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Howell Moore-Gwyn

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.

Howell Moore-Gwyn
Personal information
Full name
Howel Gwyn Moore-Gwyn
Born17 July 1886
Dyffryn Clydach, Glamorgan,
Wales
Died31 July 1956(1956-07-31) (aged 70)
Eastbourne, Sussex, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1903–1912Glamorgan
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 91
Batting average 30.33
100s/50s –/1
Top score 58
Balls bowled 144
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 8 April 2019

Early life and military career

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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]

Later military career and life

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Moore-Gwyn was made a companion of the Distinguished Service Order in May 1919.[13] He later made his debut in first-class cricket for the British Army cricket team against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1923.[14] He scored 58 runs in the Army's first-innings, before becoming one of Claude Ashton's seven wickets.[15] In July 1924, he was seconded for service with the Colonial Office,[16] with promotion to the rank of major coming in October of that same year.[17] He relinquished his command at the Colonial Office in August 1928.[18]

While serving in British India, he made a second appearance in first-class cricket for a Punjab Governor's XI against the Muslims at Lahore.[14] He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in July 1934.[19] Having completed his period of service in July 1938, he was placed on the half-pay list.[20] However, with the threat of war with Germany, he was restored to the full-pay list in January 1939.[21] He served in the Second World War, during which he was promoted to the rank of colonel in May 1940, with seniority to July 1937.[22]

He retired from active service in October 1942 and was placed on the reserve of officers list.[23] Having exceeded the age for recall, he was removed the list in July 1944.[24] He died at Eastbourne in July 1956, exactly two weeks after his seventieth birthday.

References

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  1. ^ a b McCrery, Nigel (1987). The Rifle Brigade Chronicle. Great Britain. Army. Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own). p. 132.
  2. ^ a b "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Howell Moore-Gwyn". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  3. ^ "No. 27944". The London Gazette. 28 August 1906. p. 5872.
  4. ^ "No. 28398". The London Gazette. 22 July 1910. p. 5273.
  5. ^ "No. 28782". The London Gazette. 16 December 1913. p. 9255.
  6. ^ "No. 28870". The London Gazette. 14 August 1914. p. 6404.
  7. ^ "No. 29202". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 June 1915. p. 6126.
  8. ^ "No. 29838". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 November 1916. p. 11568.
  9. ^ "No. 29904". The London Gazette. 16 January 1917. p. 605.
  10. ^ "No. 30085". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 May 1917. p. 5011.
  11. ^ "No. 30196". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 July 1917. p. 7454.
  12. ^ "No. 30330". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 October 1917. p. 10748.
  13. ^ "No. 31370". The London Gazette. 30 May 1919. p. 6819.
  14. ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Howell Moore-Gwyn". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  15. ^ "Cambridge University v Army, 1923". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  16. ^ "No. 32958". The London Gazette. 22 July 1924. p. 5549.
  17. ^ "No. 32984". The London Gazette. 21 October 1924. p. 7591.
  18. ^ "No. 33417". The London Gazette. 31 August 1928. p. 5769.
  19. ^ "No. 34068". The London Gazette. 10 July 1934. p. 4434.
  20. ^ "No. 34531". The London Gazette. 12 July 1938. p. 4535.
  21. ^ "No. 34607". The London Gazette. 14 March 1939. p. 1766.
  22. ^ "No. 34865". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1940. p. 3415.
  23. ^ "No. 35740". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 October 1942. p. 4431.
  24. ^ "No. 36596". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 July 1944. p. 3170.
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