Minor Counties Players War Deaths

COLMAN; Alan Rees [Norfolk 1924] b Bracondale, Norwich, Norfolk 3.1.1901 d Sherburn, Yorkshire 17.1.1943. Brother of GRR Colman [Oxford University, Minor Counties and Norfolk] and uncle of DWJ Colman [Norfolk]. Company Director. First Officer Air Transport Auxilary. Bat 1-1-0-1-1-1.00 COLMAN; David Wyndham James [Norfolk 1939] b Bixley, Norfolk 4.9.1921 d El Alamein, Egypt 5.11.1942. Son of GRR Colman [Oxford University, Minor Counties and Norfolk] nephew of AR Colman [Norfolk], CF Lyttelton [Worcestershire, Cambridge University and MCC] and DG Wigan [Oxford University and Surrey 2 nd XI]. Lieutenant 2 nd Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Bat 1-1-0-6-6-6.00 COOK; Alec Ernest [Bedfordshire 1936-1939] b Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire 23.7.1919 d in the air near Ile Aux Moines, France 14.8.1944. RHB, RM, OB. Brother of JG Cook [Ireland and Bedfordshire]. Squadron Leader Royal Air Force. Bat 4-5-1-39-18*-9.75 Bowl 23-0 COULTON; Derek Courtenay [Devon 1936-1939] b Totnes, Devon 16.6.1913 d Gazala near Tobruk, Libya 5.6.1942. Rugby Union [Devon]. Lieutenant 42 nd Royal Tank Regiment RAC [23 rd Battalion The London Regiment]. Bat 8-13-2-226-39-20.54 ct 4 Bowl 9-0 CROSSMAN; Geoffrey Mark [Hertfordshire 1924-1937] b Navestock, Essex 21.2.1905 d Italy 3.7.1944. WK. Captain 2 nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Royal Army Corps serving as British Air Liaison Officer attached 340 Bombardment Group [Military] American Air Force. Bat 145-207-11-3097-89-15.80-0-12 ct 79 st 31 Bowl 44-0 DAY; David Arthur Sydney [Kent 2 nd XI 1935] b Greenwich, Kent 1916 d Arakan, Burma 22.2.1944. FC: Europeans. Son of AP Day [Kent, England XI, MCC, HDG Leveson-Gower’s XI, Gentlemen and The Rest], nephew of SE Day [Kent], SH Day [Kent, Cambridge University, Kent and Sussex, South, Gentlemen of the South, MCC, England XI, Gentlemen and Kent 2 nd XI] and cousin of AS Day [Cambridge University]. Captain 1 st Battalion Wiltshire Regiment. Bat 3-5-0-73-64-14.60-0-1 ct 3 DIXON; Eric John Hopkins ‘Budge’ [Yorkshire 2 nd XI 1936-1938] b Horbury, Yorkshire 22.9.1915 d off the coast of Tripoli, Libya 20.4.1941. FC: Oxford University, Northamptonshire and Oxford & Cambridge Universities. Schoolteacher. Sub-Lieutenant [A] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 806 Squadron Fleet Air Arm. Bat 6-7-0-165-69-23.57-0-1 ct 1 DODS; Harold William [Lincolnshire 1927-1939] b Gosberton, Lincolnshire 25.3.1909 d Westminster, Middlesex 18.6.1944. LHB. FC: Minor Counties and Sir TEW Brinckman’s XI. Son of H Dods [Lincolnshire]. Lieutenant Scots Guards. Bat 95-157-14-3918-145*-27.39-7-13 ct 47 Bowl 192-5-38.40-2/7 DUNLOP; Brian Ellice [Berkshire 1939] b Chelsea, Middlesex 1921 d Crich-el-Oued, Medjerda River, Tunisia 17.4.1943. Lieutenant 5 th Battalion Grenadier Guards. Bat 2-2-1-6-6*-6.00 Bowl 51-0 ECKERSLEY; Peter Thorp [Lancashire 2 nd XI 1922-1936] b Lowton, Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire 2.7.1904 d near Eastleigh, Hampshire 13.8.1940. RHB. FC: Lancashire, Gentlemen, Sir J Cahn’s XI, LH Tennyson’s XI and England XI. Uncle of CTM Pugh [Gloucestershire, Free Foresters, MCC, Gentlemen and Gloucestershire 2 nd XI]. Captain of Lancashire CCC 1929-1935. Coach Builder’s Company Director. Conservative MP for Manchester Exchange 1935-1940. Lieutenant [A] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Fleet Air Arm. Bat 34-53-4-923-116-18.83-1-4 ct 15 Bowl 28-1-28.00-1/27 ELLIOT; David Phillimore Grenfell [Suffolk 1938] b Wandsworth, Surrey 11.3.1919 d Monte Cassino, Italy 11.2.1944. Captain 1 st Battalion Welsh Guards. Bat 1-2-0-26-26-13.00 ct 1 Bowl 2-0 EVANS; David [Dorset 1932-1934] b Reigate, Surrey 27.8.1913 d Diego Suarez Bay, Madagascar 2.11.1942. Lieutenant Dorsetshire Regiment attached 5 th Battalion King’s African Rifles. Bat 6-7-1-73-26-12.16 ct 4 Bowl 349-16-21.81-1-0-5/75 GOFF; Wilfred Oswell [Denbighshire 1935] b Kinnerley, Shropshire 27.3.1910 d in the air off the coast of Tunisia 31.1.1943. Flight Serjeant 227 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Bat 1-2-0-10-10-5.00 GOODWIN; Roland [Lincolnshire 1926-1927] b Cleethorpes, Linconshire 28.6.1906 d Batta Vecchia, Italy 8.9.1944. RHB. Major 110 Battery 39 Light AA Regiment Royal Artillery. Bat 6-11-1-167-34-16.70 ct 3 GOULDEN; Thomas [Northumberland 1937-1939] b Latheron, Caithness, Scotland 28.1.1919 d killed in action over Germany 28.5.1943. Flight Serjeant 541 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Bat 14-25-1-376-55-15.66-0-1 ct 5 GRIMSHAW; James William Travers [Kent 2 nd XI 1931-1936] b Darlington, Durham 17.2.1912 d Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands 26.9.1944. RHB, SLA. FC: Cambridge University, Kent and MCC. Warrant Officer Class II [BSM] 275 Battery 165 HAA Regiment Royal Artillery. Bat 13-25-5-272-44-13.60 ct 3 Bowl 520-14-37.14-2/20