Henry van Straubenzee
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Full name | Henry Hamilton van Straubenzee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bowler | 7 March 1914||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1938–1939 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 19 July 2013 |
Henry van Straubenzee
Early life and education
Henry Hamilton van Straubenzee was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, second son of engineer Henry Turner van Straubenzee (1878–1914) and Elfreda Mowbray van Straubenzee née Rogers (d. 1963), daughter of William Houston Rogers, of Johannesburg. The van Straubenzee family were landed gentry, of Spennithorne, North Yorkshire. Henry would become head of the family after the death of his elder brother Philip Turner van Straubenzee (1912–2005), who had no sons.[2] He was educated at Aysgarth School, Winchester College and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Van Straubenzee was commissioned into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in August 1934.
Military career
During the Second World War he served in
Following wartime service Van Straubenzee commanded the 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (the 52nd) in Palestine during the Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine. He took over command of the battalion at Bethlehem. He was then posted to HQ 6th Airborne Division at Bir Salim. Van Straubenzee was appointed OBE for his service in Palestine. He was an instructor at the Staff College, Camberley, from 1948 to 1950. He then served with the 11th Armoured Division in West Germany from 1950 to 1953. He was military assistant to two successive Chiefs of the Imperial General Staff at the War Office from 1953 to 1956: Field Marshal Sir John Harding and Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer. He commanded the 4/7 Royal Dragoon Guards in West Germany in 1956-57. Van Straubenzee was invalided out of the army in 1957 as a result of wartime wounds.
Later life
He joined
Van Straubenzee was awarded the DSO in 1945 and appointed OBE in 1949. In 1943 he married Angela de Laune, daughter of Captain Charles Harry Fenwick of the
References
Sources
Obituary The Daily Telegraph 17 April 2002. The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (The 43rd/52nd Regiment of Foot) Philip Booth (1971).
External links
- Henry van Straubenzee at ESPNcricinfo
- Henry van Straubenzee at CricketArchive (subscription required)