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Thomas Beeching
Personal information
Full name
Thomas Hugh Pitt Beeching
Born(1900-03-10)10 March 1900
Maidstone, Kent
Died31 December 1971(1971-12-31) (aged 71)
Aldershot, Hampshire
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1920–1921Kent
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 10
Runs scored 217
Batting average 16.69
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 38
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: CricInfo, 8 March 2017

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Hugh Pitt Beeching (10 March 1900 – 31 December 1971) was an English soldier and cricketer. He was born at Maidstone in Kent in March 1900.

Beeching attended Charterhouse School, playing in the cricket XI in 1917.[1] He was commissioned into the Royal West Kent Regiment in 1919[2] and played ten first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club between 1920 and 1921.[3][1]

Beeching attended Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1918 and was commissioned into the Royal West Kents after the World War I Armistice.[4] He served during World War II in the Royal Army Service Corps. He was awarded an MBE in 1943 whilst serving as a Major in the Corps in North Africa.[5] He reached the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Beeching died at Aldershot in 1971 aged 71.[3]

References

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Beeching, Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Hugh Pitt, Obituaries in 1971, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1972. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  2. ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, London Gazette, p.1185, 23 January 1919. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Thomas Beeching". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  4. ^ Lewis P (2014) For Kent and Country, p.37. Brighton: Reveille Press.
  5. ^ Recommendation for Award for Beeching, Thomas Hugh Pitt Rank, National Archives. Retrieved 26 March 2017.