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	After graduating from Sandhurst, Kearsey was commissioned into the [[York and Lancaster Regiment]] as a [[second lieutenant]] on 7 May 1896.<ref name="AHCK">{{cite web\|url=http://www.angloboerwar.com/index.php?option=com_grid&gid=22_uw_0&p=28\|title=Alexander Horace Cyri Kearsey\|publisher=angloboerwar.com\|access-date=27 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=26964 \|date=6 May 1898 \|page=2822 }}</ref> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)\|lieutenant]] on 20 June 1900.<ref>Hart′s Army list, 1903</ref~~><ref name="AHCK"/~~> Kearsey fought in the [[Second Boer War]], being present at the [[Relief of Ladysmith]]. During the operations in the Relief, Kearsay was severely wounded at Venters Spruit on 20 January 1900.<ref name="AHCK"/> The following month, having recovered from his injuries sufficiently enough, he took part in action at [[Battle of Spion Kop\|Spion Kop]], Vaal Kranz and toward the end of February, action at Tucela Heights and Pieters Hill.<ref name="AHCK"/> Kearsey later took part in operations in [[Colony of Natal\|Natal]] from March to June 1900, including at the Battle of Laing's Nek. He also took part in operations in [[Transvaal Colony]] from May to June 1901 and operations in [[Orange River Colony]] from December 1901 to 31 May 1902.<ref name="AHCK"/> Mentioned twice in dispatches during the course of the war by Sir [[Redvers Buller]], he was also mentioned in the ''[[London Gazette]]'' in a list of soldiers and officers who had distinguished themselves in the conflict.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=27353 \|date=10 September 1901 \|page=5948 }}</ref> Weeks later he was made a [[Companion of the Distinguished Service Order]],<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=27359 \|date=27 September 1901 \|page=6318 }}</ref> with the insignia being presented by [[Edward VII]] on 14 March 1902.<ref name="AHCK"/> Following the end of the war in June 1902 he left Cape Town on board the SS ''Rippingham Grange'', which arrived in Southampton in October 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times \|title=The Army in South Africa – Troops returning home\|date=18 September 1902 \|page=5 \|issue=36876}}</ref>		After graduating from Sandhurst, Kearsey was commissioned into the [[York and Lancaster Regiment]] as a [[second lieutenant]] on 7 May 1896.<ref name="AHCK">{{cite web\|url=http://www.angloboerwar.com/index.php?option=com_grid&gid=22_uw_0&p=28\|title=Alexander Horace Cyri Kearsey\|publisher=angloboerwar.com\|access-date=27 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=26964 \|date=6 May 1898 \|page=2822 }}</ref> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)\|lieutenant]] on 20 June 1900.<ref name="AHCK"/><ref>Hart′s Army list, 1903</ref> Kearsey fought in the [[Second Boer War]], being present at the [[Relief of Ladysmith]]. During the operations in the Relief, Kearsay was severely wounded at Venters Spruit on 20 January 1900.<ref name="AHCK"/> The following month, having recovered from his injuries sufficiently enough, he took part in action at [[Battle of Spion Kop\|Spion Kop]], Vaal Kranz and toward the end of February, action at Tucela Heights and Pieters Hill.<ref name="AHCK"/> Kearsey later took part in operations in [[Colony of Natal\|Natal]] from March to June 1900, including at the Battle of Laing's Nek. He also took part in operations in [[Transvaal Colony]] from May to June 1901 and operations in [[Orange River Colony]] from December 1901 to 31 May 1902.<ref name="AHCK"/> Mentioned twice in dispatches during the course of the war by Sir [[Redvers Buller]], he was also mentioned in the ''[[London Gazette]]'' in a list of soldiers and officers who had distinguished themselves in the conflict.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=27353 \|date=10 September 1901 \|page=5948 }}</ref> Weeks later he was made a [[Companion of the Distinguished Service Order]],<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=27359 \|date=27 September 1901 \|page=6318 }}</ref> with the insignia being presented by [[Edward VII]] on 14 March 1902.<ref name="AHCK"/> Following the end of the war in June 1902 he left Cape Town on board the SS ''Rippingham Grange'', which arrived in Southampton in October 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times \|title=The Army in South Africa – Troops returning home\|date=18 September 1902 \|page=5 \|issue=36876}}</ref>

	Kearsey was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)\|captain]] on 12 March 1904, while the following year he was transferred to the [[10th Royal Hussars]]. He then served in the [[Territorial Force]] as an [[adjutant]] from March 1908 to April 1911.<ref name="AHCK"/>		Kearsey was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)\|captain]] on 12 March 1904, while the following year he was transferred to the [[10th Royal Hussars]]. He then served in the [[Territorial Force]] as an [[adjutant]] from March 1908 to April 1911.<ref name="AHCK"/>

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{{Short description|English cricketer and British Army officer (1877–1967)}}
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| birth_name = Alexander Horace Cyril Kearsey
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1877|12|17}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1967|10|08|1877|12|17}}
| birth_place = [[Burstow]], Surrey, England
| death_place = [[Wandsworth]], London, England
| burial_place =
| image = Alexander H C Kearsey.png
| caption =
| nickname =
| allegiance = {{UK}}
| branch = {{army|United Kingdom}}<br />{{air force|United Kingdom}}
| service_years = 1896–1918
| rank = [[Lieutenant Colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant colonel]]
| commands =
| unit = [[York and Lancaster Regiment]]<br />[[Royal Hussars]]<br />[[Dorset Regiment]]<br />[[King's Own Scottish Borderers]]
| battles = {{tree list}}
* [[Second Boer War]]
** [[Relief of Ladysmith]]
** Battle of Venters Spruit
** [[Battle of Spion Kop]]
** Battle of Vaal Kranz
** Battle of Tucela Heights
** Battle of Pieters Hill
** Battle of Laing's Nek
* [[World War I|First World War]]
** [[First Battle of Ypres]]
** [[Battle of Neuve Chapelle]]
** [[Gallipoli campaign]]
** [[Sinai and Palestine campaign]]
** [[First Battle of Gaza]]
** [[Second Battle of Gaza]]
** Battle of El Teb
{{tree list/end}}
| awards = [[Distinguished Service Order]]<br>[[Order of the Karađorđe's Star]]<br>[[Order of the Nile]]
| other_work = Cricketer, military historian
| module = {{Infobox cricketer
| child=yes
| batting = Unknown
| bowling =
| role = [[Wicket-keeper]]
| family =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans (India)]]
| year1 = 1903/04–1905/06
| club2 = [[Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club|Buckinghamshire]]
| year2 = 1913
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 6
| bat avg1 = 2.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 4
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/1
| date = 27 June
| year = 2011
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/30250.html ESPNcricinfo
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'''Alexander Horace Cyril Kearsey''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|DSO|OBE}} (17 December 1877 – 8 October 1967) was a [[British Army]] officer who served in the [[Second Boer War]] and the [[World War I|First World War]]. He was also an English [[cricket]]er, but his military career limited his cricketing appearances.

== Early life ==
The son of Francis Kearsey, he was born at [[Burstow|Burstow Hall]], [[Surrey]].<ref name="PEER">{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p2949.htm|title=Alexander Kearsey|publisher=thepeerage.com|access-date=27 June 2011| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110611164426/http://thepeerage.com/p2949.htm| archivedate= 11 June 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> He was educated at [[Rottingdean]] School and [[Clifton College]],<ref>"Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p171: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April 1948</ref> before attending the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]].

==Military career==
After graduating from Sandhurst, Kearsey was commissioned into the [[York and Lancaster Regiment]] as a [[second lieutenant]] on 7 May 1896.<ref name="AHCK">{{cite web|url=http://www.angloboerwar.com/index.php?option=com_grid&gid=22_uw_0&p=28|title=Alexander Horace Cyri Kearsey|publisher=angloboerwar.com|access-date=27 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26964 |date=6 May 1898 |page=2822 }}</ref> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] on 20 June 1900.<ref>Hart′s Army list, 1903</ref><ref name="AHCK"/> Kearsey fought in the [[Second Boer War]], being present at the [[Relief of Ladysmith]]. During the operations in the Relief, Kearsay was severely wounded at Venters Spruit on 20 January 1900.<ref name="AHCK"/> The following month, having recovered from his injuries sufficiently enough, he took part in action at [[Battle of Spion Kop|Spion Kop]], Vaal Kranz and toward the end of February, action at Tucela Heights and Pieters Hill.<ref name="AHCK"/> Kearsey later took part in operations in [[Colony of Natal|Natal]] from March to June 1900, including at the Battle of Laing's Nek. He also took part in operations in [[Transvaal Colony]] from May to June 1901 and operations in [[Orange River Colony]] from December 1901 to 31 May 1902.<ref name="AHCK"/> Mentioned twice in dispatches during the course of the war by Sir [[Redvers Buller]], he was also mentioned in the ''[[London Gazette]]'' in a list of soldiers and officers who had distinguished themselves in the conflict.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27353 |date=10 September 1901 |page=5948 }}</ref> Weeks later he was made a [[Companion of the Distinguished Service Order]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27359 |date=27 September 1901 |page=6318 }}</ref> with the insignia being presented by [[Edward VII]] on 14 March 1902.<ref name="AHCK"/> Following the end of the war in June 1902 he left Cape Town on board the SS ''Rippingham Grange'', which arrived in Southampton in October 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Army in South Africa – Troops returning home|date=18 September 1902 |page=5 |issue=36876}}</ref>

Kearsey was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] on 12 March 1904, while the following year he was transferred to the [[10th Royal Hussars]]. He then served in the [[Territorial Force]] as an [[adjutant]] from March 1908 to April 1911.<ref name="AHCK"/>

With the outbreak of the [[World War I|First World War]] in the summer of 1914, Kearsey attended the [[Staff College, Camberley]], and was promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] on 11 November 1914. At the start of the war, he was posted as part of the Embarkation Staff at [[Southampton]], following which he proceeded to [[Belgium]] with the 1st Life Guards, 7th Cavalry Brigade. He took part in the [[First Battle of Ypres]] and saw action at [[Battle of Neuve Chapelle|Neuve-Chapelle]].<ref name="AHCK"/> In 1915, he was attached to the staff of the 7th Cavalry Brigade, and August 1915 he was appointed [[brigade major]] with the 1/2nd South-Western Mounted Brigade, seeing action in [[Gallipoli Campaign|Gallipoli]]. He later commanded the 5th [[Dorset Regiment]] for months, till May 1916. Following this, he was appointed [[Staff (military)#Personnel or administration .281.29|GS01]] with the 54th Division, [[Egyptian Expeditionary Force]], seeing action at the [[First Battle of Gaza|first]] and [[Second Battle of Gaza]],<ref name="AHCK"/> both of which ended in [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] victories. He later commanded 1/5th [[King's Own Scottish Borderers]], seeing action at the Battle of El Teb, during the course of which he was wounded. At the time he was a temporary [[Lieutenant Colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]]. For his services in the conflict, Kearsey was decorated by the [[Kingdom of Serbia]] with the [[Order of the Karađorđe's Star]], 4th Class with Swords<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29945 |date=13 February 1917 |supp=y |page=1608 }}</ref> and the [[Order of the Nile]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=31002 |date=8 November 1918 |supp=y |page=13274 }}</ref> Transferring to the fledgling [[Royal Air Force]], he commanded the Cadet Wing and was appointed staff officer, 1st grade on 28 December 1918.<ref name="AHCK"/> During his life, Kearsey published a number of his records including, ''The War Records of the York and Lancaster Regiment, South Africa, 1900–1902,1903'', which detailed his time with the York and Lancaster Regiment in the Boer War.<ref name="AHCK"/> He also published records of the campaign in Egypt and Palestine during the First World War.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kearsey|first=Alexander|title=The Operations in Egypt and Palestine, 1914 to June, 1917 : Illustrating the Field Service Regulations|publisher=Gale & Polden|location=Aldershot}}</ref> He later wrote a number of books analysing military strategy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=Alexander+Horace+Cyril+Kearsey&btnG=Search+Books|title=Alexander Horace Cyril Kearsey – Google Books search|access-date=28 June 2011}}</ref>

===Ribbons===
<div class="center">[[Image:Dso-ribbon.png|x20px|Distinguished Service Order]] [[File:Order of the British Empire (Military) Ribbon.png|x20px|Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Image:Kings South Africa Medal BAR.svg|x20px|King's South Africa Medal]] [[Image:1914 Star BAR.svg|x20px|1914 Star]]<br>[[Image:Victory medal (UK) ribbon.svg|x20px|Victory Medal]] [[Image:BWMRibbon.png|x20px|British War Medal]] [[Image:EGY Order of the Nile - Officer BAR.png|x20px|Order of the Nile (3rd class)]] [[Image:Order of the partisan star with golden wreath Rib.png|x20px|Order of the Karađorđe's Star]]</div>

==Cricket==
As a cricketer, Kearsey's [[batsman (cricket)|batting]] style is unknown, but is known he fielded as a [[wicket-keeper]].<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13811/13811.html|title=Player profile: Alexander Kearsey|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 June 2011}}</ref> While serving in the [[British Raj]], he made his [[first-class cricket|first-class]] debut for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] against the [[Parsees cricket team|Parsees]] in 1903. He ended the Europeans first-innings [[not out|unbeaten]] on 0. In their second-innings, he was dismissed for 2 runs by [[Maneksha Bulsara]].<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6363.html|title=Europeans v Parsees, 1903/04 Bombay Presidency Match|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 June 2011}}</ref> His second first-class appearance came for the Europeans in 1905, in a repeat of his debut match.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13811/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Alexander Kearsey|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 June 2011}}</ref> In this match, he was dismissed for a [[duck (cricket)|duck]] by [[Jehangir Warden]] in the Europeans first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 4 runs by the same bowler. Taking up position behind the [[stumps]], he took a single [[catch (cricket)|catch]] and made a single [[stumping]].<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6907.html|title=Europeans v Parsees, 1905/06 Bombay Presidency Match|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 June 2011}}</ref> He later made two [[Minor Counties Championship]] appearances in 1913 for [[Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club|Buckinghamshire]], against [[Berkshire County Cricket Club|Berkshire]] and [[Wiltshire County Cricket Club|Wiltshire]].<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13811/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Alexander Kearsey|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 June 2011}}</ref> He did not appear for Buckinghamshire after [[1913 English cricket season|this season]].

==Later life==
Kearsey died in [[Wandsworth]], London, on 8 October 1967. He had married, in 1907, Hon. Frances Mitford (1875–1951), eldest daughter of [[Bertram Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale|Lord Redesdale]]. They had one daughter, Clementine (b. 1908).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PNc7AQAAMAAJ |title=Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage |date=1920 |publisher=Kelly's Directories |pages=741 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/30250.html Alexander Kearsey] at [[ESPNcricinfo]]
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13811/13811.html Alexander Kearsey] at CricketArchive

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