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28 April 1895 Wallington, Surrey, England |
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1966 (aged 70/71) Marlborough, Wiltshire, England |
Hugo Evans Armitage (28 April 1895 — 1966) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in both the British Army and the British Indian Army.
The son Ernest Armitage,[1] he was born at Wallington in April 1895. Armitage began his career in the British Army prior to the First World War as a rifleman with the London Regiment.[2] He gained a commission in the First World War as a temporary second lieutenant; initially with the Tank Corps and then with the Green Howards, before being appointed to the Army Cyclist Corps, appointments which all happened in August 1915.[3][4] In August 1916, he was made a temporary lieutenant,[5] before being made a temporary captain whilst serving with the Machine Gun Corps in December 1917.[6] Amritage was transferred to the British Indian Army following the end of the war, where he was appointed as a temporary lieutenant in December 1918.[7] Whilst commanding a company in the 33rd Punjabis, he was appointed a temporary captain in July 1919;[8] he gained the full rank of captain in May 1920.[9]
Whilst serving in British India, Armitage made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Hindus at Lahore in the 1927–28 Lahore Tournament.[10] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 6 runs opening the batting by Gurdit Singh, whilst in their second innings he batted from the middle order and was dismissed without scoring by Jagan Mehta.[11] He retired from active service in March 1933.[12] He was recalled to active service during the Second World War, serving in the British Indian Army as a brevet major in November 1939.[13] Armitage later died in England at Marlborough in 1966.
References[]
- ↑ "Shouted to the Enemy". Croydon Times. 2 January 1915. p. 1. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004169/19150102/009/0001.
- ↑ "Life story: Hugo Evans Armitage". https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/62937. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ↑ "No. 29276". 24 August 1915. p. 8523. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29276/supplement/8523
- ↑ "No. 29523". 28 March 1916. p. 3292. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29523/supplement/3292
- ↑ "No. 29817". 7 November 1916. p. 10836. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29817/supplement/10836
- ↑ "No. 30532". 15 February 1918. p. 2202. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30532/supplement/2202
- ↑ "No. 31126". 14 January 1919. p. 818. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31126/supplement/818
- ↑ "No. 31698". 19 December 1919. p. 15752. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31698/supplement/15752
- ↑ "No. 32017". 13 August 1920. p. 8410. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32017/page/8410
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Hugo Armitage". CricketArchive. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12636/First-Class_Matches.html. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ↑ "Europeans v Hindus, Lahore Tournament 1927/28". CricketArchive. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12588.html. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ↑ "No. 33928". 7 April 1933. p. 2374. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33928/page/2374
- ↑ "No. 34816". 22 March 1940. p. 1712. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34816/page/1712
External links[]
- Player profile: H from ESPNcricinfo
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