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| name = Reginald White<br />
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[[Colonel]] '''Reginald Strelley Moresby White''' [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] was the 10th [[Commander of the Ceylon Defence Force]]. He was appointed on 6 February 1939 until 1 January 1942. He was succeeded by [[T. G. Watson]].<ref name=Commandants>{{cite web|title=Commandants|url=http://ceylondatabase.net/military.html|publisher=ceylondatabase.net|accessdate=21 March 2014|archive-date=22 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322002146/http://ceylondatabase.net/military.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==First-class cricket==<br />
While studying at the [[University of Oxford]], White played [[first-class cricket]] for [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]], making his debut against [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] at [[County Ground, Hove|Hove]] in 1913.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14878/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Reginald White |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-02-17 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1913 and 1914, making five appearances.<ref name="FCM"/> He later played first-class matches for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] in 1924, and the [[British Army cricket team]] in 1930.<ref name="FCM"/> He also played one [[Minor Counties of English and Welsh cricket|minor counties cricket]] match for [[Lincolnshire County Cricket Club|Lincolnshire]] in 1913.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14878/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Reginald White |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-02-17 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:20th-century British Army personnel]]<br />
[[Category:People from Grantham]]<br />
[[Category:Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford]]<br />
[[Category:English cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Oxford University cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Lincolnshire cricketers]]<br />
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[[Category:British Army cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Commanders of the Ceylon Defence Force]]<br />
[[Category:Royal Leicestershire Regiment officers]]<br />
[[Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire]]<br />
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