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{{short description|English cricketer, physician, and soldier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Duncan Pailthorpe
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Duncan Westlake Pailthorpe
| birth_date = 8 December 1890
| birth_place = [[Southampton]], [[Hampshire]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1971|12|21|1890|12|8|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Alton, Hampshire|Alton]], Hampshire, England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling =
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1928/29
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 17
| bat avg1 = 8.50
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 17
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 25 December
| year = 2023
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/duncan-pailthorpe-32449 Cricinfo
}}

'''Duncan Westlake Pailthorpe''' {{postnominal|MC}} (8 December 1890 – 21 December 1971) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er, medical doctor, and an officer in the [[British Army]].

==Life and military career==
The son of J. E. Pailthorpe, he was born at [[Southampton]] in December 1890. He was educated at [[Epsom College]], before matriculating to the [[Charing Cross Hospital Medical School]].<ref name="EPS">{{cite web|url=https://archive.epsomcollege.org.uk/1889-1914/OE_Biographies/1890-1914.pdf|title=Index of Old Epsomian Biographies between 1890 and 1914|website=www.epsomcollege.org.uk|accessdate=25 December 2023}}</ref> From there, he gained a commission in the [[Royal Army Medical Corps]] as a temporary [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] at the start of the [[First World War]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28873|date=18 August 1914|page=6498}}</ref> with a temporary appointment to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] following in August 1915.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29285|date=3 September 1915|page=8827|supp=y}}</ref> Pailthorpe was awarded the [[Military Cross]] (MC) in September 1916, for gallantry and conspicuous bravery when attending to the wounded, with little regard for his own personal safety.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29760|date=22 September 1916|page=9279|supp=y}}</ref> In February 1918, he had been promoted to the full rank of captain.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30526|date=12 February 1918|page=2047|supp=y}}</ref> He was awarded a [[medal bar|bar]] to his MC in September 1918, for collecting the wounded during a raid while under heavy fire. Working until daylight to achieve that end, he then went back out to confirm that a missing soldier was deceased and carried his body back to British lines.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30901|date=13 September 1918|page=10899|supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|date=21 September 1918|title=The War: Casualties in the medical services|journal=[[The BMJ|British Medical Journal]]|volume=2|issue=3012|pages=327–331 |doi=10.1136/bmj.2.3012.327 |pmid=20769193 |pmc=2341837 }}</ref> One month prior to the end of the war, he was made a temporary [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31001|date=8 November 1918|page=13262|supp=y}}</ref> a rank which he relinquished after the war, in February 1919.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31344|date=16 May 1919|page=6189|supp=y}}</ref>

In March 1921, Pailthorpe was seconded for service with the [[Egyptian Army]] until March 1923.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32477|date=4 October 1921|page=7856|supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32808|date=23 March 1923|page=2238}}</ref> He was promoted to major in August 1926.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33193|date=20 August 1926|page=5516}}</ref> He later served in [[British India]], where he made a single appearance in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Muslims cricket team|Muslims]] at [[Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore#Cricket ground|Lahore]] in the 1928–29 [[Lahore Tournament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14255/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Duncan Pailthorpe|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=25 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed [[duck (cricket)|without scoring]] by [[Jahangir Khan (cricketer)|Jahangir Khan]] in the Europeans first innings, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 17 runs by the same bowler.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12975.html|title=Europeans v Muslims, Lahore Tournament 1928/29 (Final)|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=25 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He retired from active military service in April 1934.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34046|date=1 May 1934|page=2789}}</ref>

In addition to playing cricket, Pailthorpe also played [[rugby union]] and was a member of the [[Middlesex Rugby Football Union|Middlesex Rugby XV]].<ref name="EPS"/> He was married to Barbara Martin at [[St James' Church, West End|St James' Church]] in [[Southampton]] in April 1930.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003142/19300426/172/0008|title=At West End church|work=[[Hampshire Advertiser]]|location=[[Southampton]]|page=8|date=26 April 1936|access-date=25 December 2023|url-access=subscription|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> Pailthorpe died in December 1971 at [[Alton, Hampshire]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=32449}}

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[[Category:1890 births]]
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[[Category:Cricketers from Southampton]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Southampton]]
[[Category:People educated at Epsom College]]
[[Category:Alumni of Charing Cross Medical School]]
[[Category:English rugby union players]]
[[Category:20th-century English medical doctors]]
[[Category:Royal Army Medical Corps officers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Military Cross]]
[[Category:Egyptian military officers]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Middlesex County RFU players]]

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