Sir Geoffrey Vavasour, 5th Baronet
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Queenstown, Ireland
Wandsworth, London, England
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| Full name | Geoffrey William Vavasour | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 September 1914 Queenstown, Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 July 1997 (aged 82) Wandsworth, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 3 March 2019 | |||||||||||||||
Sir Geoffrey William Vavasour, 5th Baronet DSC (5 September 1914 – 28 July 1997) was an Irish-born English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer. He served in the Second World War with distinction, where he was mentioned in dispatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. After the war he played first-class cricket for the Combined Services cricket team. He succeeded his father as the 5th Baronet of Hazelwood in 1961.
The son of Sir Leonard Vavasour and his wife, Ellice Margaret Nelson, Vavasour was born at Queenstown, Ireland.[1] He attended the Royal Naval Dartmouth,[1] graduating in September 1935 as a sub-lieutenant.[2] He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in September 1937.[3] He married his first wife, Joan Millicent Kirkland Robb, in 1940, with the couple having two daughters.[1] He served in the Royal Navy in the Second World War, during which he was mentioned in dispatches in March 1942.[4] He was resident at Rowland's Castle in Hampshire in 1944.[5] Vavasour was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in April 1944.[5] He was again mentioned in dispatches in May 1944.[6] In the final month of the war he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander.[7]