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John Young cricketer born 1884

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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| country = England
| international =
| fullname = John Villiers Young
| nickname =
| birth_date = 16 August 1884
| birth_place = [[Dharwad|Dharwar]], [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1960|9|8|1884|8|16|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Eastbourne]], [[Sussex]], England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| heightm =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| family = [[Dick Young (cricketer)|Dick Young]] (brother)
| club1 = [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]]
| year1 = 1908
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 3
| runs1 = 105
| bat avg1 = 21.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/1
| top score1 = 84
| deliveries1 = 30
| wickets1 = –
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 11 December
| year = 2011
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/23567.html Cricinfo
}}

'''John Villiers Young''' (16 August 1884 — 8 September 1960) was an [[English people|English]] first-class [[cricket]]er.

Young was born in [[British India]] at [[Dharwad|Dharwar]] in August 1884. He was educated in England at [[Eastbourne College]], where he played as an [[all-rounder]] for the college cricket team from 1901 to 1904, captaining the team in his final two years.<ref name="OBIT">{{cite book|title=Wisden Anthology 1940–1963|first=Benny|last=Green|publisher=[[Queen Anne Press]]|location=London|page=986|year=1970|language=English}}</ref> From Eastbourne he went up to the [[University of Cambridge]] in 1906, where he spent a year before transferring to the [[University of Oxford]], where he attended [[St John's College, Oxford]]; he had the distinction of appearing in freshman matches for both Cambridge and Oxford, but never appeared for either teams senior sides.<ref name="OBIT"/> Young appeared in three [[first-class cricket]] matches for [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] in the [[1908 County Championship]], making appearances against [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]], [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]], and [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34156/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by John Young|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2011-12-11|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 105 runs in his three matches at an [[batting average (cricket)|average]] of 21.00, with a highest score of 84.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34156/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Young|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2011-12-11|url-access=subscription}}</ref> After graduating from Oxford, Young entered into the [[Indian Forest Service|Imperial Forestry Service]] in December 1909.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Commonwealth_Forestry_Review/d_IsAQAAMAAJ|title=The Commonwealth Forestry Review|publisher=Commonwealth Forestry Association|page=3|year=1961|volume=40|language=English}}</ref> He served in the [[First World War]] from May to August 1918 in the [[British Indian Army]] Reserve of Officers as a [[Second_lieutenant#United_Kingdom_and_other_Commonwealth_countries|second lieutenant]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31032|date=26 November 1918|page=13931}}</ref> He resumed his service in the Imperial Forestry Service after the war, retiring in February 1925.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_India_Office_and_Burma_Office_List/zVkKAAAAIAAJ|title=The India Office and Burma Office List|publisher=Harrison and Sons, Limited|page=876|year=1928|language=English}}</ref> He later served as a councillor on [[Eastbourne Borough Council|Eastbourne Town Council]] for Hampden Park Ward from 1938.<ref>A New Councillor Mr J. V. Young Returned Unopposed For Hampden Park. ''Eastbourne Chronicle''. 27 August 1938. p. 13</ref> He died in hospital at [[Eastbourne]] in September 1960. His brother was [[Dick Young (cricketer)|Dick Young]], who played [[Test cricket]] for [[England cricket team|England]].<ref name="OBIT"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=23567}}

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John Kiddle cricketer

2022-09-18T23:11:51Z

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{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = John Arthur Copleston Kiddle
| birth_date = 16 April 1885
| birth_place = [[Mumbai|Bombay]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1954|6|4|1885|4|16|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Stoke Mandeville]], [[Buckinghamshire]], England
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| family =
| heightft =
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| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1905/06
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 0
| bat avg1 = 0.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 0
| deliveries1 = 216
| wickets1 = 4
| bowl avg1 = 24.25
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 4/97
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 7 June
| year = 2022
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/30261.html Cricinfo
}}

'''John Arthur Copleston Kiddle''' {{postnominal|MC}} (16 April 1885 — 4 June 1954) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.

The son of J. C. Copleston, he was born at [[British India]] in [[Mumbai|Bombay]] in April 1885. He was educated in England at [[Dulwich College]], where he played for the [[cricket]] eleven and the [[rugby union|rugby]] fifteen.<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=Dulwich College Register: 1619 to 1926|first=Thomas Lane|last=Ormiston|date=1926|page=363|publisher=J. J. Keliher & Co. Limited|url=https://archive.org/details/dulwichcollegere0000ormi|language=en}}</ref> After leaving Dulwich in 1904, Kiddle returned to India, where in 1905 he played a [[first-class cricket]] match for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Parsees cricket team|Parsees]] at [[Deccan Gymkhana Ground|Poona]] in the [[Bombay Quadrangular|Bombay Presidency Match]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13839/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by John Kiddle|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-06-07|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He took the wickets of [[Jemi Modi]], [[D. M. Raja]], [[J. J. Dubash]], and [[K. B. Mistry]] in the Parsees first innings for the cost of 97 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6907.html|title=Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Presidency Match 1905/06|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-06-07|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Kiddle served in the [[British Indian Army]] in the [[First World War]], being commissioned into the Reserve of Officers as a [[Second_lieutenant#United_Kingdom_and_other_Commonwealth_countries|second lieutenant]] in July 1915.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29300|date=17 September 1915|page=9238}}</ref> He was attached to the [[125th Napier's Rifles]], where in May 1916 he was appointed a temporary [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] while in command of a company.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30138|date=19 June 1917|page=6061}}</ref> In June 1916, he was awarded the [[Military Cross]] for gallantry.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29637|date=23 June 1916|page=6306|supp=y}}</ref> Kiddle was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] the in July 1917, antedated to July 1916;<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30199|date=24 July 1917|page=7494}}</ref> he relinquished this temporary appointment in May 1918.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30708|date=28 May 1918|page=6234}}</ref> By July 1918, he was serving as a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in the [[124th Duchess of Connaught's Own Baluchistan Infantry|124th Baluchistan Infantry]], being appointed a temporary captain while an [[adjutant]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31255|date=28 March 1919|page=4045}}</ref> He resigned from the British Indian Army in May 1922, retaining the rank of captain.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32743|date=1 September 1922|page=6385}}</ref>

Kiddle married Helen Bertha Fletcher in May 1925.<ref name="BOOK"/> He later retired to England, where he died at [[Stoke Mandeville]] in June 1954.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=30261}}

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Donald Kenneth McLeod

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{{Short description|British Indian Army general (1885–1958)}}
{{For|people with a similar name|Donald McLeod (disambiguation){{!}}Donald McLeod}}
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|name=Donald Kenneth McLeod
|birth_date=19 June 1885
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|death_date=25 October 1958
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|allegiance= [[United Kingdom]]
|serviceyears= 1904–1942
|servicenumber=24126
|rank= [[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-General]]
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|commands=[[4th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade]] [[1st (Risalpur) Cavalry Brigade]] Burma Command
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|battles=[[World War I|First World War]] [[World War II|Second World War]]
|awards=[[Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] [[Distinguished Service Order]]
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[[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-General]] '''Sir (Donald) Kenneth McLeod''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KCIE|CB|DSO|DL}} (19 June 1885 – 25 October 1958) was a [[British Indian Army]] [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]].

==Military career==
McLeod was commissioned into the Indian Army on 29 November 1904.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27765|date=17 February 1905|page=1208}}</ref> He earned recognition with his appointment as a companion of the [[Distinguished Service Order]] in the [[1917 New Year Honours]] during the [[World War I|First World War]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29886|date=29 December 1916|page=24|supp=y}}</ref>

He became commanding officer Guides Cavalry in India in 1928, commander of the [[4th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade]] in 1933 and commander of the [[1st (Risalpur) Cavalry Brigade]] in 1934.<ref name=generalsdk>{{cite web|url=http://generals.dk/general/McLeod/Donald_Kenneth/Great_Britain.html|title=McLeod, Donald Kenneth|publisher=Generals.dk|accessdate=27 May 2020}}</ref> He went on to be Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster General, [[Northern Command (India)|Northern Command]], India in 1937 and, having been appointed a [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] on 11 May 1937,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34396|date=11 May 1937|page=3079|supp=y}}</ref> he became General Officer Commanding [[Burma Command]] in January 1939 before retiring in 1942.<ref name=generalsdk/>

He was appointed a [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] in the [[1942 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=35399|date=30 December 1941|page=6|supp=y}}</ref>

He became a [[Deputy Lieutenant]] for [[Inverness-shire]] in 1955.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=17301|date=24 June 1955|page=396|city=e}}</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book| first=Nick| last=Smart| title=Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War| isbn=1844150496| year=2005| location=Barnesley| publisher=Pen & Sword}}

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