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{{Short description|English cricketer and British Army officer (1884–1920)}}
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| country = England
| fullname = James Osmund Airy
| birth_date = 18 May 1884
| birth_place = [[Kings Norton]], [[Warwickshire]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1920|7|21|1884|5|18}}
| death_place = [[Ballyvourney]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Ireland]]
| heightft =
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| nickname =
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| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
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| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1905/06–1908/09
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 6
| runs1 = 172
| bat avg1 = 17.20
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 38[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 30
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–
| date = 20 January
| year = 2021
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/26401.html Cricinfo
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'''James Osmund Airy''' (18 May 1884 – 21 July 1920) was an [[English people|English]] first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.

The son of the historian [[Osmund Airy]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/5551 |title=Capt J O Airy Memorial Plaque |publisher=www.iwm.org.uk |accessdate=2021-01-20}}</ref> he was born at [[Kings Norton]] in May 1884. He was educated at [[Repton School]], deciding upon the completion of his education to take a career in the military.<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=Wisden on the Great War: The Lives of Cricket's Fallen 1914-1918 |last1=Renshaw |first1=Andrew |page=470 |date=2014 |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]] |isbn=9781408832363 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Wisden_on_the_Great_War/zsVdAwAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref> Going up to the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst|Royal Military College]], he graduated into the [[British Indian Army]] as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in January 1903.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27517|date=20 January 1903|page=390}}</ref> Serving with the [[114th Mahrattas]], he was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in April 1905.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27845|date=17 October 1905|page=6937}}</ref> While serving in [[British India]], he played [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] between 1905 and 1908, making six appearances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12615/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by James Airy |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2021-01-20 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 172 runs across his six matches, [[batting average (cricket)|averaging]] 17.20 and with a high score of 38 [[not out]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12615/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by James Airy |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2021-01-20 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He resigned from the British Indian Army in February 1909.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28250|date=19 May 1909|page=3660}}</ref>

He later returned to military service during the [[First World War]], initially serving as a lieutenant in the [[Essex Regiment]], before transferring to the [[Manchester Regiment]]. He was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in November 1916, with seniority antedated to October of the same year.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29809|date=31 October 1916|page=10599|supp=y}}</ref> Airy was temporarily promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in December 1917,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30414|date=4 December 1917|page=12756|supp=y}}</ref> while in March of the following year he was appointed an acting [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] while commanding a battalion.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30605|date=29 March 1918|page=4006|supp=y}}</ref> Serving throughout the war, he saw action in [[Military operations in North Africa during World War I#Egypt–Libya|Egypt]] and [[Gallipoli campaign|Gallipoli]], in addition to the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]].<ref name="BOOK"/> Following the war, he was briefly seconded from the Manchester Regiment in April 1919.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31550|date=12 September 1919|page=11550|supp=y}}</ref> He returned to the regiment in October 1919 and was posted to Ireland during the [[Irish War of Independence]], where he commanded 50 men at [[Ballincollig]]. He journeyed north to [[Macroom]], where it was alleged on 17 July 1920 that he had assaulted a schoolgirl on her way home from school.<ref name="IRS">{{cite book |title=The Dead of the Irish Revolution |last1=O'Halpin |first1=Eunan |last2=Daithi |first2=O Corrain |page=151 |date=2020 |publisher=[[Yale University Press]] |isbn=9780300257472 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Dead_of_the_Irish_Revolution/ItIDEAAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref> Enraged by this, the [[Fermoy]] [[Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)|IRA]] sought revenge. On 18 July, they set up an ambush at Coolavokig, situated along the road between [[Ballyvourney]] and Macroom, where they laid in wait for three days. Airy was travelling as a passenger on board a rations lorry on 21 July, when it was ambushed by thirty IRA men that had laid in wait for him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theirishrevolution.ie/1920-37/#.YAhmqhanxPY |title=Captain James Osmund Airy |publisher=www.theirishrevolution.ie |accessdate=2021-01-20}}</ref> He was fatally shot in the abdomen and succumbed to his wounds later that evening, alongside a Private Barlow.<ref name="IRS"/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=26401}}

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[[Category:1884 births]]
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[[Category:People from Kings Norton]]
[[Category:People educated at Repton School]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Essex Regiment officers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:Manchester Regiment officers]]
[[Category:British military personnel killed in the Irish War of Independence]]
[[Category:Airy family|J]]
[[Category:Deaths by firearm in Ireland]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Warwickshire]]
[[Category:British people in colonial India]]

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