Reginald Arthur Lord (29 January 1905 –10 June 1997) was an English first-class cricketer.
Lord was born at Beckenham in January 1905. He was educated at Marlborough College,before going up to St John's College,Oxford. [1] While studying at Oxford,he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Middlesex at Oxford in 1924. He made two further appearances in first-class cricket,making a further appearance for Oxford against the Free Foresters in 1925,before playing against Oxford for H. D. G. Leveson-Gower's XI at Eastbourne in 1926. [2] He scored 57 runs in his three first-class matches,with a high score of 21. [3] He later served in the Second World War with the Royal Air Force,enlisting as a pilot officer in August 1940. [4] He was promoted to the rank of flight lieutenant in November 1941, [5] while in January 1943 he was made a temporary squadron leader. [6] He resigned his commission nine years after the conclusion of the war,in July 1954,retaining the rank of squadron leader. [7] Following the war,he taught for nearly fifty years at the St Bede's School,Eastbourne. He was still teaching four mornings a week in 1993,when he was 88. [8] He died in June 1997 at Willingdon,Sussex.
Frederick Louis MacNeice was an Irish poet and playwright from Northern Ireland,and a member of the Auden Group,which also included W. H. Auden,Stephen Spender and Cecil Day-Lewis. MacNeice's body of work was widely appreciated by the public during his lifetime,due in part to his relaxed but socially and emotionally aware style. Never as overtly or simplistically political as some of his contemporaries,he expressed a humane opposition to totalitarianism as well as an acute awareness of his roots.
Errol Reginald Thorold Holmes,was a cricketer who played for Oxford University,Surrey and England.
John Rodney Reay Holmes was an English cricketer. Holmes was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Hollington,Sussex,and educated at Repton School.
Major David William Maurice Gay MC was a decorated British Army officer,English cricketer,and later an educator. Gay served with distinction in World War II,earning the Military Cross during the course of the war. Following the war,he played first-class cricket,before embarking on a career as a teacher,which eventually led him to New Zealand,where he lived out the remainder of his life.
Commander Philip Hastings Irwin was an English cricketer and Royal Navy officer. Irwin was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Didsbury,Lancashire.
John Compton Butterworth was an English first-class cricketer who played for Middlesex in 1925 and Oxford University in 1926. He was born in Samarang,Java,and was educated at Harrow School and Magdalen College,Oxford. He joined the Royal Air Force and in August 1936 played for the RAF in their annual match against the Royal Navy at Lord's. However,during World War II he was commissioned in the Royal Artillery and was killed at Shooter's Hill,London when a bomb exploded near his anti-aircraft battery.
Guy Alexander Ingram Dury was an English cricketer and British Army officer. He served in both world wars with the London Regiment and the Grenadier Guards,winning the Military Cross during the First World War. He was a first-class cricketer who played for the British Army cricket team and the Free Foresters.
Hugh Frederick Michael Morres was an English first-class cricketer and educator.
Edward Henry Moss DFC was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve officer. Moss studied modern history at the University of Oxford,where he played first-class cricket for Oxford University. Initially serving in the Second World War with the Wiltshire Regiment,he transferred Royal Air Force Voluneteer Reserve in 1941,where he would spend the remainder of the war. He was killed during a bombing mission over Germany in 1944.
Leonard Frank Jennings was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force officer. He served in the Royal Air Force as both a non-commissioned officer and a commissioned officer for approximately twenty-five years,as well as playing first-class cricket for the Royal Air Force cricket team.
Tom Urquhart Pollitt was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force officer. Initially a non-commissioned officer when he joined the Royal Air Force,he later served as a commissioned officer during the Second World War. He also played first-class cricket for the Royal Air Force cricket team.
Rear Admiral Galfry George Ormond Gatacre,was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN),who also played first-class cricket. His naval career began in 1921 and lasted until his retirement in 1964,during which time he spent a number of years on secondment to the Royal Navy. He saw action in both the Second World War and the Korean War,for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Distinguished Service Order. He also played first-class cricket in England for the Royal Navy Cricket Club. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1960 and,after retirement from the navy,he became a businessman.
Reginald James Somerville was an English first-class cricketer.
William Samuel Plenderleath Lithgow was an English first-class cricketer. Lithgow played first-class cricket before the Second World War for Oxford University. After the war he embarked on a career as a professional soldier,serving in both the Royal Artillery and the 10th Royal Hussars until 1968. He later served as a bodyguard to Elizabeth II in the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms from 1970 to 1990.
Stephen Flockton Charles was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
Reginald Owen Edwards was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
Michael Trentham Maw was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force officer.
William Robert Ronald Leach was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer.
John Edward Tew was an English first-class cricketer and solicitor.
Weir Loudon Greenlees Greenlees was an English first-class cricketer,distiller and soldier.