Thomas Beeching

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Hugh Pitt Beeching (10 March 1900 – 31 December 1971) was an English soldier and cricketer. He was born at Maidstone in Kent in March 1900.

Thomas Beeching
Personal information
Full nameThomas Hugh Pitt Beeching
Born(1900-03-10)10 March 1900
Maidstone, Kent
Died31 December 1971(1971-12-31) (aged 71)
Aldershot, Hampshire
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1920–1921Kent
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 10
Runs scored 217
Batting average 16.69
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 38
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: CricInfo, 8 March 2017

Beeching attended Charterhouse School, playing in the cricket XI in 1917.[1] He was commissioned into the Royal West Kent Regiment in 1919[2] and played ten first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club between 1920 and 1921.[3][1]

Beeching attended Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1918 and was commissioned into the Royal West Kents after the World War I Armistice.[4] He served during World War II in the Royal Army Service Corps. He was awarded an MBE in 1943 whilst serving as a Major in the Corps in North Africa.[5] He reached the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Beeching died at Aldershot in 1971 aged 71.[3]

References
  1. Beeching, Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Hugh Pitt, Obituaries in 1971, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1972. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  2. Supplement to the London Gazette, London Gazette, p.1185, 23 January 1919. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  3. "Thomas Beeching". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  4. Lewis P (2014) For Kent and Country, p.37. Brighton: Reveille Press.
  5. Recommendation for Award for Beeching, Thomas Hugh Pitt Rank, National Archives. Retrieved 26 March 2017.


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