Meredith Magniac

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Meredith Magniac
Personal information
Full name
Meredith Magniac
Born27 June 1880
Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
Died25 April 1917(1917-04-25) (aged 36)
Monchy-le-Preux, Pas-de-Calais,
France
NicknameManiac [1]
BattingUnknown
BowlingUnknown
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches1
Runs scored15
Batting average 7.50
100s/50s–/–
Top score14
Balls bowled138
Wickets 2
Bowling average 40.50
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match–
Best bowling2/81
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 March 2021

Meredith Magniac DSO (27 June 1880 – 25 April 1917) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

The son of Major-General Francis Lane Magniac, he was born at Hitchin in June 1880. [2] He was educated at Clifton College, where he played for the cricket XI. [3] After completing his education, he decided to follow in his fathers footsteps by choosing a career in the British Army. He attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1898 and graduated as a second lieutenant into the 4th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers in 1899. [4] He was then transferred to the 3rd Battalion, then in South Africa, with Magniac seeing action during the Second Boer War. [5] He was promoted to lieutenant during the course of the war in May 1900, [6] before being promoted to captain in February 1904. [7] He remained in South Africa following the end of the conflict and later played in a first-class cricket match for the South Africa Army cricket team against Pelham Warner's touring Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) side at Pretoria in January 1906. [8] He batted twice in the match, being run out for 1 run in the Army first innings, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 14 runs by Frederick Fane. As a bowler he took 2 wickets in the MCC first innings, dismissing Jack Board and Schofield Haigh. [9] When the 3rd Battalion was disbanded, he was transferred to the 1st Battalion, where he served in British Malta and British India. He was appointed an adjutant of the 1st Battalion and upon the expiration of his term, Magniac passed a course at the Staff College, Quetta which allowed him to be appointed a brigade major at Fermoy in Ireland. [2]

When the First World War began, Meredith returned to England with his battalion. He opted to leave a staff appointment to return to the Lancashire Fusiliers in February 1915. [5] [10] His first action in the war came in April 1915, when he landed with the Lancashire Fusiliers at Gallipoli. He remained with his battalion throughout the campaign, commanding the 1st Battalion at Cape Helles. [2] During the campaign he was promoted to major in September 1915, [11] and was mentioned in dispatches for his efforts in aiding with the allied evacuation in December 1915. [2] He was made a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in the 1916 Birthday Honours. [12] Following this he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. [13] Magniac went with the 1st Battalion to the Western Front in 1916, where he was wounded in action during the first day of the Battle of the Somme when the 1st Battalion attempted to capture Beaumont-Hamel. [2] He was killed by a shell on 25 April 1917 near Monchy-le-Preux, while recessing with two other officers in a communications trench. He is buried in Beaurains Road British Cemetery, near Arras. [5]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 McCrery, Nigel (30 July 2015). Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War. Pen and Sword. p. 425. ISBN   978-1473864191.
  3. ↑ Oakeley, E. M. (1897). Clifton College Annals and Register. J. W. Arrowsmith, Ltd. p. 379.
  4. ↑ "No. 27107". The London Gazette . 11 August 1899. p. 5013.
  5. 1 2 3 Hughes, Peter (30 September 2015). Visiting the Fallen - Arras South. Pen and Sword. p. 41. ISBN   9781473825581.
  6. ↑ "No. 27193". The London Gazette . 18 May 1900. p. 3146.
  7. ↑ "No. 27666". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 April 1904. p. 2301.
  8. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Meredith Magniac" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "South Africa Army v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1905/06" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  10. ↑ "No. 29077". The London Gazette . 19 February 1915. p. 1731.
  11. ↑ "No. 29284". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 September 1915. p. 8806.
  12. ↑ "No. 29608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1916. p. 5568.
  13. ↑ Lieutenant Colonel Meredith Magniac. The Times . 12 May 1917.
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