John Hussey (Royal Navy cricketer)
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| Full name | John Allen Hussey | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 April 1897 Axbridge, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 August 1969 (aged 72) Raynes Park, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Derrick Hall (brother-in-law) | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 December 2019 | |||||||||||||||
John Allen Hussey OBE (17 April 1897 – 18 August 1969) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer.
Hussey served in the First World War with the Royal Navy as an acting paymaster sub-lieutenant, for which he was commended in the London Gazette.[1] He was confirmed in the rank of paymaster sub-lieutenant in January 1919,[2] with promotion to the rank of paymaster lieutenant following in July 1919.[3] He was promoted to paymaster lieutenant commander in July 1927.[4] Hussey made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Royal Navy against the Royal Air Force at Chatham in 1929.[5] Batting once in the match, Hussey top scored in the Royal Navy first-innings with 54, before being dismissed by Reginald Fulljames.[6] He was promoted to paymaster commander in June 1935.[7]
Hussey served in the Second World War, during which he was appointed an OBE.[8] In the year following the war, he was promoted to paymaster captain.[9] He was appointed as a naval aide-de-camp to George VI in November 1951,[10] later briefly serving Elizabeth II in the same role.[11] He retired from active service in April 1952.[12] Hussey died in August 1969 at Raynes Park, Surrey. His brother-in-law, Derrick Hall, also played first-class cricket, with Hussey having married his sister, Elizabeth, in May 1934.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "No. 31461". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 July 1919. p. 9112.
- ^ "No. 31123". The London Gazette. 14 January 1919. p. 716.
- ^ "No. 31558". The London Gazette. 19 September 1919. p. 11683.
- ^ "No. 33295". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 July 1927. p. 4645.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by John Hussey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "Royal Navy v Royal Air Force, 1929". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "No. 34176". The London Gazette. 2 July 1935. p. 4257.
- ^ a b "Captain John Allen Hussey". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "No. 37650". The London Gazette. 12 July 1946. p. 3629.
- ^ "No. 39395". The London Gazette. 27 November 1951. p. 6190.
- ^ "No. 39505". The London Gazette. 1 April 1952. p. 1826.
- ^ "No. 39511". The London Gazette. 8 April 1952. p. 1954.