John Wormald
Major John Wormald (23 February 1882 – 13 November 1957) was an English first-class cricketer active 1900–23 who played for Middlesex and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). He was born in Westminster; died in East Dereham.[1]
Wormald was commissioned into the British Army as a second lieutenant in the 7th (Militia) battalion of the King's Royal Rifle Corps on 21 March 1900.[2] He was awarded the Military Cross while serving with the King's Royal Rifle Corps in France during the First World War.
References[]
- ^ John Wormald at CricketArchive
- ^ "No. 27175". The London Gazette. 20 March 1900. p. 1883.
Categories:
- 1882 births
- 1957 deaths
- English cricketers
- Middlesex cricketers
- Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
- Norfolk cricketers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- King's Royal Rifle Corps officers
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- English cricket biography, 1880s birth stubs