Edward Henslow
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
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| Full name | Edward Lancelot Wall Henslow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 March 1879 Mere, Wiltshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 March 1947 (aged 67) Salisbury, Wiltshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1914–1923 | Wiltshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 9 January 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colonel Edward Lancelot Wall Henslow OBE, MC (19 March 1879 – 12 March 1947) was a British Army officer and one-time first-class cricketer. He served in the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) for much of his career and was mentioned in dispatches for his service in the Second Boer War. In 1909 he served on the general staff as a gymnastics instructor, during which time he made an appearance for the British Army cricket team. Henslow served with the Wiltshire Regiment in the First World War and received the Military Cross. After the war he joined the newly formed Army Physical Training Staff and rose to become inspector of physical training in 1928. Henslow retired in 1932 but returned to service during the first part of the Second World War.
Henslow was born at Mere, Wiltshire on 19 March 1879 and joined the British Army as a second lieutenant in the 3rd (Royal Wiltshire Militia) Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment on 27 October 1897.[1][2] He attended Worcester College at the University of Oxford before joining the regular army in the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) on 20 May 1899.[3][4] He received promotion to lieutenant on 14 May 1900.[5] He served with the regiment in the Second Boer War and was mentioned in dispatches by Lord Kitchener on 29 July 1902.[6] He was promoted to captain in 1905 and seconded to the general staff on 15 April 1909 as a gymnastics instructor, a role he held until 15 April 1913.[7][8][9][10] Henslow made his sole first-class cricket appearance for the British Army cricket team in 1912 against the Royal Navy at Lord's,[11] bowling 42 balls and taking one wicket, that of Gerald Harrison.[12] He debuted in minor counties cricket for Wiltshire in July 1914, an association he would maintain until 1923.[13]
First World War
Henslow served in the First World War. He was with the 2nd Battalion of the Wiltshire Regiment in Gibraltar in August 1914 when it was recalled to England to join the 21st Brigade.[14] Henslow was awarded the Military Cross on 5 May 1919.[15] He had been promoted to the temporary rank of major on 24 February 1919 when he was appointed assistant inspector of physical training.[16] Later that year he was confirmed in the substantive rank of major, backdated to 1 September 1915.[17]