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Cecil Wigglesworth
Born(1893-10-17)17 October 1893
Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England
Died8 August 1961(1961-08-08) (aged 67)
Lymington, Hampshire, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy (1915–18)
Royal Air Force (1918–49)
Years of service1915–1949
Rank Air Commodore
Commands held RAF Iceland (1943–45)
RAF Silloth (1940–41)
No. 209 Squadron RAF (1939–40)
No. 201 Squadron RAF (1933–35)
Battles/wars First World War
Second World War
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Air Force Cross
Other workCricketer

Air Commodore Cecil George Wigglesworth, CB, AFC (17 October 1893 – 8 August 1961) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) officer [1] and cricketer. [2] A right-handed batsman, [3] he played a first-class match for the Royal Air Force against the Royal Navy in August 1927. [4] In 1930, he played for the Straits Settlements against the Federated Malay States in Kuala Lumpur. [5]

In the RAF, Wigglesworth reached the rank of air commodore. By some accounts he was the original of Biggles. He served in Iceland during the Second World War, where one of his fellow officers was the original of Just William. [6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation
  2. ^ Cricinfo profile
  3. ^ CricketArchive profile
  4. ^ First-class matches played by Cecil Wigglesworth at CricketArchive
  5. ^ Other matches played by Cecil Wigglesworth at CricketArchive
  6. ^ Who's Really Who


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