Minor Counties Players War Deaths

BARRELL; John McLaren [Lancashire 2 nd XI 1939] b Liverpool 16.11.1915 d Scone, Lancashire 22.8.1942. Football [Corinthians, Liverpool Ramblers and Northern Nomads. Rugby Union [Waterloo]. Solicitor’s Articled Clerk. Serjeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Bat 6-7-2-104-32-20.80 ct 1 BARTON; Alexander Walter [Norfolk 1932-1934] b Dereham, Norfolk 18.6.1914 d Singapore 26.1.1942. Son of WJ Barton [Norfolk], nephew of CT Barton [Norfolk] and cousin of MR Barton [Oxford University, Surrey, Combined Services, Free Foresters, South, MCC and Norfolk]. Lance Corporal 6 th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Bat 5-7-2-35-32*-7.00 ct 4 Bowl 80-3-26.66-3/21 BENNETT; Montague Valentine [Lincolnshire 1932-1939] b Glentham, Lincolnshire 19.2.1912 d at sea on HMS Acheron sunk off the Isle of Wight 17.12.1940. FM [unknown hand] FC: Minor Counties. Ordinary Coder Royal Navy. Bat 65-109-7-2006-98-19.66-0-6 ct 24 Bowl 3683-184-20.01-7/34-7-1 BENNETT; Peter Maxwell [Gloucestershire 2 nd XI 1939] b Bristol, Gloucestershire 25.9.1919 d aircraft failed to return from an operational flight over Turin, Italy 10.9.1941. Serjeant [Pilot] 103 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Bat 5-8-2-84-37-14.00 ct 1 BIGGLESTON; Desmond Herbert [Kent 2 nd XI 1936-1939] b Canterbury, Kent 29.9.1914 d El Alamein, Egypt 1.7.1942. WK. Lieutenant 97 [The Kent Yeomanry] Field Regiment Royal Artillery. Bat 9-15-2-162-52*-12.46-0-1 ct 10 st 3 BLAND; Thomas Benson [Northumberland 1933] b Hexham, Northumberland 13.3.1911 d Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France 30.5.1940. Rugby Union [Northumberland and Tynedale]. Trainee Solicitor. Second Lieutenant 4 th Battalion Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Bat 2-4-0-57-22-14.25 BLOUNT; Charles Hubert Boulby [Suffolk 1910-1912] b Kamptee, Bengal, India 26.10.1893 d Hendon Aerodrome, Colindale, Middlesex 23.10.1940. RHB, RS. FC: RAF and Combined Services. Air Vice Marshal 24 th Squadron Royal Air Force. Bat 6-10-1-80-21-8.88 ct 6 BOMFORD; Charles Powell [Berkshire 1938] b Robinstown, Co Meath, Ireland 5.5.1915 d Dieppe, France 9.6.1940. Flying Officer 107 Squadron Royal Air Force. Bat 5-6-0-141-73-23.50-0-1 ct 3 Bowl 151-7-21.57-4/25 BOWELL; Norman Henry [Oxfordshire 1927-1931] b Oxford 2.2.1904 d Ballalae Island, Solomon Islands 5.3.1943. RHB, RS. FC: Hampshire and Northamptonshire. Son of HAW Bowell [Hampshire, J Bamford’s XI and East]. Gunner HQ 35 th Light Anti Aircraft Brigade Royal Artillery. Bat 3-3-0-28-20-9.33 BRANS; Sidney [Cambridgeshire 1935-1936] b Cambridge 6.4.1912 d aircraft failed to return from an operational flight over Cologne, Germany 15.10.1942. Serjeant 97 th Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Bat 2-3-0-30-21-10.00 BROOKS; Paul Wilson [Middlesex 2 nd XI 1938] b Marylebone, Middlesex 28.5.1921 d Paddington, Middlesex 26.1.1946. LHB, LFM. FC: Middlesex. Lance Corporal Coldstream Guards. Bat 1-1-0-0-0-0.00 Bowl 21-0 BROWNRIGG; John Herbert Leslie [Oxfordshire 1939] b Headington, Oxfordshire 6.2.1909 d Anzio, Italy 18.2.1944. Son of CE Brownrigg [Oxfordshire]. Major Devonshire Regiment attached The Loyal Regiment [North Lancashire]. Bat 3-5-1-91-32*-22.75 BURRELL; Dennis Samuel Martin [Oxfordshire 1934] b Northleach, Gloucestershire 6.9.1914 d 140 nautical miles from Wick in the direction of Norway 19.9.1939. Pilot Officer 269 Squadron Royal Air Force. Bat 3-4-1-33-27-11.00 ct 2 CAMPIN; Kenneth Charles ‘Ken’ [Bedfordshire 1939] b Martson Moretaine, Bedfordshire 9.4.1922 d Urquhart, Moray Scotland 10.1.1945. RFM. 2 ND : Northamptonshire. Bomber Serjeant Royal Air Force. Bat 3-3-1-0-0*-0.00 Bowl 186-11-16.90-4/79 CAMPLING; Frederick Stratford [Devon 1935-1939] b West Bridgford, Nottingham 9.6.1908 d Pagina Tan, Borneo 22.3.1945. LB. FC: Orange Free State. Leading Aircraftman 258 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Bat 24-34-7-373-79*-13.81-0-1- ct 14 Bowl 1801-76-23.69-7/65-5-2 CHALK; Frederick Gerald Hudson [Kent 2 nd XI 1928-1932] b Sydenham, Kent 7.9.1910 d Louces, Pas-de-Calais, France 17.2.1943. RHB. FC: Oxford University, Kent, England XI, Gentlemen, MCC, Gentlemen of England and Sir PF Warner’s XI. Nephew of HEW Prest [Cambridge University, Kent and HDG Leveson-Gower’s XI], son-in-law of GN Foster [Worcestershire, Oxford University, Euopeans, Kent, Gentlemen, MCC, Lord Londesborough’s XI, England XI, LG Robinson’s XI, Free Foresters and Harlequins] and brother-in-law of PG Foster [Oxford University, Kent and Kent 2 nd XI] Flight Lieutenant 124 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Bat 5-9-1-203-46-25.37 ct 4 COCKS; Arthur Denis Bradford [Bedfordshire 1924] b Dharamshala, Himachel Pradesh, India 29.7.1904 d La Breche, Normandy, France 6.6.1944. RHB, SLA. FC: Army. Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers. Bat 1 DNB Bowl 44-0