Edward Armitage (cricketer)

British India. His military career ended with him holding the honorary rank of brigadier. As a first-class cricketer, he mostly played county cricket for Hampshire and services cricket for the British Army cricket team, recording one century

First World War, in which he was promoted to captain in August 1916.^[4] Shortly after the end of the war, he was appointed an adjutant in May 1919,^[5] a post he relinquished in January 1920.^[6] Armtiage was appointed to the Royal Military Academy in September 1922, where he was placed in command of a company of gentlemen cadets,^[7] which was an appointment he held until April 1926.^[8]

Second World War, later retiring during the war in September 1944, at which point he was granted the honorary rank of brigadier.^[14] Following the war, he was mentioned in dispatches for his service during the Mediterranean campaign.^[15] He was appointed to the Order of Saint John in the 1946 New Year Honours.^[16]

1919 County Championship. He played first-class cricket for Hampshire intermittently until 1921, making seven appearances; he would later make a further first-class appearance for Hampshire in the 1925 County Championship against Worcestershire.^[17] Beginning in 1921, Armitage began playing first-class cricket for the British Army cricket team, with him making seven appearances until 1929.^[17] During two return visits to England, he played for the Free Foresters against Cambridge University in 1929, in addition to playing for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Oxford University in the same year, and Cambridge University in 1931;^[17] against Oxford, he recorded his only century, with a score of 105 in the MCC first innings.^[18]

Hong Kong and for the Straits Settlements against the Federated Malay States.^[21]