Howell Moore-Gwyn
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Dyffryn Clydach, Glamorgan,
Wales
Eastbourne, Sussex, England
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| Full name | Howel Gwyn Moore-Gwyn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 July 1886 Dyffryn Clydach, Glamorgan, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 31 July 1956 (aged 70) Eastbourne, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1903–1912 | Glamorgan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 8 April 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Howel Gwyn Moore-Gwyn DSO MC (7 July 1886 – 31 July 1956) was a Welsh first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Moore-Gwyn served in the Rifle Brigade from 1906–1942, in a military career which spanned both world wars and saw him awarded both the Military Cross and the Distinguished Service Order. He also played first-class cricket for the British Army cricket team and for the Punjab Governor's XI in British India.
Moore-Gwyn was born at Neath and was educated at Winchester College.[1] He debuted in minor counties cricket for Glamorgan in the 1903 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire.[2] From Winchester he attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,[1] graduating into the Rifle Brigade as a second lieutenant in August 1906.[3] He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in April 1910.[4] He played his final minor counties match for Glamorgan in 1912, having made a total of twelve appearances in the Minor Counties Championship since 1903.[2] He was made an adjutant in December 1913,[5] with promotion to the rank of captain in June 1914.[6]
He served during the First World War, during which he was awarded the Military Cross in June 1915.[7] He was promoted to the acting rank of major in September 1916,[8] with him relinquishing the rank in November 1916.[9] He was again made an acting major in March 1917,[10] and was mentioned in dispatches in July 1917,[11] the same month in which he relinquished his acting rank of major.[12]