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 who only played first-class cricket.

The conflicts featured on this list are, in chronological order, the Napoleonic Wars, Crimean War, 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)[edit]

First-class cricketers[edit]

Name	Main first-class team	Ref	Rank	Date of death	Age	Place of death	Ref
Richard Beckett	MCC	[1]	Captain	28 July 1809	37	Talavera de la Reina, Spain	[2]

Crimean War (1853–1856)[edit]

First-class cricketers[edit]

Name	Main first-class team	Ref	Rank	Date of death	Age	Place of death	Ref
Duncombe Buckley	Marylebone Cricket Club	[2]	Captain	6 September 1855	24	Sevastopol, Russian Empire	[3]
Henry Neville	Marylebone Cricket Club	[3]	Captain	5 November 1854	30	Inkerman, Russian Empire	[4]

First Boer War (1880–1881)[edit]

First-class cricketers[edit]

Name	Main first-class team	Ref	Rank	Date of death	Age	Place of death	Ref
Edward Wilkinson	Cambridge University	[4]	Lieutenant	8 February 1881	27	Scheins Hoogte, Colony of Natal	[5]

Mahdist War (1881–1899)[edit]

First-class cricketers[edit]

Name	Main first-class team	Ref	Rank	Date of death	Age	Place of death	Ref
Herbert Stewart	MCC	[5]	Major-general	16 February 1885	41	Gakdul, Sudan	[6]
John Trask	Somerset	[7]	Surgeon-captain	25 July 1896	34	Kosheh, Sudan	[8]

Second Boer War (1899–1902)[edit]

Test cricketers[edit]

Name	Test team	Ref	Date of death	Age	Place of death	Ref
John Ferris	Australia	[9]	17 November 1900	33	Addington, Durban, Colony of Natal	[6]
Frank Milligan	England	[10]	31 March 1900	30	Ramatlabama, Bechuanaland Protectorate	[6]

First-class cricketers[edit]

Name	Main first-class team	Ref	Date of death	Age	Place of death	Ref
Cecil Boyle	Oxford University	[11]	5 April 1900	47	near Boshof, Orange Free State	[7]
Frank Crawford	Kent	[12]	16 January 1900	49	Pietermaritzburg, Colony of Natal	[8]
Dudley Forbes	Oxford University	[13]	21 April 1901	28	Kroonstad, Orange Free State	[6]
Charles Hulse	Marylebone Cricket Club	[14]	4 June 1901	40	Braklaagte, Orange Free State	[9]
Douglas McLean	Somerset	[15]	5 February 1901	37	Johannesburg, Transvaal Republic	[10]
Marshall Porter	Dublin University	[16]	5 June 1900	26	Ladywood, Lindley, Orange Free State	[11]
Henry Stanley	Somerset	[17]	16 September 1900	27	Hekpoort, Transvaal Republic	[6]
George Strachan	Surrey	[18]	29 December 1901	51	Middelburg, Transvaal Republic	[6]
Frank Townsend	Gloucestershire	[19]	25 May 1901	25	Kimberley, Cape Colony	[9]
Prince Christian Victor	I Zingari	[20]	29 October 1900	33	Pretoria, Transvaal Republic	[6]

World War I (1914–1918)[edit]

275 first-class cricketers were killed on active service during the First World War,^[12] including twelve Test cricketers.

Test cricketers[edit]

Name	Test team	Ref	Date of death	Age	Place of death	Ref
Colin Blythe	England	[21]	8 November 1917	38	near Passchendaele, Belgium	[22]
Major Booth	England	[23]	1 July 1916	29	near La Signy Farm, France	[24]
Frederick Cook	South Africa	[25]	30 November 1915	45	Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire	[26]
Tibby Cotter	Australia	[27]	31 October 1917	33	near Beersheba, Palestine	[28]
Reginald Hands	South Africa	[29]	20 April 1918	29	Boulogne, France	[30]
Kenneth Hutchings	England	[31]	3 September 1916	33	Ginchy, France	[32]
Bill Lundie	South Africa	[33]	12 September 1917	29	near Passchendaele, Belgium	[34]
Leonard Moon	England	[35]	23 November 1916	38	near Karasouli, Salonica, Greece	[36]
Claude Newberry	South Africa	[37]	1 August 1916	27	Delville Wood, Somme, France	[38]
Arthur Edward Ochse	South Africa	[39]	11 April 1918	48	Middle Farm, Petit Puits, Messines Ridge, France	[40]
Reggie Schwarz	South Africa	[41]	18 November 1918	43	Étaples, France	[42]
Gordon White	South Africa	[43]	17 October 1918	36	Gaza, Palestine	[44]

First-class cricketers[edit]

Name	Main first-class team	Ref	Date of death	Age	Place of death	Ref
Cecil Abercrombie	Hampshire	[45]	31 May 1916	30	at sea, naval action off Jutland (HMS Defence)	[46]
Fred Abraham	British Guiana	[47]	2 October 1918	32	Joncourt, France	[48]
Lestock Adams	Cambridge University	[49]	22 April 1918	30	Placaut Wood, France	[50]
Charlie Adamson	Queensland	[51]	17 September 1918	43	Salonica, Greece	[52]
Ernest Alderwick	Gloucestershire	[53]	26 August 1917	31	Peronne, France	[54]
Henry Anderson	Europeans (India)	[55]	29 October 1914	47	near La Gorgue, France	[56]
Alban Arnold	Hampshire	[57]	7 July 1916	23	Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France	[58]
Thomas Askham	Northamptonshire	[59]	21 August 1916	19	Maillet Wood, Sheepal, France	[60]
Charles Backman	South Australia	[61]	25 April 1915	31	Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire	[62]
Harold Bache	Worcestershire	[63]	15 February 1916	26	Comines Canal Bank, Ypres, Belgium	[64]
Francis Bacon	Hampshire	[65]	31 October 1915	46	at sea, on Yacht Aries off the coast of Belgium	[66]
Herbert Bailey	Barbados	[67]	31 July 1917	27	Hollebeke, France	[68]
James Balfour-Melville	Scotland	[69]	25 September 1915	33	Loos-en-Gohelle, France	[70]
Cecil Banes-Walker	Somerset	[71]	9 May 1915	26	Ypres, Belgium	[72]
Percy Banks	Somerset	[73]	26 April 1915	29	La Bricque, Ypres, Belgium	[74]
Hugh Bannerman	Southland	[75]	23 December 1917	30	near Ypres, Belgium	[76]
Bob Barry	Canterbury	[77]	3 December 1915	37	aboard HMS Dongola, off Gallipoli Peninsula	[78]
Arthur Bateman	Ireland	[79]	28 March 1918	27	near Arras, France	[80]
Samuel Bates	Warwickshire	[81]	28 August 1916	26	near Hardecourt, France	[82]
Gordon Belcher	Hampshire	[83]	16 May 1915	29	near Richebourg, Belgium	[84]
William Benton	Middlesex	[85]	17 August 1916	43	near Méricourt-l'Abbé, France	[86]
Harry Biedermann	Argentina	[87]	10 August 1917	29	Houthulst, Belgium	[88]
Frank Bingham	Derbyshire	[89]	22 May 1915	40	Sanctuary Wood, Ypres, Belgium	[90]
Wilfred Bird	Oxford University	[91]	9 May 1915	31	Richebourg St Vaast, France	[92]
Henry Blacklidge	Surrey	[93]	23 May 1917	32	Amarah, Mesopotamia	[94]
Cecil Bodington	Hampshire	[95]	11 April 1917	37	near Arras, France	[96]
William Boswell	Oxford University	[97]	28 July 1916	24	Thiepval, France	[98]
Evelyn Bradford	Hampshire	[99]	14 September 1914	45	near Bucy-le-Long, Soissons, France	[100]
Druce Brandt	Oxford University	[101]	6 July 1915	27	Boesinghe, Belgium	[102]
Bernard Brodhurst	Hampshire	[103]	27 April 1915	41	near Canadian Farm, St Julien, Ypres, Belgium	[104]
Thomas Bryden	Otago	[105]	12 October 1917	40	Ypres, Belgium	[106]
William Burns	MCC	[107]	7 July 1916	32	Contalmaison, France	[108]
Frederick Burr	Worcestershire	[109]	12 March 1915	27	Kemmel, Belgium	[110]
Brian Butler	MCC	[111]	18 August 1916	40	Longueval, France	[112]
Leo Butler	Tasmania	[113]	23 August 1916	33	Puchevillers, France	[114]
Hugh Butterworth	Oxford University	[115]	25 September 1915	29	Hooge, Belgium	[116]
Arthur Byng	Jamaica	[117]	14 September 1914	41	Vailly, France	[118]
William Cadogan	Europeans (India)	[119]	12 November 1914	35	Ypres, Belgium	[120]
Norman Callaway	New South Wales	[121]	3 May 1917	21	Second Battle of Bullecourt, France	[122]
John Campbell	Argentina	[123]	2 December 1917	40	Honnechy, France	[124]
William Carlsson	Western Province	[125]	14 July 1916	26	Delville Wood, France	[126]
Hugo Charteris	Gloucestershire	[127]	23 April 1916	31	Katia, Egypt	[128]
Esmé Chinnery	Surrey	[129]	18 January 1915	28	Issy, Paris, France	[130]
Harry Chinnery	Surrey	[131]	28 May 1916	40	Monchy-le-Preux, France	[132]
Gother Clarke	New South Wales	[133]	12 October 1917	42	Zonnebeke, Belgium	[134]
Leonard Colbeck	Cambridge University	[135]	3 January 1918	32	at sea, off the Cape of Good Hope in HMS Ormonde	[136]
Edward Coleman	Essex	[137]	2 April 1917	25	Salonica, Greece	[138]
Christopher Collier	Worcestershire	[139]	25 August 1916	30	near Mametz, France	[140]
Alexander Cowie	Cambridge University	[141]	7 April 1916	27	Amarah, Mesopotamia	[142]
Maurice Coxhead	Oxford University	[143]	3 May 1917	27	near Monchy-le-Preux, France	[144]
Alexander Crawford	Nottinghamshire	[145]	10 May 1916	24	Laventie, Richebourg-l'Avoué, France	[146]
Eustace Crawley	Cambridge University	[147]	2 November 1914	46	Wytschaete, Hollebeke, Belgium	[148]
Ernest Crawshaw	Canterbury	[149]	9 October 1918	29	Le Cateau, France	[150]
William Crozier	Dublin University	[151]	1 July 1916	42	Thiepval, France	[152]
Foster Cunliffe	Oxford University	[153]	10 July 1916	40	Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France	[154]
Wilfred Curwen	MCC	[155]	9 May 1915	32	near Poperinghe, Belgium	[156]
Edward Cuthbertson	Cambridge University	[157]	24 July 1917	29	Amarah, Mesopotamia	[158]
Leslie Davidson	MCC	[159]	3 August 1915	65	Rouen, France	[160]
Geoffrey Davies	Essex	[161]	26 September 1915	22	Hulluch, France	[162]
Arthur Davis	Leicestershire	[163]	4 November 1916	34	near Albert, France	[164]
Archibald Difford	Western Province	[165]	20 September 1918	35	Palestine	[166]
George Docker	Marylebone Cricket Club	[167]	17 November 1914	38	Touquet, Belgium	[168]
Ossie Douglas	Tasmania	[169]	24 April 1918	38	Dermancourt, near Albert, France	[170]
Sholto Douglas	Middlesex	[171]	28 January 1916	42	Cambrin, Arras, France	[172]
Geoffrey Dowling	Sussex	[173]	30 July 1915	23	Hooge, Belgium	[174]
Frank Dredge	Wellington	[175]	22 August 1916	36	Somme, France	[176]
Garnet Driver	Griqualand West	[177]	7 September 1916	32	East Africa	[178]
William Drysdale	Europeans (India)	[179]	29 September 1916	39	Gueudecourt, France	[180]
Arthur du Boulay	Kent	[181]	25 October 1918	38	Fillièvres, France	[182]
Arthur Edwards	Europeans (India)	[183]	25 September 1915	44	Loos-en-Gohelle, France	[184]
William Eltham	Tasmania	[185]	31 December 1916	30	near Lesboeuts, France	[186]
Charles Eyre	Cambridge University	[187]	25 September 1915	32	near Loos-en-Gohelle, France	[188]
Charles Farmer	Marylebone Cricket Club	[189]	18 August 1916	30	Longueval, France	[190]
Charles Fisher	Sussex	[191]	31 May 1916	38	at sea, aboard HMS Invincible at Jutland	[192]
Harold Forster	Hampshire	[193]	29 May 1918	39	Bouleuse Ridge, near Ventalay, France	[194]
Theodore Fowler	Gloucestershire	[195]	17 August 1915	35	London County Hospital, Epsom, Surrey, England	[196]
Harold Garnett	Lancashire	[197]	3 December 1917	38	Marcoing, Cambrai, France	[198]
Hubert Garrett	Somerset	[199]	4 June 1915	29	near Achi Baba, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire	[200]
Laurence Gatenby	Tasmania	[201]	14 January 1917	27	Armentières, France	[202]
Fairfax Gill	Yorkshire	[203]	1 November 1917	34	Wimereux, Boulogne, France	[204]
Francis Gillespie	Surrey	[205]	18 June 1916	27	Ypres, Belgium	[206]
George Gilroy	Oxford University	[207]	15 July 1916	26	Corbie-sur-Somme, France	[208]
Andrew Given	Otago	[209]	19 July 1916	30	Pozieres, France	[210]
Cecil Gold	Middlesex	[211]	3 July 1916	29	Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France	[212]
Harold Goodwin	Cambridge University	[213]	24 April 1917	31	Arras, France	[214]
Ronald Gordon	Europeans (India)	[215]	31 October 1914	37	Messines, France	[216]
Lord Bernard Gordon-Lennox	Middlesex	[217]	10 November 1914	36	Kleinzillebeke, Belgium	[218]
Eric Gore-Browne	Europeans (India)	[219]	3 July 1918	28	Namacurra, Portuguese East Africa	[220]
Francis Gould	Europeans (India)	[221]	6 June 1915	33	Armentières, France	[222]
Tom Grace	Wellington	[223]	8 August 1915	25	Monash Valley, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire	[224]
William Grant	Gloucestershire	[225]	26 September 1918	24	near Passchendaele, Belgium	[226]
Herbert Green	Europeans (India)	[227]	31 December 1918	40	Rouen, France	[228]
John Gregory	Hampshire	[229]	27 November 1914	27	near Zonnebeke, Belgium	[230]
Robert Gregory	Ireland	[231]	23 January 1918	36	near Grossa, Padua, Italy	[232]
Walter Greive	Scotland	[233]	1 April 1917	26	France	[234]
William Greive	Scotland	[235]	17 July 1916	28	Siege Farm, Kemmel, France	[236]
Neville Grell	Trinidad	[237]	5 June 1918	25	Trinidad	[238]
John Gunner	Hampshire	[239]	9 August 1918	34	Kemmel, Belgium	[240]
Ralph Hancock	Somerset	[241]	29 October 1914	26	Festubert, near La Bassee, France	[242]
Charles Handfield	Transvaal	[243]	6 May 1915	36	Gibeon, South-West Africa	[244]
Alfred Hartley	Lancashire	[245]	9 October 1918	39	near Maissemy, France	[246]
Eric Hatfeild	Kent	[247]	21 September 1918	31	Hargicourt, Cambrai, France	[248]
Percy Heath	Europeans (India)	[249]	14 July 1917	40	Baghdad, Mesopotamia	[250]
Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory	Oxford University	[251]	25 August 1918	37	Bayonvillers, France	[252]
John Hellard	Somerset	[253]	2 July 1916	34	near Beaumont-Hamel, France	[254]
Ralph Hemingway	Nottinghamshire	[255]	15 October 1915	37	Hohenzollern Redoubt, near Vermelles, France	[256]
Rupert Hickmott	Canterbury	[257]	16 September 1916	22	Somme, France	[258]
Charles Higginbotham	Army	[259]	11 March 1915	48	near Neuve-Chapelle, France	[260]
Harold Hippisley	Somerset	[261]	23 October 1914	24	Langemarck, Belgium	[262]
Harold Hodges	Nottinghamshire	[263]	22 March 1918	32	Ham, France	[264]
William Holbech	Warwickshire, MCC	[265]	1 November 1914	32	Greenwich, England	[266]
Bernard Holloway	MCC	[267]	27 September 1915	27	Loos-en-Gohelle, France	[268]
Gerald Howard-Smith	Cambridge University	[269]	29 March 1916	36	Merville St Vaast, France	[270]
Gilbert Howe	Wellington	[271]	10 January 1917	25	Messines, Belgium	[272]
John Hunt	Middlesex	[273]	16 September 1916	41	near Ginchy, France	[274]
de Courcy Ireland	Europeans (India)	[275]	28 January 1915	41	Hong Kong or Peking	[276]
Arthur Isaac	Worcestershire	[277]	7 July 1916	42	Contalmaison, France	[278]
John Isaac	Worcestershire	[279]	9 May 1915	35	Rouge Bancs, Fromelles Ridge, Armentières, France	[280]
Geoffrey Jackson	Derbyshire	[281]	9 April 1917	23	Faimpoux, Arras, Belgium	[282]
Arthur Jaques	Hampshire	[283]	27 September 1915	27	Bois Hugo, Loos-en-Gohelle, France	[284]
Burnet James	Gloucestershire	[285]	26 September 1915	28	Langemark, Belgium	[286]
Percy Jeeves	Warwickshire	[287]	22 July 1916	28	High Wood, Montauban-de-Picardie, France	[288]
David Jennings	Kent	[289]	6 August 1918	29	Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England	[290]
Robert Jesson	Hampshire	[291]	22 February 1917	30	near Kut, Mesopotamia	[292]
Donald Johnston	Oxford University	[293]	13 September 1918	23	Beugneux, France	[294]
Vivian Kavanagh	Auckland	[295]	9 August 1917	35	Ypres, Belgium	[296]
Henry Keigwin	Essex	[297]	20 September 1916	35	near Thiepval, France	[298]
David Kennedy	Scotland	[299]	1 July 1916	25	Somme, France	[300]
William Kington	Europeans	[301]	20 October 1914	38	Zonnebeke, Belgium	[302]
Gordon Kinvig	Wellington	[303]	31 July 1917	29	Ploegsteert Wood, near Ypres, Belgium	[304]
Ronald Lagden	Oxford University	[305]	1 March 1915	25	St Eloi, Belgium	[306]
Arthur Lang	Sussex	[307]	25 January 1915	24	Cuinchy, France	[308]
Edwin Leat	Somerset	[309]	8 June 1918	33	near Beaumont-Hamel, France	[310]
Lawrence Le Fleming	Kent	[311]	21 March 1918	38	Maissemy, France	[312]
Logie Leggatt	Cambridge University	[313]	31 July 1917	22	Pilckem Ridge, Belgium	[314]
Richard Lewis	Oxford University	[315]	7 September 1917	43	Ypres, Belgium	[316]
Frank Lugton	Victoria	[317]	29 July 1916	22	near Villers-Bretonneux, France	[318]
Joseph Lynch	Gentlemen of Ireland	[319]	25 September 1915	35	Loos-en-Gohelle, France	[320]
Claude Mackay	Gloucestershire	[321]	7 June 1915	20	Boulogne, France	[322]
George Macnamara	Ireland	[323] Archived 3 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine	18 August 1916	23	Loos-en-Gohelle, France	[324]
Mark Mackenzie	Oxford University	[325]	25 September 1914	26	Soupir-sur-Aisne, Soissons, France	[326]
Meredith Magniac	South Africa Army	[327]	25 April 1917	36	France	[328]
Walter Malcolm	Otago	[329]	23 December 1917	23	Poelcapelle, Belgium	[330]
William Malraison	Transvaal	[331]	31 May 1916	39	East Africa	[332]
Bruce Manson	Europeans (India)	[333]	4 November 1914	35	Tanga, Tanganyika, German East Africa	[334]
Alan Marshal	Queensland, Surrey	[335]	23 July 1915	32	Imtarfa, Malta	[336]
Edward Marvin	Transvaal	[337]	24 March 1918	39	Marrieres Wood, France	[338]
Arthur Marsden	Derbyshire	[339]	31 July 1916	35	St Pancras, London, England	[340]
Kenelm McCloughin	Free Foresters	[341]	26 September 1915	31	Hohenzollern Redoubt, near Cambrin, France	[342]
Stanley McKenzie	Tasmania	[343]	8 December 1915	25	Alexandria, Egypt	[344]
Harold Mead	Essex	[345]	13 April 1921	25	Bell Common, Essex, England	[346]
Ralph Melville	Gentlemen of Philadelphia	[347]	4 March 1919	33	Wimereux, France	[348]
Charles Minnaar	Western Province	[349]	16 November 1916	34	near Beaumont Hamel, France	[350]
Jacky Morkel	Transvaal	[351]	15 May 1916	25	East Africa	[352]
Claude Mulcahy	Natal	[353]	11 July 1916	30	Corbie-sur-Somme, France	[354]
John Murray	Royal Navy	[355]	31 May 1916	42	at sea during the Battle of Jutland	[356]
John Murray	Scotland	[357]	23 September 1917	35	near Poelcappelle, Belgium	[358]
Edwin Myers	Surrey	[359]	15 September 1916	28	near Adanac, France	[360]
Guy Napier	Cambridge University	[361]	25 September 1915	31	Loos-en-Gohelle, France	[362]
George Neale	MCC	[363]	28 September 1915	46	near Loos-en-Gohelle, France	[364]
John Nelson	Lancashire	[365]	12 August 1917	25	near Pilckem, France	[366]
Arnold Nesbitt	Worcestershire	[367]	7 November 1914	36	Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium	[368]
Bernard Nevile	Worcestershire	[369]	11 February 1916	27	near Ypres, Belgium	[370]
Charles Newcombe	Derbyshire	[371]	27 December 1915	24	Fleurbaix, France	[372]
William Odell	Leicestershire	[373]	4 October 1917	35	near Passchendaele, Belgium	[374]
Cecil Palmer	Hampshire	[375]	26 July 1915	42	near Hill Q, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire	[376]
Ernest Parker	Western Australia	[377]	2 May 1918	34	Caëstre, France	[378]
William Parker	MCC	[379]	30 July 1915	28	Hooge, Belgium	[380]
Walter Parke	Army	[381]	13 October 1914	23	Hazebrouck, France	[382]
Eric Penn	Cambridge University	[383]	18 October 1915	37	Hohenzollern, near Loos-en-Gohelle, France	[384]
Charles Pepper	Nottinghamshire	[385]	13 September 1917	42	near La Clytte, Belgium	[386]
Henry Persse	Hampshire	[387]	28 June 1918	32	near Saint-Omer, France	[388]
Edward Phillips	Cambridge University	[389]	8 May 1915	32	near Ypres, Belgium	[390]
George Poeppel	Queensland	[391]	2 February 1917	23	German POW camp, Germany	[392]
Albert Pratt	Auckland	[393]	19 July 1916	23	Pozières, France	[394]
Reggie Pridmore	Warwickshire	[395]	13 March 1918	31	near Piave River, north of Venice, Italy	[396]
Donald Priestley	Gloucestershire	[397]	30 October 1917	30	Passchendale, Belgium	[398]
Richard Rail	Western Province	[399]	9 October 1917	29	Houthulst Forest, Passchendale, Belgium	[400]
John Raphael	Surrey	[401]	11 June 1917	35	Remy, Belgium	[402]
Cyril Rattigan	Cambridge University	[403]	13 November 1916	32	near Beaucourt, France	[404]
Rowland Raw	Gentlemen of England	[405]	7 August 1915	31	Suvla Bay, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire	[406]
Wilfrid Reay	Gentlemen of England	[407]	8 October 1915	24	near Thiepval, France	[408]
William Riley	Nottinghamshire	[409]	9 August 1917	28	near Coxyde, Belgium	[410]
Francis Roberts	Gloucestershire	[411]	8 February 1916	33	St Julien, Ypres, Belgium	[412]
Herbert Rogers	Hampshire	[413]	12 October 1916	23	Somme, France	[414]
Henry Rosher	JG Greig's XI	[415]	14 April 1915	48	Shaibah, Mesopotamia	[416]
James Rothery	Yorkshire	[417] Archived 7 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine	2 June 1919	41	Leeds, Yorkshire, England	[418] Archived 13 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine
Eustace Rutter	Europeans	[419]	13 May 1915	44	Ypres, Belgium	[420]
James Ryan	Northamptonshire	[421]	25 September 1915	23	Loos-en-Gohelle, France	[422]
Oswald Samson	Somerset	[423]	7 September 1918	37	near Peronne, France	[424]
George Sandeman	Hampshire	[425]	26 April 1915	33	Zonnebeke, Belgium	[426]
Clifford Saville	Middlesex	[427]	8 November 1917	25	Fresnoy-le-Grand, Aisne, France	[428]
Herbert Sharp	Hawke's Bay	[429]	1 September 1918	37	France	[430]
Edward Shaw	Oxford University	[431]	7 October 1916	24	Le Sars, France	[432]
Ernest Shorrocks	Somerset	[433]	20 July 1916	41	Thiepval, France	[434]
Karl Siedle	Natal	[435]	30 May 1918	28	Doullens, Picardy, France	[436]
Ernest Simpson	Kent	[437]	2 October 1917	41	Saint-Omer, France	[438]
Leonard Slater	Gentlemen of the South	[439]	14 September 1914	38	Aisne, France	[440]
Hubert Selwyn-Smith	Queensland	[441]	7 June 1917	25	Messines, France	[442]
Allan Ivo Steel	MCC	[443]	8 October 1917	25	Langemark, Belgium	[444]
Frank Street	Essex	[445]	7 July 1916	46	Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France	[446]
Norman Street	Warwickshire	[447]	10 August 1915	33	Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, Turkey	[448]
William Stuart	Scotland	[449]	23 April 1917	27	Arras, France	[450]
Harvey Staunton	Nottinghamshire	[451]	14 January 1918	47	Arzizieh, Mesopotamia	[452]
Henry Stricker	Transvaal	[453]	15 February 1917	29	Dodoma, Tanganyika, German East Africa	[454]
James Sutcliffe	Hampshire	[455]	14 July 1915	38	Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire	[456]
Leonard Sutton	Somerset	[457]	3 June 1916	26	Zillebeke, France	[458]
Theodore Tapp	London County	[459]	21 October 1917	24	near Dozingham, Belgium	[460]
Edmund Thomson	MCC	[461]	21 December 1914	40	Festubert, near La Bassée, France	[462]
Charles Tomblin	Northamptonshire	[463]	1 June 1916	24	near Sissonne, France	[464]
Attwood Torrens	MCC	[465]	8 December 1916	42	Pozières, France	[466]
Francis Townend	Europeans (India)	[467]	29 March 1915	29	Béthune, France	[468]
Geoffrey Toynbee	Hampshire	[469]	15 November 1914	29	Ploegstraete, Armentières, France	[470]
Thomas Truman	Gloucestershire	[471]	14 September 1918	37	near Étrun, France	[472]
Frederick Trumble	Royal Navy	[473]	10 May 1918	24	at sea, on board HMS Warwick	[474]
Hervey Tudway	Somerset	[475]	18 November 1914	26	Boulogne, France	[476]
Frank Tuff	Oxford University	[477]	5 November 1915	25	Imtarfa, Malta	[478]
Hugh Tuke	Hawke's Bay	[479]	7 June 1915	30	at sea, off Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire	[480]
Frederick Turner	Oxford University	[481]	10 January 1915	26	near Kemmel, Belgium	[482]
Ronald Turner	Gloucestershire	[483]	15 August 1915	30	Suvla Bay, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire	[484]
William Tyldesley	Lancashire	[485]	26 April 1918	30	Kemmel, Belgium	[486]
James Valiant	Essex	[487]	28 October 1917	33	Gaza, Palestine	[488]
Alan Wallace	Auckland	[489]	10 May 1915	24	at sea, off Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire	[490]
Gerald Ward	MCC	[491]	30 October 1914	36	Zandvoorde, Belgium	[492]
George Whatford	Sussex	[493]	22 November 1915	37	Ctesiphon, Ottoman Empire	[494]
George Whitehead	Kent	[495]	17 October 1918	23	Lanwe, near Menen, Belgium	[496]
Tony Wilding	Canterbury	[497]	9 May 1915	31	Neuve-Chapelle, France	[498]
John Nathaniel Williams	Gloucestershire	[499]	25 April 1915	37	Gallipoli, Turkey	[500]
Joseph Williams	MCC	[501]	10 July 1916	23	Thiepval, France	[502]
Arthur Willmer	Oxford University	[503]	20 September 1916	26	Rouen, France	[504]
Francis Wilson	Jamaica	[505]	24 May 1915	32	Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire	[506]
George Wilson	Canterbury	[507]	14 December 1917	30	Belgium	[508]
Guy Wilson	Derbyshire	[509]	30 November 1917	35	Cambrai, France	[510]
Archer Windsor-Clive	Cambridge University	[511]	25 August 1914	23	Landrecies, France	[512]
John Winnington	Worcestershire	[513]	22 September 1918	42	near Kefar Kassin, Ramle, Palestine	[514]
Geoffrey Wood	Oxford University	[515]	13 October 1915	24	Hohenzollern, near Loos-en-Gohelle, France	[516]
Maxmillian Wood	Europeans (India)	[517]	22 August 1915	42	near Ismail Oglu Tepe, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire	[518]
Kenneth Woodroffe	Cambridge University	[519]	13 May 1915	22	near Neuve-Chapelle, France	[520]
Richard Worsley	Orange Free State	[521]	4 May 1917	37	at sea, off Gulf of Genoa, Italy	[522]
Oswald Wreford-Brown	Gloucestershire	[523]	7 July 1916	38	near Corbie, France	[524]
Egerton Wright	Oxford University	[525]	11 May 1918	32	Barly, France	[526]
Harold Wright	Leicestershire	[527]	14 September 1915	31	Marylebone, London, England	[528]
Charles Yaldren	Hampshire	[529]	23 October 1916	24	Thiepval, France	[530]
William Yalland	Gloucestershire	[531]	23 October 1914	25	Ypres, Belgium	[532]
Charles Younger	Scotland	[533]	21 March 1917	31	St Leger, near Aveluy, France	[534]

Easter Rising (1916)[edit]

First-class cricketers[edit]

Name	Main first-class team	Ref	Date of death	Age	Place of death	Ref
Francis Browning	Ireland	[535]	26 April 1916	47	Dublin, Ireland	[536]

Irish War of Independence (1919–1921)[edit]

First-class cricketers[edit]

Name	Main first-class team	Ref	Date of death	Age	Place of death	Ref
James Airy	Europeans (India)	[537]	21 July 1920	36	Ballyvourney, County Cork, Ireland	[538]
Hugh Montgomery	Somerset	[539]	10 December 1920	40	Bray, County Dublin, Ireland	[540]

World War II (1939–1945)[edit]

Test cricketers[edit]

Name	Test team	Ref	Date of death	Age	Place of death	Ref
Dooley Briscoe	South Africa	[541]	22 April 1941	30	Kombolcha, Ethiopia, Italian East Africa	[542]
Ken Farnes	England	[543]	20 October 1941	30	Chipping Warden, Oxfordshire, England	[544]
Ross Gregory	Australia	[545]	10 June 1942	26	near Gaffargaon, Bengal, India	[546]
Arthur Langton	South Africa	[547]	27 November 1942	30	near Maiduguri, Nigeria	[548]
Geoffrey Legge	England	[549]	21 November 1940	37	Brampford Speke, Devon, England	[550]
George Macaulay	England	[551]	13 December 1940	43	Sullom Voe, Shetland Islands, Scotland	[552]
Sonny Moloney	New Zealand	[553]	15 July 1942	31	Ruweisat Ridge, El Alamein, Egypt	[554]
Maurice Turnbull	England	[555]	5 August 1944	38	near Montchamp, France	[556]
Hedley Verity	England	[557]	31 July 1943	38	Caserta, Italy	[558]

First-class cricketers[edit]

Name	Main first-class team	Ref	Date of death	Age	Place of death	Ref
Sidney Adams	Northamptonshire	[559]	24 March 1945	40	near Hamminkeln, Germany	[560]
James Alexander	Bengal	[561]	23 October 1943	27	Bhawanipur, Bengal, India	[562]
Leigh Alexander	Europeans (India)	[563]	28 April 1943	44	Burma	[564]
Robert Alexander	Ireland	[565]	19 July 1943	32	near Catania, Sicily, Italy	[566]
Michael Anderson	Cambridge University	[567]	10 May 1940	23	Hoogvliet, Netherlands	[568]
Francis Arkwright	Hampshire	[569]	1 July 1942	37	Knightsbridge, near Acroma, Libya	[570]
Claude Ashton	Essex	[571]	31 October 1942	41	Caernarvon, Wales	[572]
Glen Baker	Queensland	[573]	15 December 1943	28	Buna, New Guinea	[574]
Peter Bairnsfather-Cloete	Western Province	[575]	19 December 1942	25	Kisumu, Kenya	[576]
William Baldock	Somerset	[577]	30 December 1941	41	Jabor Valley, Trengganu, Malaya	[578]
Tristan Ballance	Oxford University	[579]	4 December 1943	27	near Naples, Italy	[580]
Clifford Barker	Transvaal	[581]	27 July 1942	25	El Alamein, Egypt	[582]
Freeman Barnardo	Middlesex	[583]	25 October 1942	24	ten miles west of El Alamein, Egypt	[584]
Stanley Behrend	Bengal	[585]	30 May 1944	35	Imphal, Manipur, India	[586]
Montague Bennett	Minor Counties	[587]	17 December 1940	28	at sea, on HMS Acheron, off the Isle of Wight	[588]
Thomas Bevan	Army	[589]	12 June 1942	42	Tobruk, Libya	[590]
Peter Blagg	Oxford University	[591]	18 March 1943	24	near Donbaik, Burma	[592]
John Blake	Cambridge University Hampshire	[593]	3 June 1944	26	near Brač, Yugoslavia	[594]
Charles Blount	Royal Air Force	[595]	23 October 1940	46	Hendon Aerodrome, Colindale, Middlesex, England	[596]
Norman Bowell	Hampshire	[597]	5 March 1943	39	at sea, off the coast of Singapore	[598]
Paul Brooks	Middlesex	[599]	26 January 1946	24	Paddington, London, England	[600]
James Bruce-Jones	Scotland	[601]	29 April 1943	32	Enfidaville, French Tunisia	[602]
Anthony Burke	Europeans	[603]	17 February 1942	45	Kyaikto, British Burma	[604]
Reginald Butterworth	Middlesex	[605]	21 May 1940	33	Saint-Martin-au-Laërt, near Saint-Omer, France	[606]
John Butterworth	Oxford University	[607]	18 March 1941	35	Shooter's Hill, London, England	[608]
Frederick Campling	Orange Free State	[609]	22 March 1945	36	British Borneo	[610]
Bill Carson	Auckland	[611]	8 October 1944	28	at sea, on board ship between Bari, Italy and Egypt	[612]
Gerry Chalk	Kent	[613]	17 February 1943	32	Louches, near Calais, France	[614]
Peter Cherrington	Leicestershire	[615]	20 January 1945	27	Monywa, Myanmar	[616]
Vivian Chiodetti	Hyderabad Cricket Association XI	[617]	17 January 1942	38	Kyaumedaung, Burma	[618]
Alfred Cobden	Canterbury	[619]	24 October 1942	29	El Alamein, Egypt	[620]
Arthur Cocks	Army	[621]	6 June 1944	39	Ouistreham, France	[622]
Colin Cokayne-Frith	Army	[623]	18 May 1940	40	Assche, Belgium	[624]
Joseph Connaughton	Middlesex	[625]	12 February 1944	25	at sea, One and a Half Degree Channel, Maldives	[626]
Paul Cressall	British Guiana	[627]	8 April 1943	49	Hong Kong	[628]
Ronald Crook	Wellington	[629]	17 January 1943	35	Tripoli, Libya	[630]
Grahame Cruickshanks	Eastern Province	[631]	8 September 1941	28	Berlin, Germany	[632]
David Day	Europeans (India)	[633]	22 February 1944	27	Arakan, Burma	[634]
Eric Dixon	Oxford University	[635]	20 April 1941	25	flying from HMS Formidable off the coast of Tripoli, Libya	[636]
Harold Dods	Minor Counties	[637]	18 June 1944	35	Westminster, London, England	[638]
Conan Doyle	Orange Free State	[639]	24 October 1942	29	Egypt	[640]
Howard Dunbar	Europeans (India)	[641]	23 July 1942	37	Ruweisat Ridge, El Alamein, Egypt	[642]
Peter Eckersley	Lancashire	[643]	13 August 1940	36	in a flying accident near Eastleigh, Hampshire, England	[644]
Allan Edwards	Otago	[645]	18 August 1942	22	at sea, off Cherbourg, France	[646]
Richard Evans	Border	[647]	29 May 1943	28	at sea, off Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa	[648]
Dudley Everett	Western Australia	[649]	3 May 1943	31	Ontario, Canada	[650]
George Fenton	Viceroy's XI	[651]	26 May 1944	34	Palena, Italy	[652]
Geoffrey Fletcher	Oxford University	[653]	27 March 1943	23	Djebel Saikra, Matmata, Tunisia	[654]
Hubert Freakes	Eastern Province	[655]	10 March 1942	28	Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England	[656]
Albert Freeman	Surrey	[657]	7 January 1945	57	Greenwich, London, England	[658]
John Gartly	Transvaal	[659]	22 November 1941	33	Sidi Rezegh, Libya	[660]
Ernest Gasson	Canterbury	[661]	7 September 1942	34	El Alamein, Egypt	[662]
Ronald Gerrard	Somerset	[663]	22 January 1943	30	near Tripoli, Libya	[664]
Edward Gibson	Rangoon Gymkhana	[665]	11 August 1944	45	Bangkok, Thailand	[666]
James Grimshaw	Cambridge University	[667]	26 September 1944	32	Nijmegen–Arnhem region, Netherlands	[668]
Lancelot Grove	Army	[669]	9 February 1943	37	Gander, Newfoundland	[670]
John Halliday	Oxford University	[671]	3 December 1945	30	Rochefort, Puy-de-Dôme, France	[672]
Cyril Hamilton	Kent	[673]	10 February 1941	31	Keren, Eritrea, Italian East Africa	[674]
Eric Hamilton	Transvaal	[675]	15 July 1943	30	over Sicily, Italy	[676]
Leslie Hancock	Marylebone Cricket Club	[677]	12 July 1944	44	Maupertus-sur-Mer, Normandy, France	[678]
Geoffrey Hart-Davis	Natal	[679]	9 December 1941	36	Sidi Rezegh, Libya	[680]
David Hayward	Middlesex	[681]	21 April 1945	24	Lasham Hill Farm, Hampshire, England	[682]
Ronald Hewat	Griqualand West	[683]	15 February 1944	56	Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa	[684]
Francis Hodder	Royal Air Force	[685]	6 September 1943	36	near Rhein, Germany	[686]
Alec Howie	Army (India)	[687]	22 May 1940	26	Escaut River, Belgium	[688]
Bernard Howlett	Kent	[689]	29 November 1943	44	Santa Maria Imbaro, Italy	[690]
Roger Human	Worcestershire	[691]	21 November 1942	33	Bangalore, Karnataka, India	[692]
Harold Jameson	Cambridge University	[693]	26 August 1940	22	Portsmouth, England	[694]
Gilbert Jose	South Australia	[695]	27 March 1942	43	Changi POW Camp, Singapore	[696]
George Kemp-Welch	Warwickshire	[697]	18 June 1944	36	Westminster, London, England	[698]
Frank Kerr	Otago	[699]	24 July 1943	26	Solomon Islands	[700]
Stuart King	Victoria	[701]	28 February 1943	36	at sea, Coral Sea, Pacific Ocean	[702]
Jack Lee	Somerset	[703]	20 June 1944	42	near Bazenville, Normandy, France	[704]
Geoffrey Longfield	Royal Air Force	[705]	25 February 1943	33	Rennes, France	[706]
Michael Matthews	Oxford University	[707]	29 May 1940	26	Dunkirk, France	[708]
Michael Maw	Cambridge University	[709]	13 August 1944	31	near Alzey, Germany	[710]
Charles Mayo	Somerset	[711]	10 April 1943	40	near Alexandria, Egypt	[712]
Norman McMillan	Auckland	[713]	16 July 1942	35	El Alamein, Egypt	[714]
Alastair McNeil	Scotland	[715]	26 January 1944	28	Anzio, Italy	[716]
Peter McRae	Somerset	[717]	25 February 1944	28	Barents Sea (aboard HMS Mahratta), England	[718]
Michael Magill	Oxford University	[719]	5 September 1940	24	Filey, England	[720]
David Merry	Trinidad	[721]	4 May 1944	21	Canada	[722]
David Monaghan	South Island Army	[723]	27 January 1944	21	Caserta, Italy	[724]
Edward Moss	Oxford University	[725]	31 March 1944	32	Rimbach, Germany	[726]
Alastair Monteath	Otago	[727]	27 June 1942	28	Western Desert, Libya	[728]
Ross Moyle	South Australia	[729]	24 October 1942	29	Cairo, Egypt	[730]
Henry Myles	Western Province	[731]	15 June 1942	31	Kirkinner, Dumfries, Scotland	[732]
Robert Nelson	Northamptonshire	[733]	29 October 1940	28	Deal, Kent, England	[734]
Charles Orton	Europeans (India)	[735]	28 May 1940	29	near Wormhout, France	[736]
Charles Packe	Leicestershire	[737]	1 July 1944	35	Chateau de la Londs, Caen, Normandy, France	[738]
Christiaan Papenfus	Orange Free State	[739]	18 November 1941	25	Gazala, Libya	[740]
Wilfred Parry	Natal	[741]	23 July 1942	31	Ruweisat Ridge, Egypt	[742]
Alan Pearsall	Tasmania	[743]	8 March 1944	28	over English Channel	[744]
John Pelly	Royal Navy	[745]	6 June 1945	56	Hove, Sussex, England	[746]
William Pershke	Oxford University	[747]	21 January 1944	25	at sea, on active service	[748]
Robert Philpot-Brookes	Europeans (India)	[749]	29 May 1940	27	St Eloi, France	[750]
David Price	Western Province	[751]	6 July 1942	31	at sea, off Iceland	[752]
Donald Ray	Marylebone Cricket Club	[753]	12 July 1944	41	on board a hospital ship off Southampton, England	[754]
Jack Richards	Cambridge University	[755]	2 November 1944	26	Gelderland, Netherlands	[756]
Kenneth Ridings	South Australia	[757]	17 May 1943	23	over Bay of Biscay	[758]
Patrick Rucker	Oxford University	[759]	20 May 1940	40	Amiens, France	[760]
Kenneth Scott	Oxford University	[761]	9 August 1943	27	Bronte, Sicily, Italy	[762]
Peter Scott	Oxford University	[763]	13 June 1944	32	Villers-Bocage, France	[764]
Gerald Seeley	Worcestershire	[765]	23 July 1941	38	at sea off Ostend, Belgium	[766]
John Shadwell	Europeans (India)	[767]	25 April 1942	23	Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India	[768]
Alexander Shaw	Bengal	[769]	19 July 1945	37	New Delhi, India	[770]
Francis Sides	Victoria	[771]	25 August 1943	29	Kunai Spur, Salamaua, New Guinea	[772]
Charles Spencer	Oxford University	[773]	29 September 1941	38	South Havant, Hampshire, England	[774]
Ralph Spitteler	Europeans (India)	[775]	14 March 1946	30	Jakarta, Java, Dutch East Indies	[776]
Robert Stephenson	Royal Navy	[777]	9 November 1942	36	at sea aboard HMS Cromer, off Mersa Matruh, Egypt	[778]
Charles Sutton	South Americans	[779]	29 July 1945	38	Gosport, Hampshire, England	[780]
George Talbot	Canterbury	[781]	15 December 1943	36	Orsogna, Italy	[782]
Frank Thorn	Victoria	[783]	11 February 1942	29	Gasmata, New Guinea	[784]
Gordon Thorne	Army	[785]	2 March 1942	44	at sea, in the Indian Ocean	[786]
Richard Tindall	Oxford University	[787]	22 January 1942	29	Jadabia, Libya	[788]
Edward Titley	Cambridge University	[789]	17 July 1943	31	Moita, County Meath, Ireland	[790]
Charlie Walker	South Australia	[791]	18 December 1942	33	Soltau, Germany	[792]
David Walker	Oxford University	[793]	7 February 1942	28	on a flight over Norway, and buried at Trondheim, Norway	[794]
Donald Walker	Hampshire	[795]	18 June 1941	28	flying 2 km north of Best, Netherlands	[796]
Henry Walters	Auckland	[797]	25 August 1944	26	at sea, English Channel	[798]
Clement Wareham	Wellington	[799]	30 September 1940	29	Hollingbourne, Kent, England	[800]
Geoffrey Warren	Roshanara Club	[801]	21 November 1941	33	Libya	[802]
David Warburton	Oxford University	[803]	4 February 1941	21	near Crewe, Cheshire, England	[804]
David Watson	Oxford University	[805]	3 October 1943	23	United States of America	[806]
William Welch	Free Foresters	[807]	25 May 1940	28	Calais, France	[808]
Robin Whetherly	Oxford University	[809]	27 November 1943	27	near Glamoč, Yugoslavia	[810]
Peter Whitehouse	Oxford University	[811]	19 November 1943	26	Archi, Italy	[812]
John Whitty	Army	[813]	23 October 1944	34	Vicchio, Florence, Italy	[814]
Alec Wills	Combined Services	[815]	7 November 1941	30	Kallang, Singapore	[816]
Roger Winlaw	Cambridge University	[817]	31 October 1942	30	Caernarvon, Wales	[818]
Denys Witherington	Cambridge University	[819]	16 February 1944	22	near Anzio, Italy	[820]
Barney Wood	Western Australia	[821]	9 June 1941	39	Syria	[822]

South African Border War (1966–1989)[edit]

First-class cricketers[edit]

Name	Main first-class team	Ref	Date of death	Age	Place of death	Ref
Gary Bricknell	Western Province	[823]	25 March 1977	22	Keetmanshoop, South-West Africa	[824]

See also[edit]

• Cricket in World War I
• Cricket in World War II
• List of cricketers who were murdered

References[edit]