Minor Counties Players War Deaths

WILLMER; Arthur Franklin [Cheshire 1914] b Claughton, Birkenhead, Cheshire 10.1.1890 d Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France 20.9.1916. F [unknown hand]. FC: Oxford University. Captain 9 th Battalion Rifle Brigade. Bat 2-3-0-66-55-22.00-0-1 WINDSOR-CLIVE; The Honourable Archer [Glamorgan 1908-1912] b Hewell Grange, Redditch, Worcestershire 6.11.1890 d Landrecies, Nord, France 25.8.1914. LHB, LM. FC: Cambridge University. Brother-in-Law of HFW Charteris [Gloucestershire]. Lieutenant 3 rd Battalion Coldstream Guards. Bat 3-5-0-25-16-5.00 ct 1 Bowl 7-1-7.00-1/7 WOOD; Geoffrey Dayrell [Suffolk 1910-1911] b Hampstead, Middlesex 17.8.1891 d Hohenzollern Redoubt, Auchy-les- Mines, Pas-de-Calais, France 13.11.1915. SLA. FC: Oxford University. Brother of FP Wood [Suffolk]. Nephew of LI Wood. Lieutenant 7 th Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Bat 3-6-1-34-28-6.80 ct 1 Bowl 20-0 WOOD; Lewis Ironside [Suffolk 1911] b Melton, Suffolk 11.9.1866 d Festubert, Pas-de-Calais, France 16.5.1915. Uncle of FP Wood [Suffolk] and GD Wood. Lieutenant Colonel 2 nd Battalion Border Regiment. CMG. Bat 2-4-0-24-14-6.00 ct 1 WRIGHT; Edmund Lancelot [Hertfordshire 1908-1914] b Hitchin, Hertfordshire 1883 ch Hitchin 11.6.1883 d Somme, France 16.7.1916. Solicitor. Captain 7 th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Bat 20-29-1-458-93-16.35-0-1 ct 17 Bowl 95-1-95.00-1/16 WYCHERLEY; Charles Thomas [Kent 2 nd XI 1913-1914] b West Ham, Essex 30.1.1890 d Mesopotamia 11.1.1918. Whip in Hunting Kennels. Acting Corporal 2 nd Battalion [Queen's Own] Royal West Kent Regiment. Bat 8-12-1-115-22-10.45 ct 3 Bowl 139-1-139.00-1/38 YOUNG; George Edward Savill [Oxfordshire 1906] b Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire 20.1.1884 d Somme, France 31.3.1917. Major 1 st Battalion Irish Guards. Bat 3-6-0-56-26-9.33 ct 2 Second World War ABEL; John [Cheshire 1928-1939] b Birkenhead, Cheshire 9.2.1907 d Tunisia 24.4.1943. RHB. Insurance Inspector. Gunner 71 Field Regiment Royal Artillery. Bat 11-18-1-184-30-10.82 ct 2 ADAMS; George John [Hertfordshire 1937-1939] b Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire 14.2.1920 d went over the side when landing aircraft on board HMS Argus 16.7.1942. Sub-Lieutenant [Pilot] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve with 762/768 Squadron. Bat 11-18-0-211-46-11.72 ct 2 Bowl 10-0 ADLARD; Geoffrey Howard [Middlesex 2 nd XI 1935-1938] b Wandsworth, Surrey 1911 d Swansea, Glamorgan 19.2.1941. Captain Adjutant 79AA Regiment Royal Artillery. Bat 11-15-1-150-45-10.71 ct 7 ALLEN; Gerard Griffin [Nottinghamshire 2 nd XI 1925] b Leicester 1902 d Malta 30.12.1942. Battery Quartermaster Serjeant 222 Battery HAA Regiment Royal Artillery. Bat 1-2-0-29-23-14.50 ct 1 ANDERSON; Michael Herbert [Hertfordshire 1936] b Devonport, Devon 11.12.1916 d failed to return from an operational flight over Rotterdam, Netherlands 11.5.1940. RHB, WK. Pilot Officer 600 Squadron Royal Air Force. FC: Cambridge University and Free Foresters. Bat 2-3-0-30-20-10.00 ARKINSTALL; William Maurice [Staffordshire 1938] b Market Drayton, Shropshire 27.12.1915 d Pyawbwe, Burma 11.4.1945. Major Royal Tank Regiment Royal Army Corps attached Probyn’s Horse [5 th King Edward’s Own Lancers] IAC. Bat 1-2-0-13-13-6.50 ct 2 ARMSTRONG; Howard Charles Sheffield [Kent 2 nd XI 1939] b Tunbridge Wells, Kent 1919 d Blue Stack Mountains, County Donegal, Ireland 31.1.1944. Flight Lieutenant [Pilot] 228 Squadron Royal Air Force. DFC. Bat 3-6-0-53-19-8.83 Bowl 191-3-63.66-1/21 BALLANCE; Tristan George Lance [Norfolk 1932-1939] b Norwich, Norfolk 21.4.1916 d near Naples, Italy 4.12.1943. RHB, SLA. FC: Oxford University. Schoolteacher. Major 16 th Battalion Durham Light Infantry. Bat 50-64-15-974-107-19.87-2-4 ct 31 Bowl 2880-168-17.14-9/32-9-1 BALLY; John Harold [Norfolk 1927-1932] b Edmonton, Middlesex 31.8.1906 d Soltau, Soltau-Fallingbostel, Niedersachsen, Germany 25.4.1945. WK. Solicitor. Captain 6 th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. Bat 42-64-10-742-107-13.74-1-1 ct 47 st 14 BARMBY; James [Oxfordshire 1926-1939] b Abingdon, Berkshire 20.5.1906 d Salerno, Italy 19.1.1944. Major Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Bat 39-64-8-1588-165-28.35-1-7 ct 38 Bowl 440-9-48.88-3/71