Guy Gregson-Ellis
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Kensington, Middlesex, England
Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
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| Full name | Guy Saxon Llewellyn Gregson-Ellis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 November 1895 Kensington, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 August 1969 (aged 73) Banbury, Oxfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1920–1923 | Berkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1925/26–1926/27 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 February 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Guy Saxon Llewellyn Gregson-Ellis MC (3 November 1895 – 12 August 1969) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. He had a military career that spanned 32 years and two world wars, as well as appearing in four first-class cricket matches for the Europeans cricket team in British India.
Gregson-Ellis was born at Kensington to Charles James Gregson-Ellis and his wife Mildred Agnes Scholefield.[1] He attended Charterhouse School in 1909.[2] After leaving Charterhouse, Gregson-Ellis attended the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, upon graduating he entered into the Royal Berkshire Regiment as a second lieutenant shortly before the outbreak of World War I.[3]
While serving in the war during December 1914, he was promoted to the temporary rank of lieutenant,[4] with him obtaining the rank permanently in March 1915,[5] which was antedated to January 1915.[6] In July 1915, he was promoted to the temporary rank of captain,[7] with this rank being relinquished in July 1916.[8] He was awarded the Military Cross in the 1916 Birthday Honours.[9] He took part in the Battle of the Somme from July–November 1916, playing a key role in helping to reorganise the 2nd Battalion after heavy losses during the battles first day.[10] He later obtained the rank of captain permanently in February 1917.[11]