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{{short description|English cricketer and soldier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = John Lunnon
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = John David Kenyon Lunnon
| birth_date = 8 April 1897
| birth_place = [[Fulham]], [[London]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1963|2|1|1897|4|8|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Littlehampton]], [[Sussex]], England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling =
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1931/32
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 15
| bat avg1 = 15.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 15
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 24 December
| year = 2023
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/john-lunnon-30794 Cricinfo
}}

'''John David Kenyon Lunnon''' (8 April 1897 – 1 February 1963) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and an officer in both the [[British Army]] and the [[British Indian Army]].

Lunnon was born at [[Fulham]] in April 1897. He was commissioned into the [[British Army]] in April 1915, nearly one year into the [[First World War]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29122|date=9 April 1915|page=3455}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in January 1918 whilst serving with the [[Essex Regiment]], with his promotion antedated to April 1916.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31427|date=1 July 1919|page=8245}}</ref> Lunnon was appointed to the British Indian Army Reserve of Officers in November 1917,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30463|date=4 January 1918|page=462|supp=y}}</ref> whilst he was made an acting [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] whilst commanding a company in August 1918.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31343|date=16 May 1919|page=6124}}</ref> Following the end of the war, he was promoted to the full rank of captain in the Reserve in April 1919,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31593|date=10 October 1919|page=12561}}</ref> prior to formally being appointed to the [[British Indian Army]] (BIA) in August 1919.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31685|date=12 December 1919|page=15489}}</ref> Upon his formal appointment, he was made a captain in the BIA in January 1920.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31891|date=7 May 1920|page=5252}}</ref> In India, he later made a single appearance in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Indians cricket team|Indians]] at [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Madras]] in the 1931–32 [[Madras Presidency Match]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13979/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by John Lunnon|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting once in the match, he was dismissed for 15 runs in the Europeans first innings [[R. K. Rao]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14147.html|title=Europeans v Indians, Madras Presidency Match 1931/32|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

In the BIA, he was promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in January 1934,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34022|date=9 February 1934|page=907}}</ref> before being promoted to [[Lieutenant colonel (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant colonel]] in June 1941, during the [[Second World War]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35446|date=6 February 1942|page=611}}</ref> He retired from active service in January 1948,<ref name="GAZ">{{London Gazette|issue=38186|date=23 January 1948|page=592}}</ref> two years and three months after the end of the war and six months after [[Indian Independence Act 1947|Indian Independence]]; the latter event resulting in his transfer to the [[General Service Corps|special list]] of the [[British Army]].<ref name="GAZ"/> Lunnon died at [[Littlehampton]] in February 1963.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=30794}}

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[[Category:1897 births]]
[[Category:1963 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Fulham]]
[[Category:Cricketers from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham]]
[[Category:Military personnel from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham]]
[[Category:Essex Regiment officers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War II]]

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