John Fawkes

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John Fawkes
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Full nameJohn Fawkes
Born (1933-10-09) 9 October 1933 (age 85)
Brampton, Derbyshire, England
BattingLeft-handed
Role Wicket-keeper
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches4
Runs scored117
Batting average 19.50
100s/50s–/–
Top score41
Catches/stumpings 5/2
Source: Cricinfo, 9 March 2019

John Fawkes (born 9 October 1933) is an English former first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

English people Nation and ethnic group native to England

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British Army land warfare branch of the British Armed Forces of the United Kingdom

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Fawkes was born at Brampton, Derbyshire. He carried out his National Service in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps as a second lieutenant, starting in October 1953. [1] In November 1954, he was transferred from the National Service list and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. [2] His service took him to Kenya Colony, where he played minor matches for Kenya and East Africa. [3] He later played first-class cricket for the Combined Services cricket team, making his debut against Warwickshire at Birmingham in 1959. [4] He played three further first-class matches for the Combined Services in 1960, playing against Cambridge University, Surrey, and the touring South Africans. [4] He scored 117 runs across his four matches, averaging 19.50, with a high score of 41. [5]

Brampton, Derbyshire former village, now part of the town of Chesterfield in Derbyshire, England

Brampton is an area in the west of Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Originally a village separate from the town, it became absorbed into it over time due to urban sprawl. It is centred on Chatsworth Road, the main arterial road (A619) that connects the town with the Peak District and Manchester.

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

The Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) was a corps of the British Army. At its renaming as a Royal Corps in 1918 it was both a supply and repair corps. In the supply area it had responsibility for weapons, armoured vehicles and other military equipment, ammunition and clothing and certain minor functions such as laundry, mobile baths and photography. The RAOC was also responsible for a major element of the repair of Army equipment. In 1942 the latter function was transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) and the vehicle storage and spares responsibilities of the Royal Army Service Corps were in turn passed over to the RAOC. The RAOC retained repair responsibilities for ammunition, clothing and certain ranges of general stores. In 1964 the McLeod Reorganisation of Army Logistics resulted in the RAOC absorbing petroleum, rations and accommodation stores functions from the Royal Army Service Corps as well as the Army Fire Service, barrack services, sponsorship of NAAFI (EFI) and the management of staff clerks from the same Corps. On 5 April 1993, the RAOC was one of the corps that amalgamated to form The Royal Logistic Corps (RLC).

Lieutenant is a junior officer rank in the British Army and Royal Marines. It ranks above second lieutenant and below captain and has a NATO ranking code of OF-1 and it is the senior subaltern rank. Unlike some armed forces which use first lieutenant, the British rank is simply lieutenant, with no ordinal attached. The rank is equivalent to that of a flying officer in the Royal Air Force (RAF). Although formerly considered senior to a Royal Navy (RN) sub-lieutenant, the British Army and Royal Navy ranks of lieutenant and sub-lieutenant are now considered to be of equivalent status. The Army rank of lieutenant has always been junior to the Navy's rank of lieutenant.

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References

  1. ↑ "No. 40016". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 November 1953. p. 6149.
  2. ↑ "No. 40338". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 November 1954. p. 6785.
  3. ↑ "Teams John Fawkes played for" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  4. 1 2 "First-Class Matches played by John Fawkes" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  5. ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Fawkes" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
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