John Hussey (Royal Navy cricketer)
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Raynes Park, Surrey, England
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| Full name | John Allen Hussey | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 April 1897 Axbridge, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 August 1969 (aged 72) Raynes Park, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Derrick Hall (brother-in-law) | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 December 2019 | |||||||||||||||
John Allen Hussey OBE (17 April 1897 – 18 August 1969) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer.
Hussey served in the First World War with the Royal Navy as an acting paymaster sub-lieutenant, for which he was commended in the London Gazette.[1] He was confirmed in the rank of paymaster sub-lieutenant in January 1919,[2] with promotion to the rank of paymaster lieutenant following in July 1919.[3] He was promoted to paymaster lieutenant commander in July 1927.[4] Hussey made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Royal Navy against the Royal Air Force at Chatham in 1929.[5] Batting once in the match, Hussey top scored in the Royal Navy first-innings with 54, before being dismissed by Reginald Fulljames.[6] He was promoted to paymaster commander in June 1935.[7]
Hussey served in the Second World War, during which he was appointed an OBE.[8] In the year following the war, he was promoted to paymaster captain.[9] He was appointed as a naval aide-de-camp to George VI in November 1951,[10] later briefly serving Elizabeth II in the same role.[11] He retired from active service in April 1952.[12] Hussey died in August 1969 at Raynes Park, Surrey. His brother-in-law, Derrick Hall, also played first-class cricket, with Hussey having married his sister, Elizabeth, in May 1934.[8]