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|honorific_prefix = [[Major general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]]<br />
|name= Philip Sidney Whitcombe<br />
|honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CB|OBE}}<br />
|image= MAJOR GENERAL P.S. WHITCOMBE H31315 (cropped).jpg<br />
|image_size= 175px<br />
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|caption= Whitcombe in 1943<br />
|nickname= <br />
|birth_date= {{birth date|1893|10|03|df=yes}}<br />
|birth_place= [[Windsor, Berkshire]], England<br />
|death_date= {{death date and age|1989|08|09|1893|10|03|df=yes}}<br />
|death_place= [[Hindhead]], [[Surrey]], England<br />
|burial_place= <br />
|allegiance= United Kingdom<br />
|branch= [[British Army]]<br />
|service_years= 1914–1947<br />
|rank= [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]]<br />
|service_number= 4983<br />
|unit= [[Durham Light Infantry]]<br/>[[Royal Army Service Corps]]<br />
|commands= <br />
|battles= [[First World War]]<br/>[[Second World War]]<br />
|awards= [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]]<br/>[[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]]<br/>[[Mentioned in Despatches]]<br />
|relations= [[Philip Arthur Whitcombe]] (son)<br />
|other_work=<br />
}}<br />
[[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] '''Philip Sidney Whitcombe''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|CB|OBE}} (3 October 1893 – 9 August 1989) was a senior [[British Army]] officer and an English cricketer active from 1922 to 1931 who played for [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]] and in India. He was born in Windsor, Berkshire, and died in Hindhead, Surrey. He appeared in four [[first-class cricket|first-class]] matches as a right-handed [[batting (cricket)|batsman]] who [[bowling (cricket)|bowled]] [[seam bowling|right arm fast medium pace]]. He scored 81 [[run (cricket)|runs]] with a highest score of 32[[not out|*]] and took no [[wicket]]s.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5358/5358.html Philip Whitcombe at CricketArchive]</ref><br />
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On 1 May 1925 he was seconded from his regiment.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33055|page=3872|date=9 June 1925}}</ref><br />
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His son [[Philip Arthur Whitcombe]] was also a first-class cricketer.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://generals.dk/general/Whitcombe/Philip_Sidney/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]<br />
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