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	Fernyhough was born at [[Hampstead]] in September 1872. He graduated from the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst\|Royal Military College]] into the [[King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]] (KOYLI) as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries\|second lieutenant]] in October 1893,<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=quZ4cyvlAzoC\|title=The V. C. and D. S. O.\|first1=Edith M.\|last1=Humphris\|first2=Sir O'Moore\|last2=Creagh\|publisher=Standard Art Book Company Limited\|page=215\|date=1924\|volume=2}}</ref> and was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)\|lieutenant]] in December 1894. He then went with the KOYLI to [[British India]], where he served in the [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa#British Raj\|North Western Frontier]]. His service there saw him partake in the [[Tirah campaign]], where he saw action at the [[Battle of Shinkamar]] in January 1898.<ref name="BOOK"/> Whilst serving in British India, Fernyhough made two appearances in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team\|Europeans]] against the [[Parsis cricket team\|Parsees]] in the [[Bombay Quadrangular\|Bombay Presidency Matches]] of 1895–96 and 1898–99.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13420/First-Class_Matches.html\|title=First-Class Matches played by Hugh Fernyhough\|publisher=CricketArchive\|access-date=25 May 2023\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 18 runs in his two matches, with a highest score of 12.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13420/f_Batting_by_Team.html\|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Hugh Fernyhough\|publisher=CricketArchive\|access-date=25 May 2023\|url-access=subscription}}</ref>		Fernyhough was born at [[Hampstead]] in September 1872. He graduated from the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst\|Royal Military College]] into the [[King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]] (KOYLI) as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries\|second lieutenant]] in October 1893,<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=quZ4cyvlAzoC\|title=The V. C. and D. S. O.\|first1=Edith M.\|last1=Humphris\|first2=Sir O'Moore\|last2=Creagh\|publisher=Standard Art Book Company Limited\|page=215\|date=1924\|volume=2}}</ref> and was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)\|lieutenant]] in December 1894. He then went with the KOYLI to [[British India]], where he served in the [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa#British Raj\|North Western Frontier]]. His service there saw him partake in the [[Tirah campaign]], where he saw action at the [[Battle of Shinkamar]] in January 1898.<ref name="BOOK"/> Whilst serving in British India, Fernyhough made two appearances in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team\|Europeans]] against the [[Parsis cricket team\|Parsees]] in the [[Bombay Quadrangular\|Bombay Presidency Matches]] of 1895–96 and 1898–99.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13420/First-Class_Matches.html\|title=First-Class Matches played by Hugh Fernyhough\|publisher=CricketArchive\|access-date=25 May 2023\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 18 runs in his two matches, with a highest score of 12.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13420/f_Batting_by_Team.html\|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Hugh Fernyhough\|publisher=CricketArchive\|access-date=25 May 2023\|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

	Soon after partaking in his second first-class match, Fernyhough went to South Africa to take part in the [[Second Boer War]], during which he was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)\|captain]] in March 1900.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=33174\|date=22 June 1926\|page=2759}}</ref> He took part in the [[Siege of Kimberley#Relief\|Advance on Kimberley]] in 1899, seeing action at Battles of [[Battle of Belmont (1899)\|Belmont]] and [[Battle of Graspan\|Enslin]], with him being wounded in action in the latter engagement.<ref name="BOOK"/> He later took part in the engagements in the [[Orange Free State]] (May to August 1900), the [[South African Republic\|Transvaal]] (August to November 1900) and the [[Cape Colony]] (January to March 1901); he was seriously wounded during actions in the Cape Colony.<ref name="BOOK"/> Fernyhough was [[mentioned in dispatches]] several times during the war, and was made a Companion of the [[Distinguished Service Order]] in September 1901 in recognition of his service during the war.<ref name="BOOK"/><ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=27359\|date=27 September 1901\|page=6317}}</ref> He was also decorated with the [[Queen's South Africa Medal]] with three [[Medal bar\|clasps]] and the [[King's South Africa Medal]] with two clasps.<ref name="BOOK"/> Following the war, he remained in South Africa seconded as a signalling officer.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=27402\|date=31 January 1902\|page=649}}</ref> In February 1906, he was transferred to the [[Royal Army Ordnance Corps\|Army Ordnance Department]] as a 4th Class Ordnance Officer.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=27887\|date=20 February 1906\|page=1226}}</ref~~><ref name="BOOK"/~~>		Soon after partaking in his second first-class match, Fernyhough went to South Africa to take part in the [[Second Boer War]], during which he was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)\|captain]] in March 1900.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=33174\|date=22 June 1926\|page=2759}}</ref> He took part in the [[Siege of Kimberley#Relief\|Advance on Kimberley]] in 1899, seeing action at Battles of [[Battle of Belmont (1899)\|Belmont]] and [[Battle of Graspan\|Enslin]], with him being wounded in action in the latter engagement.<ref name="BOOK"/> He later took part in the engagements in the [[Orange Free State]] (May to August 1900), the [[South African Republic\|Transvaal]] (August to November 1900) and the [[Cape Colony]] (January to March 1901); he was seriously wounded during actions in the Cape Colony.<ref name="BOOK"/> Fernyhough was [[mentioned in dispatches]] several times during the war, and was made a Companion of the [[Distinguished Service Order]] in September 1901 in recognition of his service during the war.<ref name="BOOK"/><ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=27359\|date=27 September 1901\|page=6317}}</ref> He was also decorated with the [[Queen's South Africa Medal]] with three [[Medal bar\|clasps]] and the [[King's South Africa Medal]] with two clasps.<ref name="BOOK"/> Following the war, he remained in South Africa seconded as a signalling officer.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=27402\|date=31 January 1902\|page=649}}</ref> In February 1906, he was transferred to the [[Royal Army Ordnance Corps\|Army Ordnance Department]] as a 4th Class Ordnance Officer.<ref name="BOOK"/><ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=27887\|date=20 February 1906\|page=1226}}</ref>

	==First World War and later life==		==First World War and later life==
	Fernyhough was promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)\|major]] in May 1913, at which point he advanced to become a 3rd Class Ordnance Officer.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=28726\|date=6 June 1913\|page=3993}}</ref> During this period, he served as Chief Ordnance Officer in [[Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate\|Sierra Leone]].<ref name="BOOK"/> He served in the [[First World War]] on the [[Western Front (World War I)\|Western Front]]. He was made a temporary [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)\|lieutenant colonel]] and Ordnance Officer 2nd Class in April 1915, whilst serving as an [[Quartermaster general#United Kingdom\|Assistant Quartermaster-General]] at General Headquarters.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=29141\|date=23 April 1915\|page=4037\|supp=y}}</ref~~><ref name="BOOK"/~~> He was made a [[Brevet (military)#United Kingdom\|brevet]] lieutenant colonel in January 1916,<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=29438\|date=11 January 1916\|page=569\|supp=y}}</ref> before being appointed by [[George V]] to the [[Order of St Michael and St George]] in the [[1917 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=29886\|date=29 December 1916\|page=4\|supp=y}}</ref> He was further honoured by Belgium in July 1917, when he was appointed to the [[Order of Leopold (Belgium)\|Order of Leopold]].<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=30202\|date=24 July 1917\|page=7590\|supp=y}}</ref> Fernyhough was appointed assistant director of Ordnance Services in May 1918,<ref name="BOOK"/> at which point he was made a temporary [[Colonel (United Kingdom)\|colonel]] and a temporary 1st Class Ordnance Officer.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=30778\|date=2 July 1918\|page=7861\|supp=y}}</ref> He was mentioned several times in dispatches throughout the war.<ref name="BOOK"/>		Fernyhough was promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)\|major]] in May 1913, at which point he advanced to become a 3rd Class Ordnance Officer.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=28726\|date=6 June 1913\|page=3993}}</ref> During this period, he served as Chief Ordnance Officer in [[Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate\|Sierra Leone]].<ref name="BOOK"/> He served in the [[First World War]] on the [[Western Front (World War I)\|Western Front]]. He was made a temporary [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)\|lieutenant colonel]] and Ordnance Officer 2nd Class in April 1915, whilst serving as an [[Quartermaster general#United Kingdom\|Assistant Quartermaster-General]] at General Headquarters.<ref name="BOOK"/><ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=29141\|date=23 April 1915\|page=4037\|supp=y}}</ref> He was made a [[Brevet (military)#United Kingdom\|brevet]] lieutenant colonel in January 1916,<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=29438\|date=11 January 1916\|page=569\|supp=y}}</ref> before being appointed by [[George V]] to the [[Order of St Michael and St George]] in the [[1917 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=29886\|date=29 December 1916\|page=4\|supp=y}}</ref> He was further honoured by Belgium in July 1917, when he was appointed to the [[Order of Leopold (Belgium)\|Order of Leopold]].<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=30202\|date=24 July 1917\|page=7590\|supp=y}}</ref> Fernyhough was appointed assistant director of Ordnance Services in May 1918,<ref name="BOOK"/> at which point he was made a temporary [[Colonel (United Kingdom)\|colonel]] and a temporary 1st Class Ordnance Officer.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=30778\|date=2 July 1918\|page=7861\|supp=y}}</ref> He was mentioned several times in dispatches throughout the war.<ref name="BOOK"/>

	Following the war, he was appointed to the [[War Office]] in July 1919 and relinquished his acting ranks of colonel and 1st Class Ordnance Officer in the same month.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=31453\|date=11 July 1919\|page=8946\|supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=31640\|date=11 November 1919\|page=13767\|supp=y}}</ref> He regained these temporary ranks in February 1921,<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=32237\|date=22 February 1921\|page=1534\|supp=y}}</ref> Fernyhough was appointed to the [[Order of the Bath]] in the [[1924 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=32941\|date=30 May 1924\|page=4409\|supp=y}}</ref> He gained promotion to the full ranks of colonel and Ordnance Officer 1st Class in July 1927,<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=33298\|date=29 July 1927\|page=4910}}</ref> before retiring in September 1929.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=33537\|date=24 September 1929\|page=6103}}</ref> Having exceeded the age for recall, he was removed from the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)\|Reserve of Officers]] list in September 1932.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=33868\|date=30 September 1932\|page=6176}}</ref> Fernyhough died at [[Aldershot]] in October 1947.		Following the war, he was appointed to the [[War Office]] in July 1919 and relinquished his acting ranks of colonel and 1st Class Ordnance Officer in the same month.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=31453\|date=11 July 1919\|page=8946\|supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=31640\|date=11 November 1919\|page=13767\|supp=y}}</ref> He regained these temporary ranks in February 1921,<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=32237\|date=22 February 1921\|page=1534\|supp=y}}</ref> Fernyhough was appointed to the [[Order of the Bath]] in the [[1924 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=32941\|date=30 May 1924\|page=4409\|supp=y}}</ref> He gained promotion to the full ranks of colonel and Ordnance Officer 1st Class in July 1927,<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=33298\|date=29 July 1927\|page=4910}}</ref> before retiring in September 1929.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=33537\|date=24 September 1929\|page=6103}}</ref> Having exceeded the age for recall, he was removed from the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)\|Reserve of Officers]] list in September 1932.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=33868\|date=30 September 1932\|page=6176}}</ref> Fernyhough died at [[Aldershot]] in October 1947.

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'''Hugh Clifford Fernyhough''' {{postnominal|CB|CMG|DSO}} (22 September 1872 — 9 October 1947) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.

==Early life and military service==
Fernyhough was born at [[Hampstead]] in September 1872. He graduated from the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst|Royal Military College]] into the [[King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]] (KOYLI) as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in October 1893,<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=quZ4cyvlAzoC|title=The V. C. and D. S. O.|first1=Edith M.|last1=Humphris|first2=Sir O'Moore|last2=Creagh|publisher=Standard Art Book Company Limited|page=215|date=1924|volume=2}}</ref> and was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in December 1894. He then went with the KOYLI to [[British India]], where he served in the [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa#British Raj|North Western Frontier]]. His service there saw him partake in the [[Tirah campaign]], where he saw action at the [[Battle of Shinkamar]] in January 1898.<ref name="BOOK"/> Whilst serving in British India, Fernyhough made two appearances in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] against the [[Parsis cricket team|Parsees]] in the [[Bombay Quadrangular|Bombay Presidency Matches]] of 1895–96 and 1898–99.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13420/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Hugh Fernyhough|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=25 May 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 18 runs in his two matches, with a highest score of 12.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13420/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Hugh Fernyhough|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=25 May 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Soon after partaking in his second first-class match, Fernyhough went to South Africa to take part in the [[Second Boer War]], during which he was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in March 1900.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33174|date=22 June 1926|page=2759}}</ref> He took part in the [[Siege of Kimberley#Relief|Advance on Kimberley]] in 1899, seeing action at Battles of [[Battle of Belmont (1899)|Belmont]] and [[Battle of Graspan|Enslin]], with him being wounded in action in the latter engagement.<ref name="BOOK"/> He later took part in the engagements in the [[Orange Free State]] (May to August 1900), the [[South African Republic|Transvaal]] (August to November 1900) and the [[Cape Colony]] (January to March 1901); he was seriously wounded during actions in the Cape Colony.<ref name="BOOK"/> Fernyhough was [[mentioned in dispatches]] several times during the war, and was made a Companion of the [[Distinguished Service Order]] in September 1901 in recognition of his service during the war.<ref name="BOOK"/><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27359|date=27 September 1901|page=6317}}</ref> He was also decorated with the [[Queen's South Africa Medal]] with three [[Medal bar|clasps]] and the [[King's South Africa Medal]] with two clasps.<ref name="BOOK"/> Following the war, he remained in South Africa seconded as a signalling officer.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27402|date=31 January 1902|page=649}}</ref> In February 1906, he was transferred to the [[Royal Army Ordnance Corps|Army Ordnance Department]] as a 4th Class Ordnance Officer.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27887|date=20 February 1906|page=1226}}</ref><ref name="BOOK"/>

==First World War and later life==
Fernyhough was promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in May 1913, at which point he advanced to become a 3rd Class Ordnance Officer.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28726|date=6 June 1913|page=3993}}</ref> During this period, he served as Chief Ordnance Officer in [[Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate|Sierra Leone]].<ref name="BOOK"/> He served in the [[First World War]] on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]]. He was made a temporary [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] and Ordnance Officer 2nd Class in April 1915, whilst serving as an [[Quartermaster general#United Kingdom|Assistant Quartermaster-General]] at General Headquarters.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29141|date=23 April 1915|page=4037|supp=y}}</ref><ref name="BOOK"/> He was made a [[Brevet (military)#United Kingdom|brevet]] lieutenant colonel in January 1916,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29438|date=11 January 1916|page=569|supp=y}}</ref> before being appointed by [[George V]] to the [[Order of St Michael and St George]] in the [[1917 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29886|date=29 December 1916|page=4|supp=y}}</ref> He was further honoured by Belgium in July 1917, when he was appointed to the [[Order of Leopold (Belgium)|Order of Leopold]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30202|date=24 July 1917|page=7590|supp=y}}</ref> Fernyhough was appointed assistant director of Ordnance Services in May 1918,<ref name="BOOK"/> at which point he was made a temporary [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] and a temporary 1st Class Ordnance Officer.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30778|date=2 July 1918|page=7861|supp=y}}</ref> He was mentioned several times in dispatches throughout the war.<ref name="BOOK"/>

Following the war, he was appointed to the [[War Office]] in July 1919 and relinquished his acting ranks of colonel and 1st Class Ordnance Officer in the same month.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31453|date=11 July 1919|page=8946|supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31640|date=11 November 1919|page=13767|supp=y}}</ref> He regained these temporary ranks in February 1921,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32237|date=22 February 1921|page=1534|supp=y}}</ref> Fernyhough was appointed to the [[Order of the Bath]] in the [[1924 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32941|date=30 May 1924|page=4409|supp=y}}</ref> He gained promotion to the full ranks of colonel and Ordnance Officer 1st Class in July 1927,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33298|date=29 July 1927|page=4910}}</ref> before retiring in September 1929.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33537|date=24 September 1929|page=6103}}</ref> Having exceeded the age for recall, he was removed from the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Reserve of Officers]] list in September 1932.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33868|date=30 September 1932|page=6176}}</ref> Fernyhough died at [[Aldershot]] in October 1947.

==References==
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==External links==
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