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.

Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)

First-class cricketers

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

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	[2]	8 February 1881	Scheins Hoogte, Colony of Natal

Mahdist War (1881-1899)

First-class cricketers

Name	Main first-class team	Ref	Date of death	Place of death	Ref
Herbert Stewart	MCC	[3]	16 February 1885	Gakdul, Sudan	[4]
John Trask	Somerset	[5]	25 July 1896	Kosheh, Sudan	[6]

Second Boer War (1899-1902)

Test cricketers

Name	Test team	Ref	Date of death	Place of death	Ref
John Ferris	Australia	[7]	17 November 1900	Addington, Durban, Colony of Natal
Frank Milligan	England	[8]	31 March 1900	Ramatlabama, Bechuanaland Protectorate

First-class cricketers

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

World War I (1914-1918)

Test cricketers

Name	Test team	Ref	Date of death	Place of death	Ref
Colin Blythe	England	[19]	8 November 1917	near Passchendaele, Belgium	[20]
Major Booth	England	[21]	1 July 1916	near La Signy Farm, France	[22]
Frederick Cook	South Africa	[23]	30 November 1915	Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire	[24]
Tibby Cotter	Australia	[25]	31 October 1917	near Beersheba, Palestine	[26]
Reginald Hands	South Africa	[27]	20 April 1918	Boulogne, France	[28]
Kenneth Hutchings	England	[29]	3 September 1916	Ginchy, France	[30]
Bill Lundie	South Africa	[31]	12 September 1917	near Passchendaele, Belgium	[32]
Leonard Moon	England	[33]	23 November 1916	near Karasouli, Salonica, Greece	[34]
Claude Newberry	South Africa	[35]	1 August 1916	France	[36]
Arthur Edward Ochse	South Africa	[37]	11 April 1918	Middle Farm, Petit Puits, Messines Ridge, France	[38]
Reggie Schwarz	South Africa	[39]	18 November 1918	Etaples, France	[40]
Gordon White	South Africa	[41]	17 October 1918	Gaza, Palestine	[42]

First-class cricketers

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

Easter Rising (1916)

First-class cricketers

Name	Main first-class team	Ref	Date of death	Place of death	Ref
Francis Browning	Ireland	[495]	26 April 1916	Dublin, Ireland	[496]

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)	[497]	21 July 1920	Flatts, County Cork, Ireland	[498]
Hugh Montgomery	Somerset	[499]	10 December 1920	Bray, County Dublin, Ireland	[500]

World War II (1939-1945)

Test cricketers

Name	Test team	Ref	Date of death	Place of death	Ref
Dooley Briscoe	South Africa	[501]	22 April 1941	Kombolcha, Ethiopia, Italian East Africa	[502]
Ken Farnes	England	[503]	20 October 1941	Chipping Warden, Oxfordshire, England	[504]
Ross Gregory	Australia	[505]	10 June 1942	near Gaffargaon, Bengal, India	[506]
Arthur Langton	South Africa	[507]	27 November 1942	near Maiduguri, Nigeria	[508]
Geoffrey Legge	England	[509]	21 November 1940	Brampford Speke, Devon, England	[510]
George Macaulay	England	[511]	13 December 1940	Sullom Voe, Shetland Islands, Scotland	[512]
Sonny Moloney	New Zealand	[513]	15 July 1942	Ruweisat Ridge, El Alamein, Egypt	[514]
Maurice Turnbull	England	[515]	5 August 1944	near Montchamp, France	[516]
Hedley Verity	England	[517]	31 July 1943	Caserta, Italy	[518]

First-class cricketers

Name	Main first-class team	Ref	Date of death	Place of death	Ref
Sidney Adams	Northamptonshire	[519]	24 March 1945	near Hamminkeln, Germany	[520]
James Alexander	Bengal	[521]	23 October 1943	Bhawanipur, Bengal, India	[522]
Leigh Alexander	Europeans (India)	[523]	28 April 1943	Burma	[524]
Robert Alexander	Ireland	[525]	19 July 1943	near Catania, Sicily, Italy	[526]
Michael Anderson	Cambridge University	[527]	10 May 1940	Waalhaven Airfield, Holland, Netherlands	[528]
Francis Arkwright	Hampshire	[529]	1 July 1942	Knightsbridge, near Acroma, Libya	[530]
Claude Ashton	Essex	[531]	31 October 1942	Caernarvon, Wales	[532]
Glen Baker	Queensland	[533]	15 December 1943	Buna, New Guinea	[534]
Peter Bairnsfather-Cloete	Western Province	[535]	19 December 1942	Kisumu, Kenya	[536]
William Baldock	Somerset	[537]	30 December 1941	Jabor Valley, Trengganu, Malaya	[538]
Tristan Ballance	Oxford University	[539]	4 December 1943	near Naples, Italy	[540]
Clifford Barker	Transvaal|Transvaal	[541]	27 July 1942	El Alamein, Egypt	[542]
Freeman Barnardo	Middlesex	[543]	25 October 1942	ten miles west of El Alamein, Egypt	[544]
Stanley Behrend	Bengal	[545]	30 May 1944	Imphal, Manipur, India	[546]
Montague Bennett	Minor Counties	[547]	17 December 1940	at sea, on HMS Acheron, off the Isle of Wight	[548]
Thomas Bevan	Army	[549]	12 June 1942	Tobruk, Libya	[550]
Peter Blagg	Oxford University	[551]	18 March 1943	near Donbaik, Burma	[552]
John Blake	Cambridge University	[553]	3 June 1944	near Brač, Yugoslavia	[554]
Charles Blount	Royal Air Force	[555]	23 October 1940	Hendon Aerodrome, Colindale, Middlesex, England	[556]
Norman Bowell	Hampshire	[557]	5 March 1943	at sea, off the coast of Singapore	[558]
Reginald Butterworth	Middlesex	[559]	21 May 1940	Saint-Martin-au-Laërt, near Saint-Omer, France	[560]
Frederick Campling	Orange Free State	[561]	22nd March 1945	Burma	[562]
Bill Carson	Auckland	[563]	8 October 1944	at sea, on board ship between Bari, Italy and Egypt	[564]
Gerry Chalk	Kent	[565]	17 February 1943	Louches, near Calais, France	[566]
Vivian Chiodetti	Hyderabad Cricket Association XI	[567]	17 January 1942	Kyaumedaung, Burma	[568]
Arthur Cobden	Canterbury	[569]	24 October 1942	El Alamein, Egypt	[570]
Joseph Connaughton	Middlesex	[571]	12 February 1944	at sea, One and a Half Degree Channel, Maldives	[572]
Ronald Crook	Wellington	[573]	17 January 1943	Tripoli, Libya	[574]
Grahame Cruickshanks	Eastern Province	[575]	8 September 1941	Berlin, Germany	[576]
David Day	Europeans (India)	[577]	22 February 1944	Arakan, Burma	[578]
Eric Dixon	Oxford University	[579]	20 April 1941	flying from HMS Formidable off the coast of Tripoli, Libya	[580]
Harold Dods	Minor Counties	[581]	18 June 1944	Westminster, London, England	[582]
Conan Doyle	Orange Free State	[583]	24 October 1942	Egypt	[584]
Howard Dunbar	Europeans (India)	[585]	23 July 1942	Ruweisat Ridge, El Alamein, Egypt	[586]
Peter Eckersley	Lancashire	[587]	13 August 1940	in a flying accident near Eastleigh, Hampshire, England	[588]
Allan Edwards	Otago	[589]	18 August 1942	at sea, off Cherbourg, France	[590]
Richard Evans	Border	[591]	29 May 1943	at sea, off Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa	[592]
Dudley Everett	Western Australia	[593]	3 May 1943	Ontario, Canada	[594]
George Fenton	Viceroy's XI	[595]	26 May 1944	Palena, Italy	[596]
Geoffrey Fletcher	Oxford University	[597]	27 March 1943	Djebel Saikra, Matmata, Tunisia	[598]
Hubert Freakes	Eastern Province	[599]	10 March 1942	Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England	[600]
John Gartly	Transvaal	[601]	22 November 1941	Sidi Rezegh, Libya	[602]
Ernest Gasson	Canterbury	[603]	7 September 1942	El Alamein, Egypt	[604]
Ronald Gerrard	Somerset	[605]	22 January 1943	near Tripoli, Libya	[606]
James Grimshaw	Cambridge University	[607]	26 September 1944	Nijmegen, Arnhem, Holland, Netherlands	[608]
Lancelot Grove	Army	[609]	9 February 1943	Gander, Newfoundland	[610]
John Halliday	Oxford University	[611]	3 December 1945	Rochefort, Puy-de-Dôme, France	[612]
Cyril Hamilton	Kent	[613]	10 February 1941	Keren, Eritrea, Italian East Africa	[614]
Eric Hamilton	Transvaal	[615]	15 July 1943	over Sicily, Italy	[616]
Leslie Hancock	MCC	[617]	12 July 1944	Normandy, France	[618]
Geoffrey Hart-Davis	Natal	[619]	9 December 1941	Sidi Rezegh, Libya	[620]
Francis Hodder	Royal Air Force	[621]	6 September 1943	near Rhein, Germany	[622]
Alec Howie	Army (India)	[623]	22 May 1940	Escaut River, Belgium	[624]
Bernard Howlett	Kent	[625]	29 November 1943	Santa Maria Imbaro, Italy	[626]
Roger Human	Worcestershire	[627]	21 November 1942	Bangalore, Karnataka, India	[628]
Gilbert Jose	South Australia	[629]	27 March 1942	Changi POW Camp, Singapore	[630]
George Kemp-Welch	Warwickshire	[631]	18 June 1944	Chelsea, London, England	[632]
Frank Kerr	Otago	[633]	24 July 1943	Solomon Islands	[634]
Stuart King	Victoria	[635]	28 February 1943	at sea, Coral Sea, Pacific Ocean	[636]
Jack Lee	Somerset	[637]	20 June 1944	near Bazenville, Normandy, France	[638]
Michael Matthews	Oxford University	[639]	29 May 1940	Dunkirk, France	[640]
Charles Mayo	Somerset	[641]	10 April 1943	near Alexandria, Egypt	[642]
Norman McMillan	Auckland	[643]	16 July 1942	El Alamein, Egypt	[644]
Alastair McNeil	Scotland	[645]	26 January 1944	Anzio, Italy	[646]
Peter McRae	Somerset	[647]	25 February 1944	Barentz Sea (aboard HMS Mahratta), England	[648]
David Merry	Trinidad	[649]	4 May 1944	Canada	[650]
David Monaghan	South Island Army	[651]	27 January 1944	Caserta, Italy	[652]
Alastair Monteath	Otago	[653]	27 June 1942	Western Desert, Libya	[654]
Ross Moyle	South Australia	[655]	24 October 1942	Cairo, Egypt	[656]
Henry Myles	Western Province	[657]	15 June 1942	Kirkinner, Dumfries, Scotland	[658]
Robert Nelson	Northamptonshire	[659]	29 October 1940	Deal, Kent, England	[660]
Charles Orton	Europeans (India)	[661]	28 May 1940	Krombere France	[662]
Charles Packe	Leicestershire	[663]	1 July 1944	Chateau de la Londs, Caen, Normandy, France	[664]
Christiaan Papenfus	Orange Free State	[665]	18 November 1941	Gazala, Libya	[666]
Wilfred Parry	Natal	[667]	23 July 1942	Ruweisat Ridge, Egypt	[668]
Alan Pearsall	Tasmania	[669]	8 March 1944	over English Channel	[670]
William Pershke	Oxford University	[671]	21 January 1944	at sea, on active service	[672]
Robert Philpot-Brookes	Europeans (India)	[673]	29 May 1940	St Eloi, France	[674]
David Price	Western Province	[675]	6 July 1942	at sea, off Iceland	[676]
Jack Richards	Cambridge University	[677]	2 November 1944	Gelderland, Netherlands	[678]
Kenneth Ridings	South Australia	[679]	17 May 1943	over Bay of Biscay	[680]
Patrick Rucker	Oxfrod University	[681]	20 May 1940	Amiens, France	[682]
Kenneth Scott	Oxford University	[683]	9 August 1943	Bronte, Sicily, Italy	[684]
Peter Scott	Oxford University	[685]	13 June 1944	Villers-Bocage, France	[686]
Gerald Seeley	Worcestershire	[687]	23 July 1941	at sea off Ostend, Belgium	[688]
John Shadwell	Europeans (India)	[689]	25 April 1942	Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India	[690]
Alexander Shaw	Bengal	[691]	19 July 1945	New Delhi, India	[692]
Francis Sides	Victoria	[693]	25 August 1943	Kunai Spur, Salamaua, New Guinea	[694]
Charles Spencer	Oxford University	[695]	29 September 1941	South Havant, Hampshire, England	[696]
Ralph Spitteler	Europeans (India)	[697]	14 March 1946	Jakarta, Java, Dutch East Indies	[698]
George Talbot	Canterbury	[699]	15 December 1943	Orsogna, Italy	[700]
Gordon Thorne	Army	[701]	2 March 1942	at sea, in the Indian Ocean	[702]
Richard Tindall	Oxford University	[703]	22 January 1942	Jadabia, Libya	[704]
Edward Titley	Cambridge University	[705]	17 July 1943	Moita, County Meath, Ireland	[706]
Charlie Walker	South Australia	[707]	18 December 1942	Soltau, Germany	[708]
David Walker	Oxford University	[709]	7th February 1942	on a flight over Norway, and buried at Trondheim, Norway	[710]
Donald Walker	Hampshire	[711]	18 June 1941	flying 2 km north of Best, Netherlands	[712]
Henry Walters	Auckland	[713]	25 August 1944	at sea, English Channel	[714]
Clement Wareham	Wellington	[715]	30 September 1940	Hollingbourne, Kent, England	[716]
Geoffrey Warren	Roshanara Club	[717]	21 November 1941	Libya	[718]
David Watson	Oxford University	[719]	3 October 1943	United States of America	[720]
William Welch	Free Foresters	[721]	25 May 1940	Calais, France	[722]
Robin Whetherly	Oxford University	[723]	27 November 1943	near Glamoc, Yugoslavia	[724]
Peter Whitehouse	Oxford University	[725]	19 November 1943	Aichi, Italy	[726]
John Whitty	Army	[727]	23 October 1944	Vicchio, Florence, Italy	[728]
Alec Wills	Combined Services	[729]	7 November 1941	Kallang, Singapore	[730]
Roger Winlaw	Cambridge University	[731]	31 October 1942	Caernarvon, Wales	[732]
Denys Witherington	Cambridge University	[733]	16 February 1944	near Anzio, Italy	[734]
Barney Wood	Western Australia	[735]	9 June 1941	Syria	[736]

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	[737]	25 March 1977	Keetmanshoop, South-West Africa	[738]