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{{Short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2020}}
{{For|the physician|John Shadwell (physician)}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = John Shadwell
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = John Robert Shadwell
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|04||df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Stockbridge, Hampshire|Stockbridge]], [[Hampshire]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and given age|1942|04|25|23|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Sagar, Madhya Pradesh|Sagar]], [[Central Provinces and Berar]], British India
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1941
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 2
| bat avg1 = 1.00
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 1
| hidedeliveries = true
| best bowling1 = –/–
| catches/stumpings1 = 0/0
| date = 6 August
| year = 2020
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/34419.html ESPNcricinfo
}}
'''John Robert Shadwell''' (April 1919 – 25 April 1942) was an English [[First-class cricket|first-class]] cricketer and [[British Army]] officer.

Born in [[Hampshire]] in April 1919, Shadwell was the son of Frederick Charles and Elsie May Shadwell.<ref name="McCrery">{{Cite book |last=McCrery |first=Nigel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UYQwDwAAQBAJ |title=The Coming Storm: Test and First-Class Cricketers Killed in World War Two |publisher=Pen & Sword |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-52670-695-9 |location=Barnsley |pages=184–187 |author-link=Nigel McCrery}}</ref> After attending [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]] as an [[officer cadet]], he was [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] on 24 January 1940 as a [[second lieutenant]] in the 1st Battalion, [[Wiltshire Regiment]], which at that time was stationed in [[Madras]] for coastal defence duties as a result of the outbreak of the [[World War II|Second World War]].<ref name="McCrery" /><ref name="LondonGazette">{{London Gazette| issue = 34777| date = 1940-01-23| page = 454| supp = y}}</ref>

Shadwell appeared in one first-class [[Madras Presidency Matches|Madras Presidency]] match for [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] against [[Indians cricket team|Indians]] at the [[Madras Cricket Club Ground]] on 12 January 1941.<ref name="CricketArchive1">{{Cite web |title=First-Class Matches played by John Shadwell |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14537/First-Class_Matches.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=6 August 2020 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref> He scored 2 [[Run (cricket)|runs]] but was [[Dismissal (cricket)|dismissed]] both innings.<ref name="CricketArchive2">{{Cite web |title=Europeans v Indians in 1940/41|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17302.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=6 August 2020 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref> On 25 April 1942, [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] Shadwell died of illness at [[Sagar, Madhya Pradesh|Sagar]] and was buried at [[Kirkee War Cemetery]], [[Pune]].<ref name="McCrery" /><ref name="CWGC">{{CWGC|id=2191026|name=John Robert Shadwell|access-date=6 August 2020}}</ref>

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[[Category:Military personnel from Hampshire]]
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[[Category:Wiltshire Regiment officers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel killed in World War II]]
[[Category:Burials at Kirkee War Cemetery]]
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