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{{short description|English cricketer and soldier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Pat Le Marchand
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Lewis Patrick Le Marchand
| birth_date = 23 October 1908
| birth_place = [[Guntakal]], [[Madras Presidency]],<br>[[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1977|11|27|1908|10|23|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Tonbridge]], [[Kent]], England
| nickname =
| family = [[Guy Le Marchand]] (brother)
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1929/30
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 27
| bat avg1 = 27.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 19[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 90
| wickets1 = 2
| bowl avg1 = 17.50
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 2/35
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 30 November
| year = 2023
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/lewis-le-marchand-30774 Cricinfo
}}

'''Lewis Patrick Le Marchand''' {{postnominal|OBE}} (23 October 1908 – 27 November 1977) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er, who served in the [[British Indian Army]] during the [[Second World War]].

==Life, cricket and military career==
The son of M. Le Marchand, a native of [[Devon]], he was born in [[British India]] at [[Guntakal]] in October 1908. Despite a family connection to [[Tasmania]] in Australia (his brother, [[Guy Le Marchand|Guy]], being educated at [[Launceston Church Grammar School|Launceston Grammar School]]),<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's who in the Commonwealth of Australia|publisher=[[The Herald and Weekly Times]]|location=Melbourne|year=1965|page=507|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wh06AQAAIAAJ|language=en}}</ref> Le Marchand was educated in England at [[Beaumont College]]. He later returned to India, where he played [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Muslims cricket team|Muslims]] at [[Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore#Cricket ground|Lahore]] in the 1929–30 [[Lahore Tournament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13908/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Pat Le Marchand|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 November 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 8 runs in the Europeans first innings by [[Mohammad Nissar]], while in their second innings he was [[not out|unbeaten]] on 19. With the ball, he took the wickets of [[Khadim Hussain (cricketer)|Khadim]] and [[Azhar Hussain (cricketer)|Azhar Hussain]] for the cost of 35 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/13/13359.html|title=Europeans v Muslims, Lahore Tournament 1929/30|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 November 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In April 1930, he was appointed to the [[British Indian Army]] as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33626|date=18 July 1930|page=4501}}</ref> with promotion to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] following in April 1931.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33727|date=19 June 1931|page=3395}}</ref> A member of the [[5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force)|5th Gorkha Rifles]], he was appointed ''[[aide-de-camp]]'' to the [[List of governors of Punjab (British India)|Governor of the Punjab]], [[Herbert William Emerson|Sir Herbert William Emerson]] in April 1934.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34058|date=8 June 1934|page=3663}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in January 1938.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34496|date=25 March 1938|page=2010}}</ref>

Le Marchand served in the [[Second World War]] with the British Indian Army; following the war, he was made an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in December 1945,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37386|date=11 December 1945|page=6058|supp=y}}</ref> with promotion to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] following in January 1946.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37579|date=24 May 1946|page=2517|supp=y}}</ref> Following [[Indian Independence Act 1947|Indian Independence]], he retired from the British Indian Army in June 1948, at which point he was granted the honorary rank of [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38335|date=28 June 1948|page=3725|supp=y}}</ref> Following his retirement, he relocated to Tasmania with his wife, who was a schoolteacher.<ref>{{cite book|title=Truly Canadian|first=James S.|last=McGivern|publisher=J. S. McGivern|year=1968|page=90|volume=2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VNhqAAAAMAAJ|language=en}}</ref> His OBE was conferred onto him by [[Hugh Binney|Sir Hugh Binney]] in April 1950, for gallant and distinguished service during the [[Italian campaign (World War II)|Italian campaign]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26693600?searchTerm=Lewis%20Patrick%20Le%20Marchand|title=Sir Hugh Binney|date=20 April 1950|work=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]]|location=[[Hobart]]|page=16|access-date=30 November 2023 |via=[[Trove]]}}</ref>

In August 1950, he was commissioned into the [[Australian Army Reserve]] as a lieutenant colonel with [[Royal Australian Infantry Corps]] as part of the [[6th Military District (Australia)|6th Military District]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/232782979?searchTerm=Lewis%20Patrick%20Le%20Marchand|title=Australian Military Forces|date=10 August 1950|work=[[Commonwealth of Australia Gazette]]|page=2000|issue=46|access-date=30 November 2023|via=Trove}}</ref> In Tasmania, he was active in training cadets at Launceston Grammar School,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/232887274?searchTerm=Lewis%20Patrick%20Le%20Marchand|title=Australian Military Forces|date=5 April 1951|work=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette|page=851|issue=23|access-date=30 November 2023|via=Trove}}</ref> and by the mid-1950s he was an insurance agent. In April 1954, he was fined £20 for income tax breaches.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/96272637?searchTerm=Lewis%20Patrick%20Le%20Marchand|title=Taxation fines total £256|date=9 April 1954|work=[[The Examiner (Tasmania)|The Examiner]]|location=[[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]]|page=17|access-date=30 November 2023|via=Trove}}</ref> Le Marchand later returned to England, where he died at [[Tonbridge]] in November 1977.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=30774}}

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[[Category:1908 births]]
[[Category:1977 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Anantapur district]]
[[Category:People educated at Beaumont College]]
[[Category:Royal Gurkha Rifles officers]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:English expatriates in Australia]]
[[Category:Australian Army officers]]
[[Category:Insurance agents]]

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