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{{short description|English cricketer and soldier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Richard Bampfield
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Richard Bampfield
| birth_date = 13 August 1898
| birth_place = [[Frome]], [[Somerset]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1964|8|11|1898|8|13|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Rustington]], [[Sussex]], England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling =
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1928/29
| club2 = [[Indian Army cricket team|Indian Army]]
| year2 = 1934/35
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 61
| bat avg1 = 15.25
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 42
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 21 December
| year = 2023
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/richard-bampfield-27007 Cricinfo
}}

'''Richard Bampfield''' (13 August 1898 – 11 August 1964) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and an officer in the [[British Indian Army]].

Bampfield was born at [[Frome]] in August 1898. He was educated at [[St Edward's School, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Roll of St. Edward's School, 1863-1963|first=J. M. D.|last=Gauntlett|date=1963|page=275|publisher=St. Edward's School Society|location=[[Oxford]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UE0IAAAAMAAJ|language=en}}</ref> From there, he went to [[British India]] to attend the [[Cadet College, Wellington|Cadet College at Wellington]], graduating from there into the [[British Indian Army]] as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in June 1917,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30319|date=2 October 1917|page=10180}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30808|date=23 July 1918|page=8633}}</ref> with him seeing action in the final fifteen months of the [[First World War]]. By December 1919, he held the rank of [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] and acted in the capacity of an ''[[aide-de-camp]]'' until February 1920.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32084|date=12 October 1920|page=9968|supp=y}}</ref> While serving in India, Bampfield made two appearances in [[first-class cricket]]. The first came for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Muslims cricket team|Muslims]] at [[Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore#Cricket ground|Lahore]] in the 1928–29 [[Lahore Tournament]]. The second came for the [[Indian Army cricket team]] against [[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]] in the [[1934–35 Ranji Trophy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12644/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Richard Bampfield|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=21 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In these matches, he scored a total of 61 runs with a highest score of 42.<ref name="PRO">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/richard-bampfield-27007|title=Player profile: Richard Bampfield|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=21 December 2023}}</ref> In the Indian Army, promotion to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] would follow, with a further promotion to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] coming in June 1935.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34184|date=26 July 1935|page=4846}}</ref> Bampfield was a member of the [[11th Sikh Regiment]] and spent time as an instructor at the [[Indian Military Academy]] beginning in July 1937.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34432|date=3 September 1937|page=5564}}</ref>

Bampfield would serve with the 11th Sikh in the [[Second World War]], seeing action in the [[Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II#Middle East operations|Middle East campaign]] for which he was [[mentioned in dispatches]] in December 1941.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35396|date=26 December 1941|page=7355}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] during the war in June 1943.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36227|date=29 October 1943|page=4780}}</ref> He retired from active service in September 1948,<ref name="GAZ">{{London Gazette|issue=36227|date=29 October 1943|page=5145}}</ref> three years after the end of the war and a year after [[Indian Independence Act 1947|Indian Independence]]; the latter event had seen him transferred to the [[General Service Corps|special list]] of the [[British Army]].<ref name="GAZ"/> Bampfield died at [[Rustington]] on 11 August 1964, two days before his 66th birthday.<ref name="PRO"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=27007}}

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[[Category:1898 births]]
[[Category:1964 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Frome]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Somerset]]
[[Category:People educated at St Edward's School, Oxford]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Indian Army cricketers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:British sportspeople in British India]]

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