Gerald Edward Livock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Newmarket, Suffolk, England | 11 July 1897||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 27 January 1989 Blandford Forum, Dorset, England | (aged 91)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Allegiance | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Service | Royal Navy Royal Air Force | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years of service | 1914–1945 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | Group Captain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unit | HMS Engadine No. 73 Wing RAF No. 230 Squadron RAF HMS Pegasus No. 24 Squadron RAF RAF Far East Flight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commands | No. 205 Squadron RAF No. 209 Squadron RAF No. 10 Flying Training School, RAF Ternhill RAF Kalafrana, Malta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Battles / wars | World War I North Russia intervention World War II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards | Distinguished Flying Cross Air Force Cross | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Michael Livock (nephew) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1923 | Lord Cowdray's XI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1925–1926 | LH Tennyson's XI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1925–1927 | Middlesex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1925–1934 | Gentlemen of England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1927–1932 | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1933 | Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 22 September 1923 Lord Cowdray's XI v Rest of England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last First-class | 16 June 1934 Gentlemen of England v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 15 December 2007 |
Group Captain Gerald Edward Livock DFC, AFC (11 July 1897 – 27 January 1989) was an English officer of the Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force, who served from the beginning the First World War until the end of Second, and was also an archaeologist and cricketer.[1] A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, he played first-class cricket for various teams between 1923 and 1934.[2]