Guy Gregson-Ellis

Guy Saxon Llewellyn Gregson-Ellis MC (3 November 1895 – 12 August 1969) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. He had a military career that spanned 32 years and two world wars, as well as appearing in four first-class cricket matches for the Europeans cricket team in British India.

Guy Gregson-Ellis
Personal information
Full nameGuy Saxon Llewellyn Gregson-Ellis
Born3 November 1895
Kensington, Middlesex, England
Died12 August 1969(1969-08-12) (aged 73)
Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
BattingUnknown
BowlingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1920–1923Berkshire
1925/26–1926/27Europeans
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 4
Runs scored 116
Batting average 14.50
100s/50s –/–
Top score 45
Balls bowled 96
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 5 February 2019

Early life and World War I

Gregson-Ellis was born at Kensington to Charles James Gregson-Ellis and his wife Mildred Agnes Scholefield.[1] He attended Charterhouse School in 1909.[2] After leaving Charterhouse, Gregson-Ellis attended the Royal Military Academy, upon graduating he entered into the Royal Berkshire Regiment as a second lieutenant shortly before the outbreak of World War One.[3]

While serving in the war during December 1914, he was promoted to the temporary rank of lieutenant,[4] with him obtaining the rank permanently in March 1915,[5] which was antedated to January 1915.[6] In July 1915, he was promoted to the temporary rank of captain,[7] with this rank being relinquished in July 1916.[8] He was awarded the Military Cross in the 1916 Birthday Honours.[9] He took part in the Battle of the Somme from July–November 1916, playing a key role in helping to reorganise the 2nd battalion after heavy losses during the battles first day.[10] He later obtained the rank of captain permanently in February 1917.[11]

Post-war first-class cricket

Following the war, Gregson-Ellis made his debut for Berkshire in minor counties cricket in 1920, with Gregson-Ellis making fifteen appearances in the Minor Counties Championship between 1920 and 1923.[12] He was made an adjutant in July 1922,[13] with him ceasing to be an adjutant in July 1925.[14] While stationed in British India, he made his debut in first-class cricket for the Europeans against the Sikhs at Lahore in the 1925/26 Lahore Tournament.[15] He made three further first-class appearances for the Europeans, playing in the final of the 1925/26 tournament against the Muslims cricket team, before making two appearances against the Parsees and the Hindus in the 1926/27 Bombay Quadrangular.[15] He scored 116 runs across his four first-class matches, with a top score of 45.[16]

He retired from military service in January 1931 and ceased to belong to the reserve of officers having reached the age limit for liability to be recalled.[17] He returned to service in World War Two with the Royal Berkshire Regiment and was promoted to the rank of brevet major in April 1940.[18] He once again retired from service following the war, whereby he was made an honorary lieutenant colonel in May 1946.[19] He died in hospital at Banbury, Oxfordshire in August 1969.[20]

References
  1. "Profile: George Saxon Llewellyn Gregson-Ellis". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  2. Charterhouse register, 1872–1910. 2nd volume. Charterhouse School. 1911. p. 867.
  3. "No. 28867". The London Gazette. 11 August 1914.
  4. "No. 29001". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 December 1914.
  5. "No. 29119". The London Gazette. 6 April 1915.
  6. "No. 29176". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 May 1915.
  7. "No. 29226". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 July 1915.
  8. "No. 29804". The London Gazette. 27 October 1916.
  9. "No. 29608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1916.
  10. Loraine Petre, Francis. The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) 49th Foot. 66th Foot: 1914–1918. 2nd volume. The Barracks. p. 24.
  11. "No. 30044". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 May 1917.
  12. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Guy Gregson-Ellis". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  13. "No. 32737". The London Gazette. 11 August 1922.
  14. "No. 33074". The London Gazette. 11 August 1925.
  15. "First-Class Matches played by Guy Gregson-Ellis". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  16. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Guy Gregson-Ellis". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  17. "No. 33676". The London Gazette. 2 January 1931.
  18. "No. 34861". The London Gazette. 28 May 1940.
  19. "No. 37552". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 April 1946.
  20. "Wisden – Obituaries in 1969". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
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