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{{Short description|English cricketer and soldier (1888–1964)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = FitzAlan George Drayson
| nickname =
| birth_date = 10 January 1888
| birth_place = [[Rochester, Kent|Rochester]], [[Kent]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1964|4|16|1888|1|10|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Teignmouth]], [[Devon]], England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| family =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1918/19
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 65
| bat avg1 = 16.25
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 28
| deliveries1 = 6
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 10 December
| year = 2022
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/fitzalan-drayson-28205 ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''FitzAlan George Drayson''' {{postnominal|CBE|MC}} (10 January 1888 — 16 April 1964) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and an officer of the [[British Army]].

The son of Alfred FitzAlan Howard Drayson, he was born at [[Rochester, Kent|Rochester]] in January 1888. He was educated at [[Christ's Hospital]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage|year=1963|publisher=[[Kelly's Directory]]|page=1493|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kFw-AQAAIAAJ|language=en}}</ref> before attending the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]. He graduated from there into the [[Border Regiment]] as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in October 1906,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27955|date=5 October 1906|page=6721}}</ref> with promotion to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] following in April 1912.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28609|date=17 May 1912|page=3584}}</ref> Drayson served in the [[First World War]], during which he seconded for service in the [[British Indian Army]] with the [[3rd (Lahore) Division|Lahore Signal Company]] and was [[mentioned in dispatches]] in February 1915.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29072|date=16 February 1915|page=1673|supp=y}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] whilst seconded with the Lahore Signal Company in April 1915,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29170|date=21 May 1915|page=4996|supp=y}}</ref> and was awarded the [[Military Cross]] in the following month, for gallantry and devotion to duty during the [[Battle of Neuve Chapelle]] on 11–12 March 1915, during which he kept up communications while under heavy fire.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29157|date=7 May 1915|page=4508|supp=y}}</ref> Serving in [[British India]] in the later stages of the war, he made two appearances in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]] and the [[Parsis cricket team|Parsees]] in September 1918 at [[Deccan Gymkhana Ground|Poona]] in the [[Bombay Quadrangular]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13341/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by FitzAlan Drayson|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=10 December 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 65 runs in his two matches, with a highest score of 28.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13341/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by FitzAlan Drayson|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=10 December 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He had served in [[British Burma]] prior to the war, playing a minor match for [[Myanmar national cricket team|Burma]] against the [[Europeans cricket team (Ceylon)|Ceylon Europeans]] in 1912. He scored 137 runs in the Burmese first innings, sharing in a large partnership with [[Frank Garnett]] who made 87.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/135/135377.html|title=Burma v Europeans, Europeans (Ceylon) in Burma 1912/13|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=10 December 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Following the war, Drayson served in the [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]] and was mentioned in dispatches for distinguished service.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32002|date=30 July 1920|page=8056|supp=y}}</ref> He was made a temporary [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] in June 1919,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32136|date=23 November 1920|page=11578}}</ref> and was mentioned in dispatches for his services with the [[Royal Corps of Signals]] during the [[Waziristan campaign (1921–1924)|Waziristan campaign]] of 1921–24.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32833|date=12 June 1923|page=4135}}</ref> In May 1924, he was promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32959|date=25 July 1924|page=5638}}</ref> prior to relinquishing his temporary appointment to lieutenant colonel in August 1925.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33077|date=21 August 1925|page=5564}}</ref> Toward the end of the 1920s, he was an instructor at the School of Signals.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33493|date=10 May 1929|page=3128}}</ref> In March 1930, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33593|date=1 April 1930|page=2062}}</ref> while in October of the same year he was appointed a chief signal officer in India,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33626|date=18 July 1930|page=4502}}</ref> an appointment he vacated the following year.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33727|date=19 June 1931|page=3396}}</ref> After completing four years as a regimental lieutenant colonel, he was placed on the [[half-pay]] list in March 1934.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34038|date=3 April 1934|page=2185}}</ref> Drayson ceased to be employed in June 1935, at which point he was granted the honorary rank of [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|brigadier]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34171|date=18 June 1935|page=3927}}</ref> However, in September 1935 he was reappointed to the establishment as a [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] to be chief signal officer of British forces in [[Kingdom of Egypt|Egypt]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34203|date=1 October 1935|page=6138}}</ref> before retiring in August 1939.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34695|date=26 September 1939|page=6563|supp=y}}</ref> Drayson returned to service shortly after his retirement when the [[Second World War]] began, being appointed chief signal officer for [[III Corps (United Kingdom)|III Corps]] during the [[Battle of France]]. Following the Fall of France, he was appointed chief signal officer for [[Northern Command (United Kingdom)|Northern Command]].<ref name="BIO">{{cite web|url=https://www.generals.dk/general/Drayson/Fitz-Alan_George/Great_Britain.html|title=Drayson, Fitz-Alan George|publisher=www.generals.dk|access-date=12 December 2022}}</ref> He was made a [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] in the [[1940 Birthday Honours]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34893|date=9 July 1940|page=4247|supp=y}}</ref> before retiring from active service in November 1944, once again being granted the honorary rank of brigadier.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36791|date=10 November 1944|page=5189|supp=y}}</ref> Drayson died at [[Teignmouth]] in April 1964.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=28205}}

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[[Category:People educated at Christ's Hospital]]
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