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27 March 1900 Canterbury, Kent, England |
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18 May 1940 (aged 40) Assche, Brabant, Belgium |
Colin Cokayne-Frith (27 March 1900 – 18 May 1940) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Cokayne-Frith graduated from Sandhurst during the latter stages of the First World War and served in its closing stages with the King's Royal Hussars. He later played first-class cricket for the British Army cricket team. He was killed in action during the Battle of Belgium in the Second World War, while commanding a tank during the British Expeditionary Force's retreat to Dunkirk.
Life and military career[]
Cokayne-Frith was born at St Stephen's House at Canterbury to Lieutenant Colonel Reginald Cokayne-Frith and his wife, Pauline.[1] He was educated at Eton College, before attending the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[1] He graduated from Sandhurst in the later stages of World War One as a second lieutenant, entering into the King's Royal Hussars and seeing action on the Western Front.[1] He was promoted to the temporary rank of lieutenant in December 1919,[2] with full promotion to the rank following in December 1921.[3] He was made an adjutant in April 1928,[4] and was shortly thereafter promoted to the rank of captain in July 1928.[5] He was again made an adjutant in September 1933, when he was seconded to the North Somerset Yeomanry.[6][7] He remained seconded to the North Somerset Yeomanry until November 1937,[8] returning to the King's Royal Hussars in January 1938.[9] He was promoted to the rank of major in August 1938.[10] He played a single first-class cricket match for the British Army cricket team against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1939.[11] Batting once in the match, he scored 54 runs in the Army's first-innings, before being dismissed caught by George Mann off his brother John Mann's bowling.[12] He served with the King's Royal Hussars during the Second World War, seeing action during the Battle of Belgium.[1] He was killed in a rearguard action on 18 May 1940, during the British Expeditionary Force's retreat to Dunkirk, when his tank was destroyed by a German anti-tank gun in the Belgian town of Assche.[1] He was the most senior member of his regiment to be killed on that day.[1] He was posthumously mentioned in dispatches for his actions throughout the retreat.[13]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 McCrery, Nigel (2011) (in en). The Coming Storm: Test and First-Class Cricketers Killed in World War Two. 2nd volume. Pen and Sword. pp. 5–7. ISBN 1526706989. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RYQwDwAAQBAJ&dq.
- ↑ "No. 31754". 23 January 1920. p. 1086. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31754/supplement/1086
- ↑ "No. 32736". 8 August 1922. p. 5865. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32736/page/5865
- ↑ "No. 33372". 3 April 1928. p. 2444. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33372/page/2444
- ↑ "No. 33415". 24 July 1928. p. 5639. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33415/page/5639
- ↑ "No. 33988". 20 October 1933. p. 6761. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33988/page/6761
- ↑ "No. 33989". 24 October 1933. p. 6841. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33989/page/6841
- ↑ "No. 34456". 19 November 1937. p. 7265. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34456/page/7265
- ↑ "No. 34477". 28 January 1938. p. 585. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34477/page/585
- ↑ "No. 34538". 5 August 1938. p. 5017. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34538/supplement/5017
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Colin Cokayne-Frith". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28618/First-Class_Matches.html. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
- ↑ "Cambridge University v Army, 1939". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16985.html. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
- ↑ "No. 35482". 6 March 1942. p. 1109. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35482/page/1109
External links[]
- Player profile: C from ESPNcricinfo
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