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	[[Brigadier (United Kingdom)\|Brigadier]] '''Terence Esmond Maxwell Battersby''' (29 October 1893 – 10 January 1972) was an English [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer. Battersby was a left-handed [[batsman (cricket)\|batsman]]. He was born in [[Meerut]], then in the [[British Raj]], before moving back to [[England]] where he was educated at [[Marlborough College]]. There he played for the college cricket team.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12925/all_teams.html\|title=Teams Terence Battersby played for\|publisher=CricketArchive\|accessdate=18 April 2011}}</ref>		[[Brigadier (United Kingdom)\|Brigadier]] '''Terence Esmond Maxwell Battersby''' (29 October 1893 – 10 January 1972) was an English [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer. Battersby was a left-handed [[batsman (cricket)\|batsman]]. He was born in [[Meerut]], then in the [[British Raj]], before moving back to [[England]] where he was educated at [[Marlborough College]]. There he played for the college cricket team.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12925/all_teams.html\|title=Teams Terence Battersby played for\|publisher=CricketArchive\|accessdate=18 April 2011}}</ref>

	Battersby represented [[Suffolk County Cricket Club\|Suffolk]] in the 1913 [[Minor Counties Championship]], playing a single match against [[Lincolnshire County Cricket Club\|Lincolnshire]].<ref name = "MCM">{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12925/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html\|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Terence Battersby\|publisher=CricketArchive\|accessdate=18 April 2011}}</ref> Battersby was mentioned in the [[London Gazette]] in February 1914 as having graduated from the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst\|Royal Military College]] with the rank of [[2nd Lieutenant]].<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=28687 \|date=4 February 1913 \|page=845 }}</ref> After graduating he joined the [[Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment]] who he served in the [[World War I\|First World War]] within the regiments 1st Battalion.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.leinster-regiment-association.org.uk/history/20th/1st_bn.htm\|title=1st Bn, Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment - 1914\|publisher=~~www.~~leinster-regiment-association.org.uk\|accessdate=18 April 2011\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003162725/http://www.leinster-regiment-association.org.uk/history/20th/1st_bn.htm\|archivedate=3 October 2011~~\|df=dmy-all~~}}</ref> He was once again mentioned in a supplement to the Gazette in 1920, detailing his special appointment to Vice [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)\|Captain]] while still serving in the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=31926 \|date=1 June 1920 \|supp=y \|page=6153 }}</ref>		Battersby represented [[Suffolk County Cricket Club\|Suffolk]] in the 1913 [[Minor Counties Championship]], playing a single match against [[Lincolnshire County Cricket Club\|Lincolnshire]].<ref name = "MCM">{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12925/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html\|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Terence Battersby\|publisher=CricketArchive\|accessdate=18 April 2011}}</ref> Battersby was mentioned in the [[London Gazette]] in February 1914 as having graduated from the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst\|Royal Military College]] with the rank of [[2nd Lieutenant]].<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=28687 \|date=4 February 1913 \|page=845 }}</ref> After graduating he joined the [[Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment]] who he served in the [[World War I\|First World War]] within the regiments 1st Battalion.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.leinster-regiment-association.org.uk/history/20th/1st_bn.htm\|title=1st Bn, Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment – 1914\|publisher=leinster-regiment-association.org.uk\|accessdate=18 April 2011\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003162725/http://www.leinster-regiment-association.org.uk/history/20th/1st_bn.htm\|archivedate=3 October 2011}}</ref> He was once again mentioned in a supplement to the Gazette in 1920, detailing his special appointment to Vice [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)\|Captain]] while still serving in the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=31926 \|date=1 June 1920 \|supp=y \|page=6153 }}</ref>

	A decade later he made his [[first-class cricket\|first-class]] debut for the [[Europeans cricket team\|Europeans (India)]] against the [[Parsees cricket team\|Parsees]], before playing a further first-class match in that ~~1923/24~~ season against the [[Hindus cricket team\|Hindus]].<ref name = "FCM">{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12925/First-Class_Matches.html\|title=First-Class Matches played by Terence Battersby\|publisher=CricketArchive\|accessdate=18 April 2011}}</ref> Returning to England once more, he played a further first-class match in 1926 for the [[British Army cricket team\|Army]] against [[Oxford University Cricket Club\|Oxford University]].<ref name = "FCM"/> In his three first-class appearances he scored 110 runs at a [[batting average (cricket)\|batting average]] of 18.33, with a high score of 41. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a [[bowling average]] of 63.00.		A decade later he made his [[first-class cricket\|first-class]] debut for the [[Europeans cricket team\|Europeans (India)]] against the [[Parsees cricket team\|Parsees]], before playing a further first-class match in that 1923–24 season against the [[Hindus cricket team\|Hindus]].<ref name = "FCM">{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12925/First-Class_Matches.html\|title=First-Class Matches played by Terence Battersby\|publisher=CricketArchive\|accessdate=18 April 2011}}</ref> Returning to England once more, he played a further first-class match in 1926 for the [[British Army cricket team\|Army]] against [[Oxford University Cricket Club\|Oxford University]].<ref name = "FCM"/> In his three first-class appearances he scored 110 runs at a [[batting average (cricket)\|batting average]] of 18.33, with a high score of 41. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a [[bowling average]] of 63.00.

	He later played Minor Counties Championship cricket for [[Devon County Cricket Club\|Devon]], making his debut for the county in the 1930 [[Minor Counties Championship]] against [[Dorset County Cricket Club\|Dorset]]. He continued to play [[Minor counties of English and Welsh cricket\|Minor counties]] cricket for Devon until the [[1932 English cricket season\|following season]].<ref name = "MCM"/> Battersby was in Devon as the Commanding Officer of the 2nd Battalion of The [[Devonshire Regiment]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://generals.dk/general/Battersby/Tereence_Esmond_Maxwell/Great_Britain.html\|title=Biography of Brigadier Terence Esmond Maxwell Battersby\|publisher=~~www.~~generals.dk\|accessdate=18 April 2011}}</ref> By 1940, Battersby was a [[Colonel (United Kingdom)\|Colonel]] in charge of the Infantry Record and Pay Office in [[Exeter]].<ref name = "UHIST">{{cite web\|url=http://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_B02.html\|title=British Army Officers\|publisher=~~www.~~unithistories.com\|accessdate=18 April 2011}}</ref> Later in 1940, he was promoted to Acting [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)\|Brigadier]] and in November 1940 he was placed as the commanding officer of the [[216th Brigade (United Kingdom)\|216th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home)]], a Home Defence brigade which formed part of the [[Northumberland County Division]]. He held the position until 1 July 1941.<ref name = "UHIST"/><ref>{{Joslen-OOB\|page=379}}</ref> In 1943 he was promoted to Honorary Brigadier on the date of his retirement.<ref name = "UHIST"/> For the next ten years he was part of the Regular Army Reserve of Officers, until in 1953 his age meant he could no longer be a reserve officer.<ref name = "UHIST"/>		He later played Minor Counties Championship cricket for [[Devon County Cricket Club\|Devon]], making his debut for the county in the 1930 [[Minor Counties Championship]] against [[Dorset County Cricket Club\|Dorset]]. He continued to play [[Minor counties of English and Welsh cricket\|Minor counties]] cricket for Devon until the [[1932 English cricket season\|following season]].<ref name = "MCM"/> Battersby was in Devon as the Commanding Officer of the 2nd Battalion of The [[Devonshire Regiment]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://generals.dk/general/Battersby/Tereence_Esmond_Maxwell/Great_Britain.html\|title=Biography of Brigadier Terence Esmond Maxwell Battersby\|publisher=generals.dk\|accessdate=18 April 2011}}</ref> By 1940, Battersby was a [[Colonel (United Kingdom)\|Colonel]] in charge of the Infantry Record and Pay Office in [[Exeter]].<ref name = "UHIST">{{cite web\|url=http://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_B02.html\|title=British Army Officers\|publisher=unithistories.com\|accessdate=18 April 2011}}</ref> Later in 1940, he was promoted to Acting [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)\|Brigadier]] and in November 1940 he was placed as the commanding officer of the [[216th Brigade (United Kingdom)\|216th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home)]], a Home Defence brigade which formed part of the [[Northumberland County Division]]. He held the position until 1 July 1941.<ref name = "UHIST"/><ref>{{Joslen-OOB\|page=379}}</ref> In 1943 he was promoted to Honorary Brigadier on the date of his retirement.<ref name = "UHIST"/> For the next ten years he was part of the Regular Army Reserve of Officers, until in 1953 his age meant he could no longer be a reserve officer.<ref name = "UHIST"/>

	Battersby died on 10 January 1972 in [[Goring Heath]], [[Berkshire]].		Battersby died on 10 January 1972 in [[Goring Heath]], [[Berkshire]].

	==References==		==References==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10255.html Terence Battersby] at [[ESPNcricinfo]]		*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10255.html Terence Battersby] at [[ESPNcricinfo]]
	*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12925/12925.html Terence Battersby] at CricketArchive		*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12925/12925.html Terence Battersby] at CricketArchive
			*[https://generals.dk/general/Battersby/Terence_Esmond_Maxwell/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]

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[[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier]] '''Terence Esmond Maxwell Battersby''' (29 October 1893 – 10 January 1972) was an English [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer. Battersby was a left-handed [[batsman (cricket)|batsman]]. He was born in [[Meerut]], then in the [[British Raj]], before moving back to [[England]] where he was educated at [[Marlborough College]]. There he played for the college cricket team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12925/all_teams.html|title=Teams Terence Battersby played for|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=18 April 2011}}</ref>

Battersby represented [[Suffolk County Cricket Club|Suffolk]] in the 1913 [[Minor Counties Championship]], playing a single match against [[Lincolnshire County Cricket Club|Lincolnshire]].<ref name = "MCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12925/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Terence Battersby|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=18 April 2011}}</ref> Battersby was mentioned in the [[London Gazette]] in February 1914 as having graduated from the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst|Royal Military College]] with the rank of [[2nd Lieutenant]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28687 |date=4 February 1913 |page=845 }}</ref> After graduating he joined the [[Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment]] who he served in the [[World War I|First World War]] within the regiments 1st Battalion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leinster-regiment-association.org.uk/history/20th/1st_bn.htm|title=1st Bn, Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment - 1914|publisher=www.leinster-regiment-association.org.uk|accessdate=18 April 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003162725/http://www.leinster-regiment-association.org.uk/history/20th/1st_bn.htm|archivedate=3 October 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He was once again mentioned in a supplement to the Gazette in 1920, detailing his special appointment to Vice [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] while still serving in the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=31926 |date=1 June 1920 |supp=y |page=6153 }}</ref>

A decade later he made his [[first-class cricket|first-class]] debut for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans (India)]] against the [[Parsees cricket team|Parsees]], before playing a further first-class match in that 1923/24 season against the [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]].<ref name = "FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12925/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Terence Battersby|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=18 April 2011}}</ref> Returning to England once more, he played a further first-class match in 1926 for the [[British Army cricket team|Army]] against [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]].<ref name = "FCM"/> In his three first-class appearances he scored 110 runs at a [[batting average (cricket)|batting average]] of 18.33, with a high score of 41. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a [[bowling average]] of 63.00.

He later played Minor Counties Championship cricket for [[Devon County Cricket Club|Devon]], making his debut for the county in the 1930 [[Minor Counties Championship]] against [[Dorset County Cricket Club|Dorset]]. He continued to play [[Minor counties of English and Welsh cricket|Minor counties]] cricket for Devon until the [[1932 English cricket season|following season]].<ref name = "MCM"/> Battersby was in Devon as the Commanding Officer of the 2nd Battalion of The [[Devonshire Regiment]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://generals.dk/general/Battersby/Tereence_Esmond_Maxwell/Great_Britain.html|title=Biography of Brigadier Terence Esmond Maxwell Battersby|publisher=www.generals.dk|accessdate=18 April 2011}}</ref> By 1940, Battersby was a [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonel]] in charge of the Infantry Record and Pay Office in [[Exeter]].<ref name = "UHIST">{{cite web|url=http://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_B02.html|title=British Army Officers|publisher=www.unithistories.com|accessdate=18 April 2011}}</ref> Later in 1940, he was promoted to Acting [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier]] and in November 1940 he was placed as the commanding officer of the [[216th Brigade (United Kingdom)|216th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home)]], a Home Defence brigade which formed part of the [[Northumberland County Division]]. He held the position until 1 July 1941.<ref name = "UHIST"/><ref>{{Joslen-OOB|page=379}}</ref> In 1943 he was promoted to Honorary Brigadier on the date of his retirement.<ref name = "UHIST"/> For the next ten years he was part of the Regular Army Reserve of Officers, until in 1953 his age meant he could no longer be a reserve officer.<ref name = "UHIST"/>

Battersby died on 10 January 1972 in [[Goring Heath]], [[Berkshire]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10255.html Terence Battersby] at [[ESPNcricinfo]]
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12925/12925.html Terence Battersby] at CricketArchive

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