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Full name | Hugo Evans Armitage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 28 April 1895 Wallington, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 1966 (aged 70/71) Marlborough, Wiltshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1927/28 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
ESPNcricinfo, 15 May 2023 |
Hugo Evans Armitage (28 April 1895 — 1966) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in both the British Army and the British Indian Army.
The son Ernest Armitage, [1] he was born at Wallington in April 1895. Armitage began his career in the British Army prior to the First World War as a rifleman with the London Regiment. [2] He gained a commission in the First World War as a temporary second lieutenant; initially with the Tank Corps and then with the Green Howards, before being appointed to the Army Cyclist Corps, appointments which all happened in August 1915. [3] [4] In August 1916, he was made a temporary lieutenant, [5] before being made a temporary captain whilst serving with the Machine Gun Corps in December 1917. [6] Amritage was transferred to the British Indian Army following the end of the war, where he was appointed as a temporary lieutenant in December 1918. [7] Whilst commanding a company in the 33rd Punjabis, he was appointed a temporary captain in July 1919; [8] he gained the full rank of captain in May 1920. [9]
Whilst serving in British India, Armitage made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Hindus at Lahore in the 1927–28 Lahore Tournament. [10] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 6 runs opening the batting by Gurdit Singh, whilst in their second innings he batted from the middle order and was dismissed without scoring by Jagan Mehta. [11] He retired from active service in March 1933. [12] He was recalled to active service during the Second World War, serving in the British Indian Army as a brevet major in November 1939. [13] Armitage later died in England at Marlborough in 1966.