Harold Fawcus
(1876-1947)
English cricketer and British Army officer
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Lieutenant-General Sir Harold Ben Fawcus KCB CMG DSO (20 May 1876 – 24 October 1947) was a British Army officer and an English first-class cricketer. After studying medicine at Durham University, Fawcus was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps. He would serve with the corps from 1900 to 1934, serving in the Second Boer War, the First World War and the Third Anglo-Afghan War, for which he was highly decorated. He eventually rose to the rank of lieutenant-general. During his time in the military, he played first-class cricket in South Africa for Orange Free State and in England for the British Army cricket team. In retirement he served as the director-general of the British Red Cross.
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Harold Ben Fawcus 20 May 1876 South Charlton, Northumberland, England
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24 October 1947 (aged 71) Hillingdon, Middlesex, England
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| Zodiac | Taurus |
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