John Shadwell
John Robert Shadwell (April 1919 – 25 April 1942) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
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| Full name | John Robert Shadwell | ||||||||||||||
| Born | April 1919 Stockbridge, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | (aged 23) Sagar, Central Provinces and Berar, British India | ||||||||||||||
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| 1941 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||
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Born in Hampshire in April 1919, Shadwell was the son of Frederick Charles and Elsie May Shadwell.[1] After attending Royal Military College Sandhurst as an officer cadet, he was commissioned on 24 January 1940 as a second lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, which at that time was stationed in Madras for coastal defence duties as a result of the outbreak of the Second World War.[1][2]
Shadwell appeared in one first-class Madras Presidency match for Europeans against Indians at the Madras Cricket Club Ground on 12 January 1941.[3] He scored 2 runs but was dismissed both innings.[4] On 25 April 1942, Captain Shadwell died of illness at Sagar and was buried at Kirkee War Cemetery, Pune.[1][5]
References
- McCrery, Nigel (2017). The Coming Storm: Test and First-Class Cricketers Killed in World War Two. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. pp. 184–187. ISBN 978 1 52670 695 9.
- "No. 34777". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 January 1940. p. 454.
- "First-Class Matches played by John Shadwell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- "Europeans v Indians in 1940/41". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- "Casualty Details: John Robert Shadwell". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 6 August 2020.