John Boyd (cricketer)
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| Full name | John Hardy Boyd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 April 1899 Stockport, Cheshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 December 1962 (aged 63) Salisbury, Wiltshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1921/22 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 17 December 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Hardy Boyd OBE (20 April 1899 – 7 December 1962) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in the British Army.
Boyd was born at
British India, Boyd made two appearances in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Hindus and the Parsees at Bombay in the 1921–22 Bombay Quadrangular.[2] He was appointed an adjutant in November 1926, by which point he held the rank of lieutenant.[3] Promotion to captain followed in June 1929,[4] prior to his appointment as an assistant instructor at the School of Anti-Aircraft Defence from October 1931 to January 1936.[5][6] He was then appointed to be an instructor in searchlights with the 1st Anti-Aircraft Division in April 1936,[7] with promotion to major following in June 1938.[8]
Boyd served in the
Second World War, during which he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in April 1944,[9] with him also being made an OBE in March 1945 for gallant and distinguished service in the North-West Europe campaign of 1944–45.[10] Following the war, he retired from active service in October 1949, at which point he was granted the honorary rank of brigadier.[11] Boyd died at Salisbury in December 1962. To friends and colleagues in the Royal Engineers, he was better known as George Boyd.[12]
References
- ^ "No. 30728". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1918. p. 6669.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by John Boyd". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "No. 33227". The London Gazette. 7 December 1926. p. 8001.
- ^ "No. 33513". The London Gazette. 2 July 1929. p. 4362.
- ^ "No. 33761". The London Gazette. 9 October 1931. p. 6465.
- ^ "No. 34241". The London Gazette. 10 January 1936. p. 233.
- ^ "No. 34276". The London Gazette. 21 April 1936. p. 2558.
- ^ "No. 34517". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 June 1938. p. 3638.
- ^ "No. 36695". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 September 1944. p. 4207.
- ^ "No. 37004". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 March 1945. p. 1703.
- ^ "No. 38745". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 October 1949. p. 5122.
- ^ The Royal Engineers Journal. London: Institution of Royal Engineers. 1963. p. 73.