Bernard Elgood
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| Full name | Bernard Cyril Elgood | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 March 1922 Hampstead, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 July 1997 (aged 75) Pauntley Place, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Bruno | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1948 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
| 1949 | Berkshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 13 February 2019 | |||||||||||||||
Bernard Cyril "Bruno" Elgood
MBE (10 March 1922 – 10 July 1997) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army
officer.
Elgood was born at
Second World War, with Elgood enlisting in the British Army with the Royal Engineers as a second lieutenant in November 1941.[2] He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in January 1945, antedated to September 1944.[3]
Following the war he attended
Minor Counties Championship.[9]
Elgood was promoted to the rank of captain in March 1949,[10] with promotion to major in March 1956.[11] He was made a member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1959 New Year Honours.[12] He was made a lieutenant colonel in January 1965.[13] Three years later he was made a colonel in June 1968.[14] He was promoted to the rank of brigadier in January 1971.[15] Elgood retired from military service in March 1976.[16] He died at Pauntley Place in Gloucestershire in July 1997.
References
- ^ "Teams Bruno Elgood played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ "No. 35377". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 December 1941.
- ^ "No. 36892". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 January 1945.
- ^ The Cambridge University List of Members up to 31 December 1991. Cambridge University Press. 1991. p. 407.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Bruno Elgood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Bruno Elgood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ "Wisden – Obituaries in 1997". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ "Cambridge University v Sussex, 1948". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Bruno Elgood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ "No. 38560". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 March 1949.
- ^ "No. 40739". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 March 1956.
- ^ "No. 41589". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1958.
- ^ "No. 43551". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 January 1965.
- ^ "No. 44625". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 June 1968.
- ^ "No. 45271". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1971.
- ^ "No. 46856". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 March 1976.