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{{Short description|English cricketer and British Army officer (1895–1969)}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Guy Saxon Llewellyn Gregson-Ellis
| birth_date = 3 November 1895
| birth_place = [[Kensington]], [[Middlesex]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1969|8|12|1895|11|3}}
| death_place = [[Banbury]], Oxfordshire, England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Berkshire County Cricket Club|Berkshire]]
| year1 = 1920–1923
| club2 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year2 = 1925/26–1926/27
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 4
| runs1 = 116
| bat avg1 = 14.50
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 45
| deliveries1 = 96
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–
| date = 5 February
| year = 2019
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/28971.html ESPNcricinfo
}}
'''Guy Saxon Llewellyn Gregson-Ellis''' {{post-nominals|MC}} (3 November 1895 – 12 August 1969) was an English first-class cricketer and [[British Army]] officer. He had a military career that spanned 32 years and two [[world war]]s, as well as appearing in four first-class cricket matches for the [[Europeans cricket team]] in [[British Raj|British India]].

==Early life and World War I==
Gregson-Ellis was born at [[Kensington]] to Charles James Gregson-Ellis and his wife Mildred Agnes Scholefield.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thepeerage.com/p57246.htm#i572459 |title=Profile: George Saxon Llewellyn Gregson-Ellis |publisher=thepeerage.com |access-date=5 February 2019}}</ref> He attended [[Charterhouse School]] in 1909.<ref>{{cite book |title=Charterhouse register, 1872–1910 |date=1911 |publisher=Charterhouse School |page=867 |volume=2nd volume |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gtbOAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> After leaving Charterhouse, Gregson-Ellis attended the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst|Royal Military College at Sandhurst]], upon graduating he entered into the [[Royal Berkshire Regiment]] as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom & other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] shortly before the outbreak of [[World War I]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28867|date=11 August 1914|startpage=6304}}</ref>

While serving in the war during December 1914, he was promoted to the temporary rank of [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29001|date=9 December 1914|startpage=10558|supp=y}}</ref> with him obtaining the rank permanently in March 1915,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29119|date=6 April 1915|startpage=3342}}</ref> which was antedated to January 1915.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29176|date=28 May 1915|startpage=5198|supp=y}}</ref> In July 1915, he was promoted to the temporary rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29226|date=9 July 1915| startpage=6811| supp=y}}</ref> with this rank being relinquished in July 1916.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29804|date=27 October 1916|startpage=10423}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Military Cross]] in the [[1916 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29608|date=2 June 1916|startpage=5556|supp=y}}</ref> He took part in the [[Battle of the Somme]] from July–November 1916, playing a key role in helping to reorganise the 2nd Battalion after heavy losses during the battles first day.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) 49th Foot. 66th Foot: 1914–1918 |publisher=The Barracks|first=Francis|last=Loraine Petre |year=1926|page=24 |volume=2nd volume |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b9GgAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> He later obtained the rank of captain permanently in February 1917.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30044|date=1 May 1917|startpage=4167|supp=y}}</ref>

==Post-war first-class cricket==
Following the war, Gregson-Ellis made his debut for [[Berkshire County Cricket Club|Berkshire]] in [[Minor Counties of English and Welsh cricket|minor counties cricket]] in 1920, with Gregson-Ellis making fifteen appearances in the [[Minor Counties Championship]] between 1920 and 1923.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13568/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Guy Gregson-Ellis |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=6 February 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was made an [[adjutant]] in July 1922,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32737|date=11 August 1922|startpage=5963}}</ref> with him ceasing to be an adjutant in July 1925.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33074|date=11 August 1925|startpage=5363}}</ref> While stationed in [[British India]], he made his debut in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] against the [[Sikhs cricket team|Sikhs]] at [[Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore#Cricket ground|Lahore]] in the [[1925/26 Lahore Tournament]].<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13568/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Guy Gregson-Ellis |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=6 February 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He made three further first-class appearances for the Europeans, playing in the final of the 1925/26 tournament against the [[Muslims cricket team]], before making two appearances against the [[Parsees cricket team|Parsees]] and the [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]] in the [[Bombay Quadrangular|1926/27 Bombay Quadrangular]].<ref name="FCM"/> He scored 116 runs across his four first-class matches, with a top score of 45.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13568/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Guy Gregson-Ellis |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=6 February 2019 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

He retired from military service in January 1931 and ceased to belong to the reserve of officers having reached the age limit for liability to be recalled.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33676|date=2 January 1931|startpage=60}}</ref> He returned to service in [[World War II]] with the Royal Berkshire Regiment and was promoted to the rank of brevet [[Major (British Army)|major]] in April 1940.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34861|date=28 May 1940|startpage=3258}}</ref> He once again retired from service following the war, whereby he was made an honorary [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] in May 1946.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=37552|date=30 April 1946|startpage=2122|supp=y}}</ref>

He died in hospital at [[Banbury]], Oxfordshire in August 1969, at the age of 73.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228449.html |title=Wisden – Obituaries in 1969 |date=4 December 2005 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=6 February 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=18971}}

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