List of cricketers who were killed during military service

This is a list of cricketers who were killed during military service. The cricketers are listed by war and divided into those who appeared in Test cricket and those only played first-class cricket.

The conflicts featured on this list are, in chronological order, the Napoleonic Wars, First Boer War, Mahdist War, Second Boer War, World War I, Easter Rising, Irish War of Independence, World War II and the South African Border War. Approximately 210 first-class cricketers are known to have served in the First World War.[1]

Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815)

First-class cricketers
Name Main first-class team Ref Date of death Place of death Ref
Richard Beckett MCC 28 July 1809 Talavera de la Reina, Spain [2]

First Boer War (1880–1881)

First-class cricketers
Name Main first-class team Ref Date of death Place of death Ref
Edward Wilkinson Cambridge University 8 February 1881 Scheins Hoogte, Colony of Natal [3]

Mahdist War (1881–1899)

First-class cricketers
Name Main first-class team Ref Date of death Place of death Ref
Herbert Stewart MCC 16 February 1885 Gakdul, Sudan
John Trask Somerset 25 July 1896 Kosheh, Sudan

Second Boer War (1899–1902)

Test cricketers
Name Test team Ref Date of death Place of death Ref
John Ferris Australia 17 November 1900 Addington, Durban, Colony of Natal [4]
Frank Milligan England 31 March 1900 Ramatlabama, Bechuanaland Protectorate [4]

First-class cricketers
Name Main first-class team Ref Date of death Place of death Ref
Cecil Boyle Oxford University 5 April 1900 near Boshof, Orange Free State [5]
Frank Crawford Kent 16 January 1900 Pietermaritzburg, Colony of Natal [6]
Dudley Forbes Oxford University 21 April 1901 Kroonstad, Orange Free State [4]
Charles Hulse Marylebone Cricket Club 4 June 1901 Braklaagte, Orange Free State [7]
Douglas McLean Somerset 5 February 1901 Johannesburg, Transvaal Republic [8]
Marshall Porter Dublin University 5 June 1900 Ladywood, Lindley, Orange Free State [9]
Henry Stanley Somerset 16 September 1900 Hekpoort, Transvaal Republic [4]
George Strachan Surrey 29 December 1901 Middelburg, Transvaal Republic [4]
Frank Townsend Gloucestershire 25 May 1901 Kimberley, Cape Colony [7]
Prince Christian Victor I Zingari 29 October 1900 Pretoria, Transvaal Republic [4]

World War I (1914–1918)

Test cricketers
Name Test team Ref Date of death Place of death Ref
Colin Blythe England 8 November 1917 near Passchendaele, Belgium
Major Booth England 1 July 1916 near La Signy Farm, France
Frederick Cook South Africa 30 November 1915 Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire
Tibby Cotter Australia 31 October 1917 near Beersheba, Palestine
Reginald Hands South Africa 20 April 1918 Boulogne, France
Kenneth Hutchings England 3 September 1916 Ginchy, France
Bill Lundie South Africa 12 September 1917 near Passchendaele, Belgium
Leonard Moon England 23 November 1916 near Karasouli, Salonica, Greece
Claude Newberry South Africa 1 August 1916 Delville Wood, Somme, France
Arthur Edward Ochse South Africa 11 April 1918 Middle Farm, Petit Puits, Messines Ridge, France
Reggie Schwarz South Africa 18 November 1918 Étaples, France
Gordon White South Africa 17 October 1918 Gaza, Palestine

First-class cricketers
Name Main first-class team Ref Date of death Place of death Ref
Cecil Abercrombie Hampshire 31 May 1916 at sea, naval action off Jutland (HMS Defence)
Fred Abraham British Guiana 2 October 1918 Joncourt, France
Lestock Adams Cambridge University 22 April 1918 Placaut Wood, France
Charlie Adamson Queensland 17 September 1918 Salonica, Greece
Ernest Alderwick Gloucestershire 26 August 1917 Peronne, France
Henry Anderson Europeans (India) 29 October 1914 near La Gorgue, France
Alban Arnold Hampshire 7 July 1916 Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France
Thomas Askham Northamptonshire 21 August 1916 Maillet Wood, Sheepal, France
Charles Backman South Australia 25 April 1915 Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire
Harold Bache Worcestershire 15 February 1916 Comines Canal Bank, Ypres, Belgium
Francis Bacon Hampshire 31 October 1915 at sea, on Yacht Aries off the coast of Belgium
Herbert Bailey Barbados 31 July 1917 Hollebeke, France
James Balfour-Melville Scotland 25 September 1915 Loos-en-Gohelle, France
Cecil Banes-Walker Somerset 9 May 1915 Ypres, Belgium
Percy Banks Somerset 26 April 1915 La Bricque, Ypres, Belgium
Hugh Bannerman Southland 23 December 1917 near Ypres, Belgium
Bob Barry Canterbury 3 December 1915 aboard HMS Dongola, off Gallipoli Peninsula
Arthur Bateman Ireland 28 March 1918 near Arras, France
Samuel Bates Warwickshire 28 August 1916 near Hardecourt, France
Gordon Belcher Hampshire 16 May 1915 near Richebourg, Belgium
William Benton Middlesex 17 August 1916 near Méricourt-l'Abbé, France
Harry Biedermann Argentina 10 August 1917 France
Frank Bingham Derbyshire 22 May 1915 Sanctuary Wood, Ypres, Belgium
Wilfred Bird Oxford University 9 May 1915 Richebourg St Vaast, France
Henry Blacklidge Surrey 23 May 1917 Amarah, Mesopotamia
Cecil Bodington Hampshire 11 April 1917 near Arras, France
William Boswell Oxford University 28 July 1916 Thiepval, France
Evelyn Bradford Hampshire 14 September 1914 near Bucy-le-Long, Soissons, France
Druce Brandt Oxford University 6 July 1915 Boesinghe, Belgium
Bernard Brodhurst Hampshire 27 April 1915 near Canadian Farm, St Julien, Ypres, Belgium
Thomas Bryden Otago 12 October 1917 Ypres, Belgium
William Burns MCC 7 July 1916 Contalmaison, France
Frederick Burr Worcestershire 12 March 1915 Kemmel, Belgium
Brian Butler MCC 18 August 1916 Longueval, France
Leo Butler Tasmania 23 August 1916 Puchevillers, France
Hugh Butterworth Oxford University 25 September 1915 Hooge, Belgium
Arthur Byng Jamaica 14 September 1914 Vailly, France
William Cadogan Europeans (India) 12 November 1914 Ypres, Belgium
Norman Callaway New South Wales 3 May 1917 Second Battle of Bullecourt, France
John Campbell Argentina 2 December 1917 Honnechy, France
William Carlsson Western Province 14 July 1916 Delville Wood, France
Hugo Charteris Gloucestershire 23 April 1916 Katia, Egypt
Esmé Chinnery Surrey 18 January 1915 Issy, Paris, France
Harry Chinnery Surrey 28 May 1916 Monchy-le-Preux, France
Gother Clarke New South Wales 12 October 1917 Zonnebeke, Belgium
Leonard Colbeck Cambridge University 3 January 1918 at sea, off the Cape of Good Hope in HMS Ormonde
Edward Coleman Essex 2 April 1917 Salonica, Greece
Christopher Collier Worcestershire 25 August 1916 near Mametz, France
Alexander Cowie Cambridge University 7 April 1916 Amarah, Mesopotamia
Maurice Coxhead Oxford University 3 May 1917 near Monchy-le-Preux, France
Alexander Crawford Nottinghamshire 10 May 1916 Laventie, Richebourg-l'Avoué, France
Eustace Crawley Cambridge University 2 November 1914 Wytschaete, Hollebeke, Belgium
Ernest Crawshaw Canterbury 9 October 1918 Le Cateau, France
William Crozier Dublin University 1 July 1916 Thiepval, France
Foster Cunliffe Oxford University 10 July 1916 Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France
Wilfred Curwen MCC 9 May 1915 near Poperinghe, Belgium
Edward Cuthbertson Cambridge University 24 July 1917 Amarah, Mesopotamia
Leslie Davidson MCC 3 August 1915 Rouen, France
Geoffrey Davies Essex 26 September 1915 Hulluch, France
Arthur Davis Leicestershire 4 November 1916 near Albert, France
Archibald Difford Western Province 20 September 1918 Palestine
Ossie Douglas Tasmania 24 April 1918 Dermancourt, near Albert, France
Sholto Douglas Middlesex 28 January 1916 Cambrin, Arras, France
Geoffrey Dowling Sussex 30 July 1915 Hooge, Belgium
Frank Dredge Wellington 22 August 1916 Somme, France
G. E. Driver Griqualand West 7 September 1916 East Africa
William Drysdale Europeans (India) 29 September 1916 Gueudecourt, France
Arthur du Boulay Kent 25 October 1918 Fillièvres, France
Arthur Edwards Europeans (India) 25 September 1915 Loos-en-Gohelle, France
William Eltham Tasmania 31 December 1916 near Lesboeuts, France
Charles Eyre Cambridge University 25 September 1915 near Loos-en-Gohelle, France
Charles Fisher Sussex 31 May 1916 at sea, aboard HMS Invincible at Jutland
Harold Forster Hampshire 29 May 1918 Bouleuse Ridge, near Ventalay, France
Theodore Fowler Gloucestershire 17 August 1915 London County Hospital, Epsom, Surrey, England
Harold Garnett Lancashire 3 December 1917 Marcoing, Cambrai, France
Hubert Garrett Somerset 4 June 1915 near Achi Baba, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire
Laurence Gatenby Tasmania 14 January 1917 Armentières, France
Fairfax Gill Yorkshire 1 November 1917 Wimereux, Boulogne, France
Francis Gillespie Surrey 18 June 1916 Ypres, Belgium
George Gilroy Oxford University 15 July 1916 Corbie-sur-Somme, France
Andrew Given Otago 19 July 1916 Pozieres, France
Cecil Gold Middlesex 3 July 1916 Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France
Harold Goodwin Cambridge University 24 April 1917 Arras, France
Ronald Gordon Europeans (India) 31 October 1914 Messines, France
Lord Bernard Gordon-Lennox Middlesex 10 November 1914 Kleinzillebeke, Belgium
Eric Gore-Browne Europeans (India) 3 July 1918 Namacurra, Portuguese East Africa
Francis Gould Europeans (India) 6 June 1915 Armentières, France
Tom Grace Wellington 8 August 1915 Monash Valley, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire
William Grant Gloucestershire 26 September 1918 near Passchendaele, Belgium
Herbert Green Europeans (India) 31 December 1918 Rouen, France
John Gregory Hampshire 27 November 1914 near Zonnebeke, Belgium
Robert Gregory Ireland 23 January 1918 near Grossa, Padua, Italy
Walter Greive Scotland 1 April 1917 France
William Greive Scotland 17 July 1916 Siege Farm, Kemmel, France
Neville Grell Trinidad 5 June 1918 Trinidad
John Gunner Hampshire 9 August 1918 Kemmel, Belgium
Ralph Hancock Somerset 29 October 1914 Festubert, near La Bassee, France
Charles Handfield Transvaal 6 May 1915 Gibeon, South-West Africa
Alfred Hartley Lancashire 9 October 1918 near Maissemy, France
Eric Hatfeild Kent 21 September 1918 Hargicourt, Cambrai, France
Percy Heath Europeans (India) 14 July 1917 Baghdad, Mesopotamia
Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory Oxford University 25 August 1918 Bayonvillers, France
John Hellard Somerset 2 July 1916 near Beaumont-Hamel, France
Ralph Hemingway Nottinghamshire 15 October 1915 Hohenzollern Redoubt, near Vermelles, France
Rupert Hickmott Canterbury 16 September 1916 Somme, France
Charles Higginbotham Army 11 March 1915 near Neuve-Chapelle, France
Harold Hippisley Somerset 23 October 1914 Langemarck, Belgium
Harold Hodges Nottinghamshire 22 March 1918 Ham, France
William Holbech Warwickshire, MCC 1 November 1914 Greenwich, England
Bernard Holloway MCC 27 September 1915 Loos-en-Gohelle, France
Gerald Howard-Smith Cambridge University 29 March 1916 Merville St Vaast, France
Gilbert Howe Wellington 10 January 1917 Messines, Belgium
John Hunt Middlesex 16 September 1916 near Ginchy, France
de Courcy Ireland Europeans (India) 28 January 1915 Hong Kong or Peking
Arthur Isaac Worcestershire 7 July 1916 Contalmaison, France
John Isaac Worcestershire 9 May 1915 Rouge Bancs, Fromelles Ridge, Armentières, France
Geoffrey Jackson Derbyshire 9 April 1917 Faimpoux, Arras, Belgium
Arthur Jaques Hampshire 27 September 1915 Bois Hugo, Loos-en-Gohelle, France
Burnet James Gloucestershire 26 September 1915 Langemark, Belgium
Percy Jeeves Warwickshire 22 July 1916 High Wood, Montauban-de-Picardie, France
David Jennings Kent 6 August 1918 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Robert Jesson Hampshire 22 February 1917 near Kut, Mesopotamia
Donald Johnston Oxford University 13 September 1918 Beugneux, France
Vivian Kavanagh Auckland 9 August 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Henry Keigwin Essex 20 September 1916 near Thiepval, France
David Kennedy Scotland 1 July 1916 Somme, France
Gordon Kinvig Wellington 31 July 1917 Ploegsteert Wood, near Ypres, Belgium
Ronald Lagden Oxford University 1 March 1915 St Eloi, Belgium
Arthur Lang Sussex 25 January 1915 Cuinchy, France
Edwin Leat Somerset 8 June 1918 near Beaumont-Hamel, France
Lawrence Le Fleming Kent 21 March 1918 Maissemy, France
Logie Leggat Cambridge University 31 July 1917 Pilckem Ridge, Belgium
Richard Lewis Oxford University 7 September 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Frank Lugton Victoria 29 July 1916 near Villers-Bretonneux, France
Joseph Lynch Gentlemen of Ireland 25 September 1915 Loos-en-Gohelle, France
Claude Mackay Gloucestershire 7 June 1915 Boulogne, France
George Macnamara Ireland 18 August 1916 Loos-en-Gohelle, France
Mark Mackenzie Oxford University 25 September 1914 Soupir-sur-Aisne, Soissons, France
Meredith Magniac South African Army 25 April 1917 France
Walter Malcolm Otago 23 December 1917 Poelcapelle, Belgium
William Malraison Transvaal 31 May 1916 East Africa
Bruce Manson Europeans (India) 4 November 1914 Tanga, Tanganyika, German East Africa
Alan Marshal Queensland, Surrey 23 July 1915 Imtarfa, Malta
Edward Marvin Transvaal 24 March 1918 Marrieres Wood, France
Arthur Marsden Derbyshire 31 July 1916 St Pancras, London, England
Kenelm McCloughin Free Foresters 26 September 1915 Hohenzollern Redoubt, near Cambrin, France
Stanley McKenzie Tasmania 8 December 1915 Alexandria, Egypt
Ralph Melville Gentlemen of Philadelphia 4 March 1919 Wimereux, France
Charles Minnaar Western Province 16 November 1916 near Beaumont Hamel, France
Jacky Morkel Transvaal 15 May 1916 East Africa
Claude Mulcahy Natal 11 July 1916 Corbie-sur-Somme, France
John Murray Royal Navy 31 May 1916 at sea during the Battle of Jutland
John Murray Scotland 23 September 1917 near Poelcappelle, Belgium
Edwin Myers Surrey 15 September 1916 near Adanac, France
Guy Napier Cambridge University 25 September 1915 Loos-en-Gohelle, France
George Neale MCC 28 September 1915 near Loos-en-Gohelle, France
John Nelson Lancashire 12 August 1917 near Pilckem, France
Arnold Nesbitt Worcestershire 7 November 1914 Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium
Bernard Nevile Worcestershire 11 February 1916 near Ypres, Belgium
Charles Newcombe Derbyshire 27 December 1915 Fleurbaix, France
William Odell Leicestershire 4 October 1917 near Passchendaele, Belgium
Cecil Palmer Hampshire 26 July 1915 near Hill Q, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire
Ernest Parker Western Australia 2 May 1918 Caëstre, France
William Parker MCC 30 July 1915 Hooge, Belgium
Walter Parke Army 13 October 1914 Hazebrouck, France
Eric Penn Cambridge University 18 October 1915 Hohenzollern, near Loos-en-Gohelle, France
Charles Pepper Nottinghamshire 13 September 1917 near La Clytte, Belgium
Henry Persse Hampshire 28 June 1918 near Saint-Omer, France
Edward Phillips Cambridge University 8 May 1915 near Ypres, Belgium
George Poeppel Queensland 2 February 1917 German POW camp, Germany
Albert Pratt Auckland 19 July 1916 Pozières, France
Reggie Pridmore Warwickshire 13 March 1918 near Piave River, north of Venice, Italy
Donald Priestley Gloucestershire 30 October 1917 Passchendale, Belgium
Richard Rail Western Province 9 October 1917 Houthulst Forest, Passchendale, Belgium
John Raphael Surrey 11 June 1917 Remy, Belgium
Cyril Rattigan Cambridge University 13 November 1916 near Beaucourt, France
Rowland Raw Gentlemen of England 7 August 1915 Suvla Bay, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire
Wilfrid Reay Gentlemen of England 8 October 1915 near Thiepval, France
William Riley Nottinghamshire 9 August 1917 near Coxyde, Belgium
Francis Roberts Gloucestershire 8 February 1916 St Julien, Ypres, Belgium
Herbert Rogers Hampshire 12 October 1916 Somme, France
Henry Rosher JG Greig's XI 14 April 1915 Shaibah, Mesopotamia
James Ryan Northamptonshire 25 September 1915 Loos-en-Gohelle, France
Oswald Samson Somerset 7 September 1918 near Peronne, France
George Sandeman Hampshire 26 April 1915 Zonnebeke, Belgium
Clifford Saville Middlesex 8 November 1917 Fresnoy-le-Grand, Aisne, France
Herbert Sharp Hawke's Bay 1 September 1918 France
Edward Shaw Oxford University 7 October 1916 Le Sars, France
Ernest Shorrocks Somerset 20 July 1916 Thiepval, France
Karl Siedle Natal 30 May 1918 Doullens, Picardy, France
Ernest Simpson Kent 2 October 1917 Saint-Omer, France
Leonard Slater Gentlemen of the South 14 September 1914 Aisne, France
Hubert Selwyn-Smith Queensland 7 June 1917 Messines, France
Allan Ivo Steel MCC 8 October 1917 Langemark, Belgium
Frank Street Essex 7 July 1916 Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France
Norman Street Warwickshire 10 August 1915 Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, Turkey
William Stuart Scotland 23 April 1917 Arras, France
Harvey Staunton Nottinghamshire 14 January 1918 Arzizieh, Mesopotamia
Henry Stricker Transvaal 15 February 1917 Dodoma, Tanganyika, German East Africa
James Sutcliffe Hampshire 14 July 1915 Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire
Leonard Sutton Somerset 3 June 1916 Zillebeke, France
Theodore Tapp London County 21 October 1917 near Dozingham, Belgium
Edmund Thomson MCC 21 December 1914 Festubert, near La Bassée, France
Charles Tomblin Northamptonshire 1 June 1916 near Sissonne, France
Attwood Torrens MCC 8 December 1916 Pozières, France
Francis Townend Europeans (India) 29 March 1915 Béthune, France
Geoffrey Toynbee Hampshire 15 November 1914 Ploegstraete, Armentières, France
Thomas Truman Gloucestershire 14 September 1918 near Étrun, France
Frederick Trumble Royal Navy 10 May 1918 at sea, on board HMS Warwick
Hervey Tudway Somerset 18 November 1914 Boulogne, France
Frank Tuff Oxford University 5 November 1915 Imtarfa, Malta
Hugh Tuke Hawke's Bay 7 June 1915 at sea, off Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire
Frederick Turner Oxford University 10 January 1915 near Kemmel, Belgium
Ronald Turner Gloucestershire 15 August 1915 Suvla Bay, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire
William Tyldesley Lancashire 26 April 1918 Kemmel, Belgium
James Valiant Essex 28 October 1917 Gaza, Palestine
Alan Wallace Auckland 10 May 1915 at sea, off Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire
Gerald Ward MCC 30 October 1914 Zandvoorde, Belgium
George Whatford Sussex 22 November 1915 Ctesiphon, Ottoman Empire
George Whitehead Kent 17 October 1918 Lanwe, near Menen, Belgium
Tony Wilding Canterbury 9 May 1915 Neuve-Chapelle, France
John Nathaniel Williams Gloucestershire 25 April 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
Joseph Williams MCC 10 July 1916 Thiepval, France
Arthur Willmer Oxford University 20 September 1916 Rouen, France
Francis Wilson Jamaica 24 May 1915 Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire
George Wilson Canterbury 14 December 1917 Belgium
Guy Wilson Derbyshire 30 November 1917 Cambrai, France
Archer Windsor-Clive Cambridge University 25 August 1914 Landrecies, France
John Winnington Worcestershire 22 September 1918 near Kefar Kassin, Ramle, Palestine
Geoffrey Wood Oxford University 13 October 1915 Hohenzollern, near Loos-en-Gohelle, France
Maxmillian Wood Europeans (India) 22 August 1915 near Ismail Oglu Tepe, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire
Kenneth Woodroffe Cambridge University 13 May 1915 near Neuve-Chapelle, France
Richard Worsley Orange Free State 4 May 1917 at sea, off Gulf of Genoa, Italy
Oswald Wreford-Brown Gloucestershire 7 July 1916 near Corbie, France
Egerton Wright Oxford University 11 May 1918 Barly, France
Harold Wright Leicestershire 14 September 1915 Marylebone, London, England
Charles Yaldren Hampshire 23 October 1916 Thiepval, France
William Yalland Gloucestershire 23 October 1914 Ypres, Belgium
Charles Younger Scotland 21 March 1917 St Leger, near Aveluy, France

Easter Rising (1916)

First-class cricketers
Name Main first-class team Ref Date of death Place of death Ref
Francis Browning Ireland 26 April 1916 Dublin, Ireland

Irish War of Independence (1919–1921)

First-class cricketers
Name Main first-class team Ref Date of death Place of death Ref
James Airy Europeans (India) 21 July 1920 Ballyvourney, County Cork, Ireland
Hugh Montgomery Somerset 10 December 1920 Bray, County Dublin, Ireland

World War II (1939–1945)

Test cricketers
Name Test team Ref Date of death Place of death Ref
Dooley Briscoe South Africa 22 April 1941 Kombolcha, Ethiopia, Italian East Africa
Ken Farnes England 20 October 1941 Chipping Warden, Oxfordshire, England
Ross Gregory Australia 10 June 1942 near Gaffargaon, Bengal, India
Arthur Langton South Africa 27 November 1942 near Maiduguri, Nigeria
Geoffrey Legge England 21 November 1940 Brampford Speke, Devon, England
George Macaulay England 13 December 1940 Sullom Voe, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Sonny Moloney New Zealand 15 July 1942 Ruweisat Ridge, El Alamein, Egypt
Maurice Turnbull England 5 August 1944 near Montchamp, France
Hedley Verity England 31 July 1943 Caserta, Italy

First-class cricketers
Name Main first-class team Ref Date of death Place of death Ref
Sidney Adams Northamptonshire 24 March 1945 near Hamminkeln, Germany
James Alexander Bengal 23 October 1943 Bhawanipur, Bengal, India
Leigh Alexander Europeans (India) 28 April 1943 Burma
Robert Alexander Ireland 19 July 1943 near Catania, Sicily, Italy
Michael Anderson Cambridge University 10 May 1940 Hoogvliet, Netherlands
Francis Arkwright Hampshire 1 July 1942 Knightsbridge, near Acroma, Libya
Claude Ashton Essex 31 October 1942 Caernarvon, Wales
Glen Baker Queensland 15 December 1943 Buna, New Guinea
Peter Bairnsfather-Cloete Western Province 19 December 1942 Kisumu, Kenya
William Baldock Somerset 30 December 1941 Jabor Valley, Trengganu, Malaya
Tristan Ballance Oxford University 4 December 1943 near Naples, Italy
Clifford Barker Transvaal 27 July 1942 El Alamein, Egypt
Freeman Barnardo Middlesex 25 October 1942 ten miles west of El Alamein, Egypt
Stanley Behrend Bengal 30 May 1944 Imphal, Manipur, India
Montague Bennett Minor Counties 17 December 1940 at sea, on HMS Acheron, off the Isle of Wight
Thomas Bevan Army 12 June 1942 Tobruk, Libya
Peter Blagg Oxford University 18 March 1943 near Donbaik, Burma
John Blake Cambridge University 3 June 1944 near Brač, Yugoslavia
Charles Blount Royal Air Force 23 October 1940 Hendon Aerodrome, Colindale, Middlesex, England
Norman Bowell Hampshire 5 March 1943 at sea, off the coast of Singapore
Reginald Butterworth Middlesex 21 May 1940 Saint-Martin-au-Laërt, near Saint-Omer, France
John Butterworth Oxford University 18 March 1941 Shooter's Hill, London, England
Frederick Campling Orange Free State 22 March 1945 British Borneo
Bill Carson Auckland 8 October 1944 at sea, on board ship between Bari, Italy and Egypt
Gerry Chalk Kent 17 February 1943 Louches, near Calais, France
Vivian Chiodetti Hyderabad Cricket Association XI 17 January 1942 Kyaumedaung, Burma
Alfred Cobden Canterbury 24 October 1942 El Alamein, Egypt
Arthur Cocks Army 6 June 1944 Ouistreham, France
Colin Cokayne-Frith Army 18 May 1940 Assche, Belgium
Joseph Connaughton Middlesex 12 February 1944 at sea, One and a Half Degree Channel, Maldives
Ronald Crook Wellington 17 January 1943 Tripoli, Libya
Grahame Cruickshanks Eastern Province 8 September 1941 Berlin, Germany
David Day Europeans (India) 22 February 1944 Arakan, Burma
Eric Dixon Oxford University 20 April 1941 flying from HMS Formidable off the coast of Tripoli, Libya
Harold Dods Minor Counties 18 June 1944 Westminster, London, England
Conan Doyle Orange Free State 24 October 1942 Egypt
Howard Dunbar Europeans (India) 23 July 1942 Ruweisat Ridge, El Alamein, Egypt
Peter Eckersley Lancashire 13 August 1940 in a flying accident near Eastleigh, Hampshire, England
Allan Edwards Otago 18 August 1942 at sea, off Cherbourg, France
Richard Evans Border 29 May 1943 at sea, off Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Dudley Everett Western Australia 3 May 1943 Ontario, Canada
George Fenton Viceroy's XI 26 May 1944 Palena, Italy
Geoffrey Fletcher Oxford University 27 March 1943 Djebel Saikra, Matmata, Tunisia
Hubert Freakes Eastern Province 10 March 1942 Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England
John Gartly Transvaal 22 November 1941 Sidi Rezegh, Libya
Ernest Gasson Canterbury 7 September 1942 El Alamein, Egypt
Ronald Gerrard Somerset 22 January 1943 near Tripoli, Libya
James Grimshaw Cambridge University 26 September 1944 Nijmegen–Arnhem region, Netherlands
Lancelot Grove Army 9 February 1943 Gander, Newfoundland
John Halliday Oxford University 3 December 1945 Rochefort, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Cyril Hamilton Kent 10 February 1941 Keren, Eritrea, Italian East Africa
Eric Hamilton Transvaal 15 July 1943 over Sicily, Italy
Leslie Hancock Marylebone Cricket Club 12 July 1944 Maupertus-sur-Mer, Normandy, France
Geoffrey Hart-Davis Natal 9 December 1941 Sidi Rezegh, Libya
Francis Hodder Royal Air Force 6 September 1943 near Rhein, Germany
Alec Howie Army (India) 22 May 1940 Escaut River, Belgium
Bernard Howlett Kent 29 November 1943 Santa Maria Imbaro, Italy
Roger Human Worcestershire 21 November 1942 Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Gilbert Jose South Australia 27 March 1942 Changi POW Camp, Singapore
George Kemp-Welch Warwickshire 18 June 1944 Westminster, London, England
Frank Kerr Otago 24 July 1943 Solomon Islands
Stuart King Victoria 28 February 1943 at sea, Coral Sea, Pacific Ocean
Jack Lee Somerset 20 June 1944 near Bazenville, Normandy, France
Geoffrey Longfield Royal Air Force 25 February 1943 Rennes, France
Michael Matthews Oxford University 29 May 1940 Dunkirk, France
Michael Maw Cambridge University 13 August 1944 near Alzey, Germany
Charles Mayo Somerset 10 April 1943 near Alexandria, Egypt
Norman McMillan Auckland 16 July 1942 El Alamein, Egypt
Alastair McNeil Scotland 26 January 1944 Anzio, Italy
Peter McRae Somerset 25 February 1944 Barents Sea (aboard HMS Mahratta), England
Michael Magill Oxford University 5 September 1940 Filey, England
David Merry Trinidad 4 May 1944 Canada
David Monaghan South Island Army 27 January 1944 Caserta, Italy
Edward Moss Oxford University 31 March 1944 Rimbach, Germany
Alastair Monteath Otago 27 June 1942 Western Desert, Libya
Ross Moyle South Australia 24 October 1942 Cairo, Egypt
Henry Myles Western Province 15 June 1942 Kirkinner, Dumfries, Scotland
Robert Nelson Northamptonshire 29 October 1940 Deal, Kent, England
Charles Orton Europeans (India) 28 May 1940 near Wormhout, France
Charles Packe Leicestershire 1 July 1944 Chateau de la Londs, Caen, Normandy, France
Christiaan Papenfus Orange Free State 18 November 1941 Gazala, Libya
Wilfred Parry Natal 23 July 1942 Ruweisat Ridge, Egypt
Alan Pearsall Tasmania 8 March 1944 over English Channel
John Pelly Royal Navy 6 June 1945 Hove, Sussex, England
William Pershke Oxford University 21 January 1944 at sea, on active service
Robert Philpot-Brookes Europeans (India) 29 May 1940 St Eloi, France
David Price Western Province 6 July 1942 at sea, off Iceland
Donald Ray Marylebone Cricket Club 12 July 1944 on board a hospital ship off Southampton, England
Jack Richards Cambridge University 2 November 1944 Gelderland, Netherlands
Kenneth Ridings South Australia 17 May 1943 over Bay of Biscay
Patrick Rucker Oxford University 20 May 1940 Amiens, France
Kenneth Scott Oxford University 9 August 1943 Bronte, Sicily, Italy
Peter Scott Oxford University 13 June 1944 Villers-Bocage, France
Gerald Seeley Worcestershire 23 July 1941 at sea off Ostend, Belgium
John Shadwell Europeans (India) 25 April 1942 Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India
Alexander Shaw Bengal 19 July 1945 New Delhi, India
Francis Sides Victoria 25 August 1943 Kunai Spur, Salamaua, New Guinea
Charles Spencer Oxford University 29 September 1941 South Havant, Hampshire, England
Ralph Spitteler Europeans (India) 14 March 1946 Jakarta, Java, Dutch East Indies
Robert Stephenson Royal Navy 9 November 1942 at sea aboard HMS Cromer, off Mersa Matruh, Egypt
Charles Sutton South Americans 29 July 1945 Gosport, Hampshire, England
George Talbot Canterbury 15 December 1943 Orsogna, Italy
Frank Thorn Victoria 11 February 1942 Gasmata, New Guinea
Gordon Thorne Army 2 March 1942 at sea, in the Indian Ocean
Richard Tindall Oxford University 22 January 1942 Jadabia, Libya
Edward Titley Cambridge University 17 July 1943 Moita, County Meath, Ireland
Charlie Walker South Australia 18 December 1942 Soltau, Germany
David Walker Oxford University 7 February 1942 on a flight over Norway, and buried at Trondheim, Norway
Donald Walker Hampshire 18 June 1941 flying 2 km north of Best, Netherlands
Henry Walters Auckland 25 August 1944 at sea, English Channel
Clement Wareham Wellington 30 September 1940 Hollingbourne, Kent, England
Geoffrey Warren Roshanara Club 21 November 1941 Libya
David Warburton Oxford University 4 February 1941 near Crewe, Cheshire, England
David Watson Oxford University 3 October 1943 United States of America
William Welch Free Foresters 25 May 1940 Calais, France
Robin Whetherly Oxford University 27 November 1943 near Glamoč, Yugoslavia
Peter Whitehouse Oxford University 19 November 1943 Archi, Italy
John Whitty Army 23 October 1944 Vicchio, Florence, Italy
Alec Wills Combined Services 7 November 1941 Kallang, Singapore
Roger Winlaw Cambridge University 31 October 1942 Caernarvon, Wales
Denys Witherington Cambridge University 16 February 1944 near Anzio, Italy
Barney Wood Western Australia 9 June 1941 Syria

South African Border War (1966–1989)

First-class cricketers
Name Main first-class team Ref Date of death Place of death Ref
Gary Bricknell Western Province 25 March 1977 Keetmanshoop, South-West Africa

See also

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