Julian Jefferson

Brigadier Julian Jefferson (18 July 1899 – 18 June 1966) CBE was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Graduating from Sandhurst, he entered into the Welsh Guards during the later stages of the First World War. His military career spanned from 1918–1949, with Jefferson serving during the Second World War and commanding British forces in the North Caribbean in 1948. He was appointed a CBE in the 1948 Birthday Honours, and in the same year he was awarded the Legion of Merit by the United States. During the early part of his military service, he played first-class cricket for the British Army and the Combined Services cricket team. He was the father of the cricketer Richard Jefferson.