World War 1 Denham – Forty | Guernsey Cricket Stats

Lt Francis Bardon Denham (3241) was born in Mysore, India in 1896. He joined Elizabeth College in 1910 until 1914. the Worcestershire Regiment and was killed on 7th July 1917 aged 19. He played for the 2nd XI cricket team in 1913, 1st XI Football 1912/13, 1st XI Hockey 1912/13. Shooting VIII: Fired in the Ashburton at Bisley in 1912, 13, and 14. Team finished 52nd, 22nd, 37th respectively.

1910

EC 157 7 R G Artillery 47

EC 62 0 Green Howards 167

EC 164-2 HMS Superb 66 & 46-2 1 for 0

EC 142-3 F W Mourant 199-7

EC 138 0 Garrison 187-8

EC 342-8 11* Vic Coll 127

He was 2nd Lieutenant 5th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment 1915. Promoted to Lieutenant in 1916. At the battle of Guillemont – Somme 1916 Henry Dickens of “B” Company, 1st Battalion, Worcester Regiment related, “Lt. Denham was in my Company. He was killed in the attack at Fricourt on July 7th. I saw him killed by a bullet from a rifle. We were crossing “No Man’s land”, when he was hit and fell dead. We had to leave him there and I do not know if he was found”. He died on 7th July 1916 aged 19 and is remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme.

Lt Cecil Frederick Napier Draper (3229) was born in Dublin in 1894 and played for College cricket XI in 1910 and 1st team in 1911.

1910

EC 129 0 Masters XI 172-2 2-0-16-0

EC 124-6 E B Waite XI 169 5-1-24-0

EC 107-4 Athletics 155-8 3-0-15-1

EC 54-6 HMS Cumberland 161 5.2-0-21-4

EC 119 4 H F Morres XI 252 3-0-14-0

EC 116 0 Vic Coll 169 1-0-2-0

EC 151 10 F W Mourant XI 157-9

EC 189-8 ColCarr-Ellison XI 124 1-0-9-1

EC 89 0 R Gsy Artillery 87

EC 150 8 Grange 230 3.2-0-22-4

EC 60 10* Vic Coll 425-7 6-0-29-0

EC 48 0* Rangers 190-4 4-0-19-1

He was awarded 2^nd XI colours

1911

EC 119-6 1* F W Mourant XI 199-7d 2-0-12-0

EC 91 11 Athletics 50 & 147-3 3-0-19-0

EC 142 37 Grange 113

EC 197 4 H F Mourant XI 127-3

EC 110 3 R Gsy Artillery 71 & 91-8 7-1-29-3

EC 145 20 Royal Irish Regt 140

EC 69 7 & 68-4 0 Garrison 166 5-1-27-0

EC 139 0 H F Morres XI 204-7

EC 68 16* Vic Coll 74

& 33-7 4 & 229

EC 102 0 Athletics 132-4

EC 106 4 Garrison 98

EC 102 20 & 34-4 R Gsy Artillery 141 2.4-0-14-2

EC 164-9 1 Royal Irish Regt 265-5d 6-0-38-1

EC 24 0 & 81-0 Grange 129-8

Ec 118-5 6 Athletics 220-5d 8-0-41-3

EC 129 13 & 47-4 3* Vic Coll 226 5-1-16-1

He was in the 1^st Bn Middlesex Regiment and was in action at the battles of Mons, Le Cateau, Marne and Aisne where he was wounded. He was wounded again after his return to France and died in June 1916, being buried at Bethune Town Cemetery.

Lt John Mathieson Forrester (2656) was born in Sydenham, London in 1875, parents coming from Pietermaritzburg in South Africa. He attended College from 1891 to 1893.

1892

EC 72 0* & 57 0* Vic Coll 58 & 48

EC 50 0 GICC 152

EC 163 6* Garrison 37 & 94

EC 161 5* Sarnian Rovers 23 & 15-1

EC 142 1 Sarnian Rovers 19 & 56

He became an accountant and insurance agent in the Transvaal and fought in the Boer War.

He joined the C Coy 2^nd Regiment South African Infantry and was wounded in Delville Wood in July 1916 and then killed in France in October 1916 when his unit attacked German trenches but was caught in machine gun fire. His memorial is at Warlencourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais. His brother was invalided out of France with shell shock.

Major George Herbert Forty (3058) was born in 1894. He lived at Candie had a successful time at Elizabeth College playing for College for 5 years at the top level from 1910 to 1914, captaining the side in his last year. He obtained a classical scholarship to Exeter College, Oxford but abandoned this in Aug 1914 and took up a commission in the DCLI. He was made a major in 1917. He does not appear as having been killed at the 1st World War. He was wounded by gunshot in the thigh later in 1914, he was wounded again in the chest in 1918 and due to his injuries he was sent back to England where he died in May 1922.

Capt G H Forty CWGC.org

Although his wounds contributed to his death it falls beyond the Commonwealth War Grave Commission’s cut-off date of 31st August 1921. He was awarded the Military Cross with his citation reading “Temporary Captain George Herbert Forty, Duke of Cornwall’s light Infantry, for conspicuous gallantry in action. He brought his company up under intense fire to reinforce another battalion, displaying great courage and initiative. Later, although wounded, he stuck to his post and re-organised the line. He has on many previous occasions done fine work.”

Elizabeth College 1st XI in 1913 Priaulx Library

CE Blad (3131) TG Marshall (3117) TS Dobree (3198) EC D’A Collings (3127) FS Layard (3133)

PEN Howard (3246) GH Forty (3058) WL Ozanne (3084) LW Hart (3205) JV Blad (3130)

CM Doutch (3281)

1910

EC 129 1 Masters 172 7-0-29-0

EC 124 4 E B Waite XI 169 6-1-20-0

EC 107-4 40* Athletics 155-8 5-0-25-1

EC 54-6 24* HMS Cumberland 101

EC 95-5 3 Garrison 223 2-0-11-1

EC 119 20 H F Morres XI 252-4 3-0-30-0

EC 116 3 Vic Coll 169 8-1-25-3

EC 151 21 F W Mourant XI 157-9 5-0-30-2

EC 189-8 10 Col Carr-Ellison 124 3-1-8-0

EC 89 11 R Gsy Artillery 87 3.2-0-10-4

EC 118 0 Grange 63

EC 63 6 2^nd Bn Middlesex 233-6 7-0-37-0

EC 150 0 Grange 230 1-0-10-0

EC 60 1 Vic Coll 425-7 12-1-65-1

EC 82 10 E T Whitehead XI 301-8 11-0-68-2

EC 48 10 Rangers 190-4 2-0-23-0

Colours awarded

1911

EC 119-6 6 F W Mourant XI 199-7 8-0-32-0

EC 91 1 Athletics 50 2-2-0-4

& 147-3 2-0-28-0

EC 142 2 Grange 113 1.5-1-0-1

EC 197 5 H F Morres XI 127-3 7-1-39-0

EC 110 1 R G Artillery 71 & 91-8 3-1-6-1

EC 145 17 Royal Irish Regt 140

EC 69 4* & 68-4 5* Garrison 166 3-0-22-0

EC 139 15 H F Morres XI 204-7

EC 68 8 & 33-7 4 Vic Coll 74 & 229 4-0-46-1

EC 157-3 0 Grange 187-8d 10-0-67-2

EC 102 5 Athletics 132-4 1-0-9-0

EC 106 0 Garrison 98

EC 102 6 & 34-4 R G Artillery 141 10-1-47-4

EC 164-9 4 Royal Irish Regt 265-5 8-1-37-1

EC 24 (8 ducks)0 & 81-0 Grange 129-8 1-0-1-1

EC 118-5 6 Athletics 220-5d 4-0-18-0

EC 129 10 & 47-4 Vic Coll 226 2-0-13-0

1912

EC 64 2 & 51-5 11* V Beuttler XI 144

EC 60 2 Athletics 151 8-5-13-2

EC 60 2 & 16-1 Rangers 19 & 44 1-1-0-1

EC 98 10 & 76-7 12* Garrison 67 10-2-36-3

EC 73 6 C J Rawlinson XI 83 4-0-16-0

EC 65 4 Athletics 131 4-0-34-2

EC 95 3 Grange 221 6-0-28-2

EC 151 11 R G Artillery 45 & 83-4 1-0-13-1

EC 142 6 E W Hutton 128 11-2-43-4

EC 164-6 1 Vic Coll 56-6 13-5-22-3

EC 115 10 Rangers 112 2-0-10-0

EC 81 0 & 45-4 6 R G Artillery 52 4-0-13-1

EC 79 5 Grange 117 10-2-38-2

EC 83 15 C J Rawlinson 146 8.6-2-26-3

1913

EC 134 40 Athletics 41-5 1 for 17

EC 2^nd 139 6 Victoria AC 155-8 8 for 45

EC 55 0 Grange 82 2 for 28

EC 120 25 F W Mourant 89 2 for 23

EC 132 15 C J Rawlinson 113 3 for 30

EC 180-6 81 Rangers 139-8 1 for 15

EC 129 0 F W Mourant 107 5 for 30

EC 127 28 Grange 67 2 for 19

EC 183 15 Vic Coll 190 13.2-2-51-3

EC 124 13 R G Artillery 85 3 for 22

EC 112-5d Rangers 58 1 for 16 & 81 5 for 15

EC 40 0 Royal Irish Regt 202 3 for 30

EC 95 32 Garrison 203 2 for 36

EC 94 2 Athletics 190 3 for 42

EC 179 34 R G Artillery 112 1 for 11

EC 113 2 & 88 22 Vic Coll 99 3-1-9-0 & 64-5 4-0-21-2

EC 82 27 Old Eliz 110 4 for 39

EC Past/Pres 96 6 Grange 194 0 for 15

1914

EC 122 16 Green Howards 136 3 for 34

EC 234 16 Rangers 50 5 for 23 & 55-6

EC 191-3 Athletics 107 2 for 24

EC 73 7 Grange 173 4 for 33

EC 234-4 44 F W Mourant 97 8 for 32

EC 150-5 47* Garrison 102-3 2 for 39

EC 267-3 13* Vic Coll 155 12-0-38-4 & 88-3 6-2-4-0

EC 157 13 R G Artillery 47 7 for 13

EC 62 3 Green Howards 167 4 for 45

EC 164-2 24 HMS Superb 66 1 for 10 & 46-2

EC 142-3 27* F W Mourant 199-7 2 for 32

EC 138 36 Garrison 187-8 3 for 64

EC 342-8 5 Vic Coll 127 15-3-37-2

EC 128 29 Grange 94 7 for 28

EC 222-3 Athletics 131 2 for 36

However in 1918 he was back as Major GH Forty where he assembled a team to play in what turned out to be a close game against the College.

He joined the 10^th Hampshire Regiment, received the Military Cross and was mentioned in despatches (Oak Leaf on Victory Medal). He died in London on 30^th May 1922 aged 27 from the after effects of war wounds. He is buried in the Foulon Cemetery, St Peter Port.