30 Rochefort, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Cyril Hamilton Kent 10 February 1941 31 Keren, Eritrea, Italian East Africa
Eric Hamilton Transvaal 15 July 1943 30 over Sicily, Italy
Leslie Hancock Marylebone Cricket Club 12 July 1944 44 Maupertus-sur-Mer, Normandy, France
Geoffrey Hart-Davis Natal 9 December 1941 36 Sidi Rezegh, Libya
David Hayward Middlesex 21 April 1945 24 Lasham Hill Farm, Hampshire, England
Ronald Hewat Griqualand West 15 February 1944 56 Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Francis Hodder Royal Air Force 6 September 1943 36 near Rhein, Germany
Alec Howie Army (India) 22 May 1940 26 Escaut River, Belgium
Bernard Howlett Kent 29 November 1943 44 Santa Maria Imbaro, Italy
Roger Human Worcestershire 21 November 1942 33 Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Harold Jameson Cambridge University 26 August 1940 22 Portsmouth, England
Gilbert Jose South Australia 27 March 1942 43 Changi POW Camp, Singapore
George Kemp-Welch Warwickshire 18 June 1944 36 Westminster, London, England
Frank Kerr Otago 24 July 1943 26 Solomon Islands
Stuart King Victoria 28 February 1943 36 at sea, Coral Sea, Pacific Ocean
Jack Lee Somerset 20 June 1944 42 near Bazenville, Normandy, France
Geoffrey Longfield Royal Air Force 25 February 1943 33 Rennes, France
Michael Matthews Oxford University 29 May 1940 26 Dunkirk, France
Michael Maw Cambridge University 13 August 1944 31 near Alzey, Germany
Charles Mayo Somerset 10 April 1943 40 near Alexandria, Egypt
Norman McMillan Auckland 16 July 1942 35 El Alamein, Egypt
Alastair McNeil Scotland 26 January 1944 28 Anzio, Italy
Peter McRae Somerset 25 February 1944 28 Barents Sea (aboard HMS Mahratta), England
Michael Magill Oxford University 5 September 1940 24 Filey, England
David Merry Trinidad 4 May 1944 21 Canada
David Monaghan South Island Army 27 January 1944 21 Caserta, Italy
Edward Moss Oxford University 31 March 1944 32 Rimbach, Germany
Alastair Monteath Otago 27 June 1942 28 Western Desert, Libya
Ross Moyle South Australia 24 October 1942 29 Cairo, Egypt
Henry Myles Western Province 15 June 1942 31 Kirkinner, Dumfries, Scotland
Robert Nelson Northamptonshire 29 October 1940 28 Deal, Kent, England
Charles Orton Europeans (India) 28 May 1940 29 near Wormhout, France
Charles Packe Leicestershire 1 July 1944 35 Chateau de la Londs, Caen, Normandy, France
Christiaan Papenfus Orange Free State 18 November 1941 25 Gazala, Libya
Wilfred Parry Natal 23 July 1942 31 Ruweisat Ridge, Egypt
Alan Pearsall Tasmania 8 March 1944 28 over English Channel
John Pelly Royal Navy 6 June 1945 56 Hove, Sussex, England
William Pershke Oxford University 21 January 1944 25 at sea, on active service
Robert Philpot-Brookes Europeans (India) 29 May 1940 27 St Eloi, France
David Price Western Province 6 July 1942 31 at sea, off Iceland
Donald Ray Marylebone Cricket Club 12 July 1944 41 on board a hospital ship off Southampton, England
Jack Richards Cambridge University 2 November 1944 26 Gelderland, Netherlands
Kenneth Ridings South Australia 17 May 1943 23 over Bay of Biscay
Patrick Rucker Oxford University 20 May 1940 40 Amiens, France
Kenneth Scott Oxford University 9 August 1943 27 Bronte, Sicily, Italy
Peter Scott Oxford University 13 June 1944 32 Villers-Bocage, France
Gerald Seeley Worcestershire 23 July 1941 38 at sea off Ostend, Belgium
John Shadwell Europeans (India) 25 April 1942 23 Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India
Alexander Shaw Bengal 19 July 1945 37 New Delhi, India
Francis Sides Victoria 25 August 1943 29 Kunai Spur, Salamaua, New Guinea
Charles Spencer Oxford University 29 September 1941 38 South Havant, Hampshire, England
Ralph Spitteler Europeans (India) 14 March 1946 30 Jakarta, Java, Dutch East Indies
Robert Stephenson Royal Navy 9 November 1942 36 at sea aboard HMS Cromer, off Mersa Matruh, Egypt
Charles Sutton South Americans 29 July 1945 38 Gosport, Hampshire, England
George Talbot Canterbury 15 December 1943 36 Orsogna, Italy
Frank Thorn Victoria 11 February 1942 29 Gasmata, New Guinea
Gordon Thorne Army 2 March 1942 44 at sea, in the Indian Ocean
Richard Tindall Oxford University 22 January 1942 29 Jadabia, Libya
Edward Titley Cambridge University 17 July 1943 31 Moita, County Meath, Ireland
Charlie Walker South Australia 18 December 1942 33 Soltau, Germany
David Walker Oxford University 7 February 1942 28 on a flight over Norway, and buried at Trondheim, Norway
Donald Walker Hampshire 18 June 1941 28 flying 2 km north of Best, Netherlands
Henry Walters Auckland 25 August 1944 26 at sea, English Channel
Clement Wareham Wellington 30 September 1940 29 Hollingbourne, Kent, England
Geoffrey Warren Roshanara Club 21 November 1941 33 Libya
David Warburton Oxford University 4 February 1941 21 near Crewe, Cheshire, England
David Watson Oxford University 3 October 1943 23 United States of America
William Welch Free Foresters 25 May 1940 28 Calais, France
Robin Whetherly Oxford University 27 November 1943 27 near Glamoč, Yugoslavia
Peter Whitehouse Oxford University 19 November 1943 26 Archi, Italy
John Whitty Army 23 October 1944 34 Vicchio, Florence, Italy
Alec Wills Combined Services 7 November 1941 30 Kallang, Singapore
Roger Winlaw Cambridge University 31 October 1942 30 Caernarvon, Wales
Denys Witherington Cambridge University 16 February 1944 22 near Anzio, Italy
Barney Wood Western Australia 9 June 1941 39 Syria

South African Border War (1966–1989)

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First-class cricketers

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Name Main first-class team Ref Date of death Age Place of death Ref
Gary Bricknell Western Province 25 March 1977 22 Keetmanshoop, South West Africa

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References

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  1. ↑ "Cricket remembers the Great War with Lord's installation". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  2. ↑ Baines, Edward (1825). History of the wars of the French revolution. M'Carty & Davis.
  3. ↑ The Eton College Register. Eton: Spottiswode & Co., Ltd. p. 63. ISBN 978-1141069019.
  4. ↑ Swallow, Henry James (1885). De Nova Villa: or, The house of Nevill in sunshine and shade. A. Reid. p. 334.
  5. ↑ Natalia, Volumes 9-12. Natal Society. 1979.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Allen, W. H. (1906), National Review (London) – Volume 46
  7. ↑ The Oxford Magazine – Volume 18 (1900)
  8. ↑ Green, Benny (1988). A History of Cricket. Barrie & Jenkins.
  9. 1 2 Dooner, Mildred G. The Last Post – Roll of Officers who fell in South Africa 1899–1902. Naval and Military Press.
  10. ↑ The Oxford Magazine – Volume 19 (1901)
  11. ↑ Gooch, John (2000). The Boer War – Direction, Experience And Image. Frank Cass Publishers.
  12. ↑ 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.
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