Philip Frederick Pocock CB DSO (5 December 1871 – 9 November 1941) 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 | Philip Frederick Pocock | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 December 1871 Mussoorie, North-Western Provinces, British India | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 November 1941 (aged 69) Stansted Mountfitchet, Hertfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| 1896/97–1898/99 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 7 December 2023 | |||||||||||||||
Pocock was born in December 1871 in British India at Mussoorie. He attended the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, graduating from there into the King's Regiment (Liverpool) as a second lieutenant in March 1891.[1] Pocock transferred to the British Indian Army in July 1892, being concurrently promoted to lieutenant.[2] While in serving in India, Pocock made three appearances in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team in the Bombay Presidency Match between 1896 and 1898.[3] In these, he scored 12 runs with a highest score of 9.[4] In the Indian Army, promotion to captain followed in July 1901.[5] He was made a brigade major in May 1905,[6] with promotion to major following in March 1909, at which point Pocock was serving with the 119th Infantry.[7]
He served in the First World War with the 120th Rajputana Infantry in the Mesopotamian campaign, during which he was mentioned in dispatches and made a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in August 1918.[8][9] During the campaign, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in March 1917.[10] Following the war, he served in the Waziristan campaign, being mentioned in dispatches.[11] By 1922, he held the rank of colonel. Pocock was decorated by France with the Croix de Guerre in February 1922, for services rendered during the First World War.[12] In the 1924 Birthday Honours, he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath.[13] He was later appointed a brigade commander with the 20th Indian Infantry Brigade in September 1926,[14] before being appointed an area commandant in November 1926.[15] Pocock retired in May 1927,[16] with him being granted the honorary rank of brigadier in August 1928.[17] He retired to England after the cessation of his military career, where he died in November 1941 at Stansted Mountfitchet, Hertfordshire.
References edit
- ^ "No. 26146". The London Gazette. 24 March 1891. p. 1666.
- ^ "No. 26506". The London Gazette. 24 April 1894. p. 2321.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Philip Pocock". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Philip Pocock". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ "No. 27362". The London Gazette. 4 October 1901. p. 6487.
- ^ "No. 27971". The London Gazette. 27 November 1906. p. 8307.
- ^ "No. 28259". The London Gazette. 11 June 1909. p. 4483.
- ^ "No. 29536". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 April 1916. p. 3671.
- ^ "No. 30859". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 August 1918. p. 9818.
- ^ "No. 30138". The London Gazette. 19 June 1917. p. 6051.
- ^ "No. 32353". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1921. p. 4702.
- ^ "No. 13786". The Edinburgh Gazette. 10 February 1922. p. 265.
- ^ "No. 32941". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 May 1924. p. 4409.
- ^ "No. 33224". The London Gazette. 26 November 1926. p. 7681.
- ^ "No. 33254". The London Gazette. 4 March 1927. p. 1438.
- ^ "No. 33272". The London Gazette. 6 May 1927. p. 2964.
- ^ "No. 33413". The London Gazette. 17 July 1928. p. 5514.