Joseph Connaughton (cricketer)

Joseph Maurice Francis Connaughton (15 August 1918 – 12 February 1944) was an English first-class cricketer active 1939 who played for Middlesex.

He was born in Paddington and educated at The Oratory School.[1] During World War II he was commissioned in the Royal Artillery.[2] He was drowned off the Maldives after SS Khedive Ismail was torpedoed, and officially declared dead one year later.[3]

References

  1. ^ McCrery, Nigel (30 July 2017). "The Coming Storm: Test and First-Class Cricketers Killed in World War Two". Casemate Publishers. p. 40-43 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Connaughton, Joseph Maurice Francis". Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  3. ^ "Joseph Connaughton". Cricinfo.
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