Minor Counties Players War Deaths

LONGFIELD; Geoffrey Phelps [Kent 2 nd XI 1928] b High Halstow, Kent 4.12.1909 d Rennes, France 25.2.1943. FC: RAF. Brother of TC Longfield [Cambridge University, Kent, Europeans, Bengal and Kent 2 nd XI]. Wing Commander [Pilot] 105 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Bat 2-3-1-25-17*-12.50 ct 2 LOVEGROVE; Edwin William [Suffolk 1938-1939] b Stamford, Lincolnshire 27.6.1908 d Dunkirk, France 1.6.1940. Lieutenant 9 th Battalion Sherwood Foresters [Notts and Derby Regiment]. Bat 8-10-1-168-43-18.66 ct 4 LUCKING; Kenneth Stephen Bamfylde [Denbighshire 1933-1935, Cheshire 1937] b Chester 17.12.1909 d Iseries, Belgium 19.5.1940. Brother of PC Lucking [Denbighshire]. Captain 4 th Battalion Cheshire Regiment. Denbighshire: Bat 15-30-0-485-82-16.16-0-2 ct 5 Bowl 824-29-28.41-4/31 Cheshire: Bat 1-2-0-0-0-0.00 Bowl 8-0 MAGILL; Michael Desmond Ponsonby [Berkshire 1939] b Sevenoaks, Kent 28.9.1915 d Filey, Yorkshire 5.9.1940. RHB, RFM. FC: Oxford University, Free Foresters, Oxford and Cambridge Universities and Army. Lieutenant 1 st Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment. Bat 1-1-0-3-3-3.00 Bowl 76-3-25.33-2/27 MARKHAM; Edwin Dennis [Bedfordshire 1939] b Bedford 2.3.1922 d lost at sea 7.2.1943 and buried Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Pilot Officer Royal Air Force. Bat 8-9-1-42-15*-5.25 ct 6 Bowl 326-10-32.60-3/32 MCENTYRE; John Allen [Cheshire 1928-1936] b Wallasey, Cheshire 2.7.1907 d on board SS Taiwan Maru and buried at sea off Japan 28.8.1944. LHB. Brother of AL McEntyre [Cheshire], DP McEntyre [Cheshire], GA McEntyre [Cheshire] and KH McEntyre [Cheshire], uncle of CG McEntyre [Cheshire] and KB McEntyre [Surrey, Cheshire and Surrey 2 nd XI]. Aircraftman 1 st Class Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Bat 16-25-0-340-77-13.60-0-1 ct 1 Bowl 22-0 MEYRICK; Peter Capel [Suffolk 1937] b Runcton, Sussex 28.9.1909 d Oran Harbour, Algeria 8.11.1942. Lieutenant Commander Royal Navy. Bat 2-3-0-49-42-16.33 Bowl 149-5-29.80-3/36 MILLER; Edwards Clementson ‘Eddie’ [Northumberland 1938] b Percy Main, Northumberland 2.2.1917 d Falmouth, Cornwall 23.7.1940. Football [North Shields Athletic, Fulham and Gateshead]. Fusilier 8 th Battalion Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Bat 1-2-0-6-5-3.00 MOLE; Charles William [Berkshire 1931-1938] b Reading, Berkshire 19.11.1912 d Gradara, Pesaro, Italy 1.9.1944. Lieutenant 15 th Field Regiment Royal Artillery. Bat 43-65-13-753-58-14.48-0-1 ct 40 Bowl 1371-55-24.92-5/39-1-0 MOSS; Edward Henry [Kent 2 nd XI 1929-1933, Berkshire 1938-1939] b Godden Green, Seal, Kent 25.5.1911 d Rimbach, Fulda, Germany 31.3.1944. RHB. Brother of RF Moss [Bombay, Europeans and SA Shete’s XI]. Squadron Leader Royal Air Force Reserve. Kent 2 nd XI: Bat 17-1-334-67-20.87-0-2 ct 5 Bowl 8-1-8.00-1/8 Berkshire: Bat 5-7-1-281-137*-46.82-1-1 ct 3 NELSON; Robert Prynne [Hertfordshire 1931-1934] b Fulham, Middlesex 7.8.1912 d Deal, Kent 29.10.1940. LHB, SLA. FC: Middlesex, Cambridge University, Northamptonshire and MCC. Second Lieutenant Siege Regiment Royal Marines. Bat 7-11-3-184-47-23.00 ct 1Bowl 36-0 O’BREE; Arthur Edwin Oppenheim [Glamorgan 1920] b Poona, Maharashtra, India 31.5.1886 d Vereeniging, Transvaaal, South Africa 27.12.1943. Changed his name by deed poll from Arthur Oppenheim. FC: Glamorgan. Police Officer. Inspector of Weights and Measures. Steel Merchant. Flying Officer Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Bat 4-5-0-101-53-20.20-0-1 ct 3 ORTON; Charles Talbot [Kent 2 nd XI 1931] b Farnham, Surrey 9.8.1910 d Wormhoudt, Nord, France 28.5.1940. SLA. FC: Europeans and Army. Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Bat 1-2-1-11-11*-11.00 ct 1 Bowl 22-2-11.00-2/22 PACKE; Charles William Christopher [Leicestershire 2 nd XI 1927-1929] b Peitermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa 2.5.1909 d Chateau de la Londs, Bieville-Beauville, Calvados, France 1.7.1944. RHB, RM. FC: Leicestershire. Captain Leicestershire CCC 1932. Brother of MS Packe [Cambridge University and Leicestershire] and RJ Packe [Leicestershire]. Major Royal Fusiliers [City of London Regiment] attached 1 st Battalion Suffolk Regiment. Bat 7-12-1-399-104-36.27-1-2 ct 1 Bowl 30-0 PARTRIDGE; Henry Cuthbert [Dorset 1920-1925] b Kensington, Middlesex 20.7.1902 d over the Adriatic Sea, Italy 23.1.1945. WK. Brigadier Royal Fusiliers [City of London Regiment] and General Staff. DSO. Bat 6-9-1-67-21-8.37 ct 5 st 1 PINNEY; Bernard [Dorset 1920-1923] b Farnham, Surrey 14.5.1903 d El Alamein, Egypt 22 November 1941. Son of RJ Pinney [Dorset] and brother of R Pinney [Dorset]. Major J Battery 3 Regiment Royal Horse Artillery. Bat 9-15-1-149-34-10.64 ct 4 Bowl 14-0