Minor Counties Players War Deaths

ROBINSON; Harry [Lancashire 2 nd XI 1937-1939] b Rochdale, Lancashire 1917 d Kohima, India 5.5.1944. WK. Cricket Professional. Hockey [Wales and Cambridge University]. Rugby Union [London Welsh]. Lance Corporal 1/8 Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. Bat 9-10-1-65-18-7.22 ct 17 st 2 ROCYN-JONES; Augustus Huws [Monmouthshire 1928-1932] b Newport, Monmouthshire 1908 d Castiglione dei Pepoli, Bologna, Italy 29.5.1945. Brother of DN Rocyn-Jones [Monmouthshire]. Mining Engineer. Major 8 Field Squadron South African Engineer Corps. Bat 10-19-0-381-121-20.05-1-2 ct 4 Bowl 109-2-54.50-2/46 SCHOFIELD; John Desmond ‘Jack’ [Lincolnshire 1939] b Denby Dale, Yorkshire 12.4.1917 d d near Cromer, Norfolk on HMS Vanessa 20.6.1941. Ordinary Telegraphist Royal Navy. Bat 3-6-0-97-47-16.16 SCOTT; James Kenneth Cowan [Kent 2 nd XI 1937] b Sevenoaks, Kent 1918 d Tobruk, Libya 28.5.1942. Lieutenant Royal Dragoons Royal Armoured Corps. Bat 1-2-0-4-2-2.00 ct 1 SHEPHARD; William John Hopper [Gloucestershire 2 nd XI 1939] b Sheppey, Kent 23.5.1921 d Sapha, Burma 17.1.1944. Medical Student. Major 9 th Battalion 12 th Frontier Force Regiment. Bat 1-2-1-18-12-18.00 SOMERVILLE; Thomas Victor [Dorset 1931] b Ceylon 18.3.1887 d Suda Bay, Maleme, Crete 23.11.1941. Captain Royal Army Medical Corps. Bat 1-2-0-2-2-1.00 SUMNER; William Arthur Richard [Dorset 1928] b Nainital, Bengal, India 20.7.1910 d Dorchester, Dorset 11.8.1943. Major Royal Artillery. Bat 4-8-1-131-59*-18.71-0-1 ct 2 Bowl 1-0 THEVENARD; Theodore Diggins [Bedfordshire 1933] b Rosario, Argentina 5.1.1913 d Pensacola, Florida, USA 28.3.1942. RHB. Rugby Union [East Midlands and Bedford]. Trainee Pilot Royal Air Force. Bat 3-6-2-28-10-7.00 ct 1 Bowl 59-1-59.00-1/17 TINDALL; Richard Geoffrey [Dorset 1931-1939] b Sherborne, Dorset 20.2.1912 d Jadabia, Cyrenacia, Libya 22.1.1942. RHB, RF. FC: Oxford University. Captain 2 nd Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Bat 49-74-9-1798-135*-27.66-2-9 ct 54 Bowl 2509-118-21.26-7/54-8-2 TRAILL; Robert Alfred Edmond [Bedfordshire 1932-1933] b Pelligrini, Argentina 21.3.1912 d in a flying accident over Wiltshire 12.3.1941. RHB, LB. Squadron Leader RAF. Bat 3-5-0-17-11-3.40 ct 3 Bowl 47-1-47.00-1/19 VERITY; Hedley [Yorkshire 2 nd XI 1926-1930] b Headingley, Leeds, Yorkshire 18.5.1905 d Caserta, Italy 31.7.1943. RHB, SLA. FC: England, Yorkshire, Players, HDG Leveson-Gower’s XI, MCC Australian Touring Team, MCC, The Rest and North. Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1932. Cricket Professional. Captain 1 st Battalion Green Howards [Yorkshire Regiment]. Bat 12-18-6-255-72-21.25-0-1 ct 5 Bowl 332-20-16.60-6/78-2-1 WALKER; David Frank [Norfolk 1931-1939] b Aldeburgh Lodge, Ditchingham, Norfolk 31.5.1913 d shot down on a flight over Norway 7.2.1942. RHB, SLA. FC: Oxford University, MCC and Sir PF Warner’s XI. Hockey [Oxford University]. Schoolteacher. Flight Lieutenant [Pilot] 608 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Bat 49-72-9-3997-217-63.44-13-19 ct 49 Bowl 192-7-27.42-2/13 WALKER; Donald Frederick ‘Hooky’ [Surrey 2 nd XI 1933] b Wandsworth Common, Surrey 15.8.1912 d flying 2km north of Best, North Brabant, Netherlands 18.6.1941. LHB, occasional WK. FC: Hampshire. Pilot Officer 58 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Bat 1-1-0-30-30-30.00 WALKER; Geoffrey William Gray [Lincolnshire 1937-1939] b Sleaford, Lincolnshire 11.9.1920 d Sedjenane, Tunisia 3.3.1943. Brother of DFG Walker [Lincolnshire and Berkshire]. Hockey [Lincolnshire]. Lieutenant 6 th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. Bat 8-13-0-182-60-0-1 ct 3 Bowl 20-0 WEBB; Herbert George [Oxfordshire 1935-1937] b Headington, Oxfordshire 1 July 1913 d Hill End, St Albans, Hertfordshire 7.8.1947. RHB, WK. FC: Oxford University. Major Royal Army Service Corps. Bat 22-37-2-855-121*-24.42-1-3 ct 9 st 5 WHITEHOUSE; Peter Michael William [Berkshire 1935, Kent 2 nd XI 1936-1937] b Birchington, Kent 27.4.1917 d Archi, Abruzzo, Italy 19.11.1943. RHB, RM. FC: Kent and Oxford University. Lieutenant 6 th Battalion 13 th Frontier Forces Rifles. Berkshire: Bat 5-8-1-101-33-14.42 ct 2 Bowl 58-1-58.00-1/12 Kent 2 nd XI: Bat 5-10-1-103-46*-11.44 ct 6 Bowl 295-10-29.50-4/90 WILKIE; Arthur Digby [Staffordshire 1929-1936] b Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 4.9.1908 d Kranji, Singapore 14.2.1942. WK. Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Bat 13-19-1-351-59-19.50-0-2 ct 4 st 1 Bowl 13-0