Alexander Kearsey
English cricketer and British Army officer (1877–1967) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alexander Horace Cyril Kearsey, DSO, OBE (17 December 1877 – 8 October 1967) was a British Army officer who served in the Second Boer War and the First World War. He was also an English cricketer, but his military career limited his cricketing appearances.
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Birth name | Alexander Horace Cyril Kearsey | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1877-12-17)17 December 1877 Burstow, Surrey | ||||||||||||||
Died | 8 October 1967(1967-10-08) (aged 89) Wandsworth, London | ||||||||||||||
Allegiance | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||
Service/ | British Army Royal Air Force | ||||||||||||||
Years of service | 1896–1918 | ||||||||||||||
Rank | Lieutenant colonel | ||||||||||||||
Unit | York and Lancaster Regiment Royal Hussars Dorset Regiment King's Own Scottish Borderers | ||||||||||||||
Battles/wars | Second Boer War Relief of Ladysmith Battle of Venters Spruit Battle of Spion Kop Battle of Vaal Kranz Battle of Tucela Heights Battle of Pieters Hill Battle of Laing's Nek First World War First Battle of Ypres Battle of Neuve Chapelle Gallipoli Campaign Sinai and Palestine Campaign First Battle of Gaza Second Battle of Gaza Battle of El Teb | ||||||||||||||
Awards | Distinguished Service Order Order of the Karađorđe's Star Order of the Nile | ||||||||||||||
Other work | Cricketer, military historian | ||||||||||||||
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Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1903/04–1905/06 | Europeans (India) | ||||||||||||||
1913 | Buckinghamshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 27 June 2011 | |||||||||||||||
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