Joseph Connaughton
Appearance
Joseph Maurice Francis Connaughton (15 August 1918 – 12 February 1944) was an English first-class cricketer active 1939 who played for Middlesex. He was born in Paddington. During World War II he was commissioned in the Royal Artillery.[1] He was drowned off the Maldives after SS Khedive Ismail was torpedoed; and officially declared dead one year later.[2]
References
- ^ "Connaughton, Joseph Maurice Francis". Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
- ^ Joseph Connaughton at ESPNcricinfo
Categories:
- 1918 births
- 1944 deaths
- English cricketers
- Middlesex cricketers
- Oxford University cricketers
- Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford
- Royal Artillery officers
- British military personnel killed in World War II
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Deaths due to shipwreck at sea
- English cricket biography, 1910s birth stubs