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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Alec Howie<br />
| image = <br />
| country = England<br />
| international =<br />
| fullname = Alec Douglas Howie<br />
| nickname =<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|9|3|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Saharanpur]], [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh|United Provinces]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1940|5|22|1913|9|22|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Escaut River|Escaut]], Belgium<br />
| heightft =<br />
| heightinch =<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Left-arm medium<br />
| role =<br />
| family =<br />
| club1 = [[Services cricket team|Army (India)]]<br />
| year1 = 1934–1935<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 1<br />
| runs1 = 49<br />
| bat avg1 = 24.50<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0<br />
| top score1 = 33<br />
| deliveries1 = 18<br />
| wickets1 = 0<br />
| bowl avg1 = –<br />
| fivefor1 = –<br />
| tenfor1 = –<br />
| best bowling1 = –<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 9/–<br />
| date = 24 March<br />
| year = 2020<br />
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/29365.html Cricinfo<br />
}}<br />
'''Alec Douglas Howie''' (3 September 1913 − 22 May 1940) was a [[First-class cricket|first-class]] cricketer who made one appearance for the [[Army cricket team (India)|Indian army cricket team]]. He died during the [[Second World War]] in the [[Battle of Belgium]] in 1940.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Alec Douglas Howie was born on 3 September 1913 in [[Saharanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], British India. He was the son of Charles Thomas and Ethel Muriel Howie.<ref name="Cricinfo">{{cite web |title=Alec Howie - Cricinfo |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/29365.html |website=Cricinfo |accessdate=24 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="TCS">{{cite book |last1=McCrery |first1=Nigel |title=The Coming Storm: Test and First-Class Cricketers Killed in World War Two |date=2017 |publisher=Pen & Sword Books |isbn=978 1 52670 697 3}}</ref><br />
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==Cricket career==<br />
Howie appeared in one match for the Indian Army cricket team against [[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]] in the [[Ranji Trophy 1934-35|Ranji Trophy]]. The match was played on 4 December 1934 at [[Lawrence Garden|Lawrence Gardens]], [[Lahore]]. Howie [[Batting (cricket)|batted]] 49 [[Run (cricket)|runs]] during the match, and also [[Bowling (cricket)|bowled]] 3 [[Over (cricket)|over]], taking no [[Wicket|wickets]]. Northern India won the match by an [[Innings (cricket)|inning]] and 52 runs.<ref name="Cricinfo" /><ref name="TCS" /><br />
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==Military career and death==<br />
Howie enlisted in the 1st Battalion, [[East Surrey Regiment]] as soon as he finished his education. In 1940, the battalion was sent to France with the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War II)|British Expeditionary Force]]. In May of the same year, the battalion advanced into [[Belgium]] to stop the German invasion, but were pushed back to a defensive line at the Escaut river. Serving as a [[corporal]] during the [[Battle of the Escaut (1940)|Battle of the Escaut]], Howie was [[killed in action]] on 22 May 1940. The battalion was forced back from the Escaut to the [[Battle of Dunkirk|Dunkirk beachhead]] soon after, and was [[Dunkirk evacuation|evacuated]] to England. Howie is buried at [[Heverlee Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery|Heverlee War Cemetery]].<ref name="Cricinfo" /><ref name="TCS" /><ref>{{CWGC|id=2777601|name=Alec Douglas Howie|fewer-links=https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2777601/howie,-alec-douglas/|access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{cricinfo|id=29365}}<br />
*[https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2777601/howie,-alec-douglas/ CWGC entry]<br />
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