Erroll Tremlett | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Portrait by Walter Stoneman, 1944 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Erroll Arthur Edwin Tremlett | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 December 1893 Brentford, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 December 1982 (aged 89) Kenn, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Allegiance | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Service | British Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1914–1946 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Major-general | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Service number | 13234 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unit | Royal Artillery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1929–1934 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Erroll Tremlett at ESPNcricinfo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Major-General Erroll Arthur Edwin Tremlett CB TD (22 December 1893 – 24 December 1982) was a British Army officer. Born into a military family, Tremlett overcame hardships to forge a successful military career in the Royal Artillery and Territorial Army. Educated at Christ's Hospital where he struggled academically, Tremlett emigrated to Canada shortly after completing his education, but this move was not a success. He returned home at the start of the First World War and was commissioned into the Royal Artillery. After serving in the war, Tremlett began a slow rise through the ranks. Believing the Munich Agreement would bring peace, he retired from regular service in the Royal Artillery and accepted a commission in the Territorial Army. With the onset of the Second World War, Tremlett fought in the Battle of France in 1940 and was evacuated from Dunkirk. As the war progressed, he held a number of anti-aircraft commands in Manchester, Yorkshire and the Humber, and London, where he commanded the capital's air defences from 1942 to 1944. He eventually retired from the Territorial Army as an honorary major-general. A keen sportsman, he also played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club.