List of cricketers who were killed during military service

This is a list of cricketers who were killed during military service. The cricketers are listed by war and divided into those who appeared in Test cricket and those who only played first-class cricket.

The conflicts featured on this list are, in chronological order, the Napoleonic Wars, Crimean War, First Boer War, Mahdist War, Second Boer War, World War I, Easter Rising, Irish War of Independence, World War II and the South African Border War. Approximately 210 first-class cricketers are known to have served in the First World War.

Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815)

First-class cricketers Name Main first-class team Ref Rank Date of death Age Place of death RefRichard BeckettMCC28 July 180937Talavera de la Reina, Spain

Crimean War (1853–1856)

First-class cricketers Name Main first-class team Ref Rank Date of death Age Place of death RefDuncombe BuckleyMarylebone Cricket Club6 September 185524Sevastopol, Russian EmpireHenry NevilleMarylebone Cricket Club5 November 185430Inkerman, Russian Empire

First Boer War (1880–1881)

First-class cricketers Name Main first-class team Ref Rank Date of death Age Place of death RefEdward WilkinsonCambridge University8 February 188127Scheins Hoogte, Colony of Natal

Mahdist War (1881–1899)

First-class cricketers Name Main first-class team Ref Rank Date of death Age Place of death RefHerbert StewartMCC16 February 188541Gakdul, SudanJohn TraskSomerset25 July 189634Kosheh, Sudan

Second Boer War (1899–1902)

Test cricketers Name Test team Ref Date of death Age Place of death RefJohn FerrisAustralia17 November 190033Addington, Durban, Colony of NatalAllen, W. H. (1906), National Review (London) – Volume 46Frank MilliganEngland31 March 190030Ramatlabama, Bechuanaland Protectorate

First-class cricketers Name Main first-class team Ref Date of death Age Place of death RefCecil BoyleOxford University5 April 190047near Boshof, Orange Free StateThe Oxford Magazine – Volume 18 (1900)Frank CrawfordKent16 January 190049Pietermaritzburg, Colony of NatalDudley ForbesOxford University21 April 190128Kroonstad, Orange Free StateCharles HulseMarylebone Cricket Club4 June 190140Braklaagte, Orange Free StateDouglas McLeanSomerset5 February 190137Johannesburg, Transvaal RepublicThe Oxford Magazine – Volume 19 (1901)Marshall PorterDublin University5 June 190026Ladywood, Lindley, Orange Free StateHenry StanleySomerset16 September 190027Hekpoort, Transvaal RepublicGeorge StrachanSurrey29 December 190151Middelburg, Transvaal RepublicFrank TownsendGloucestershire25 May 190125Kimberley, Cape ColonyPrince Christian VictorI Zingari29 October 190033Pretoria, Transvaal Republic

World War I (1914–1918) 275 first-class cricketers were killed on active service during the First World War, including twelve Test cricketers.

Test cricketers Name Test team Ref Date of death Age Place of death RefColin BlytheEngland8 November 191738near Passchendaele, BelgiumMajor BoothEngland1 July 191629near La Signy Farm, FranceFrederick CookSouth Africa30 November 191545Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman EmpireTibby CotterAustralia31 October 191733near Beersheba, PalestineReginald HandsSouth Africa20 April 191829Boulogne, FranceKenneth HutchingsEngland3 September 191633Ginchy, FranceBill LundieSouth Africa12 September 191729near Passchendaele, BelgiumLeonard MoonEngland23 November 191638near Karasouli, Salonica, GreeceClaude NewberrySouth Africa1 August 191627Delville Wood, Somme, FranceArthur Edward OchseSouth Africa11 April 191848Middle Farm, Petit Puits, Messines Ridge, FranceReggie SchwarzSouth Africa18 November 191843Étaples, FranceGordon WhiteSouth Africa17 October 191836Gaza, Palestine

First-class cricketers