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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]],<br>[[British India]]
|          death_date = {{death date and age|1954|6|4|1885|4|16|df=yes}}
|         death_place = [[Stoke Mandeville]],<br>[[Buckinghamshire]], England
|            nickname = 
|              family = 
|            heightft = 
|          heightinch = 
|             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 &mdash; 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.

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

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