Hugo Evans Armitage (28 April 1895 — 1966) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in both the British Army and the British Indian Army.
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| Full name | Hugo Evans Armitage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 April 1895 Wallington, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1966 (aged 70/71) Marlborough, Wiltshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1927/28 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 May 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The son Ernest Armitage,[1] he was born at Wallington in April 1895. Armitage began his career in the British Army prior to the First World War as a rifleman with the London Regiment.[2] He gained a commission in the First World War as a temporary second lieutenant; initially with the Tank Corps and then with the Green Howards, before being appointed to the Army Cyclist Corps, appointments which all happened in August 1915.[3][4] In August 1916, he was made a temporary lieutenant,[5] before being made a temporary captain whilst serving with the Machine Gun Corps in December 1917.[6] Amritage was transferred to the British Indian Army following the end of the war, where he was appointed as a temporary lieutenant in December 1918.[7] Whilst commanding a company in the 33rd Punjabis, he was appointed a temporary captain in July 1919;[8] he gained the full rank of captain in May 1920.[9]
Whilst serving in British India, Armitage made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Hindus at Lahore in the 1927–28 Lahore Tournament.[10] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 6 runs opening the batting by Gurdit Singh, whilst in their second innings he batted from the middle order and was dismissed without scoring by Jagan Mehta.[11] He retired from active service in March 1933.[12] He was recalled to active service during the Second World War, serving in the British Indian Army as a brevet major in November 1939.[13] Armitage later died in England at Marlborough in 1966.
References
edit- ^ "Shouted to the Enemy". Croydon Times. 2 January 1915. p. 1. Retrieved 15 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Life story: Hugo Evans Armitage". www.livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ "No. 29276". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 August 1915. p. 8523.
- ^ "No. 29523". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 March 1916. p. 3292.
- ^ "No. 29817". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 November 1916. p. 10836.
- ^ "No. 30532". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 February 1918. p. 2202.
- ^ "No. 31126". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 January 1919. p. 818.
- ^ "No. 31698". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 December 1919. p. 15752.
- ^ "No. 32017". The London Gazette. 13 August 1920. p. 8410.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Hugo Armitage". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ "Europeans v Hindus, Lahore Tournament 1927/28". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ "No. 33928". The London Gazette. 7 April 1933. p. 2374.
- ^ "No. 34816". The London Gazette. 22 March 1940. p. 1712.