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{{Short description|Scottish cricketer and British Army officer (1876–1916)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = William Drysdale
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DSO}}
| image = William Drysdale.png
| country = Scotland
| full_name = William Drysdale
| birth_date = 4 November 1876
| birth_place = [[Kirkcaldy]], [[Fife]], Scotland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1916|9|29|1876|11|4}}
| death_place = [[Gueudecourt]], [[Somme (department)|Somme]], France
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1900/01–1902/03
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 4
| runs1 = 92
| bat avg1 = 11.50
| 100s/50s1 = –/1
| top score1 = 55
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 6 October
| year = 2020
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/28206.html Cricinfo
}}

'''William Drysdale''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DSO}} (4 November 1876 – 29 September 1916) was a Scottish first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.

The son of William Drysdale senior, he was born at [[Kirkcaldy]] in November 1876. He was educated at [[Loretto School]], where he played [[rugby union]].<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book|last=McCrery|first=Nigel|title=Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6mphCgAAQBAJ|date=30 July 2015|publisher=[[Pen and Sword]]|isbn=978-1473864191|pages=278–9}}</ref> After leaving Loretto, he decided on a career in the [[British Army]] and attended the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]. He graduated as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom & other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] into the [[Royal Scots]] in September 1896.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26774|date=4 September 1896|page=4989}}</ref> Shortly after graduating he served in [[British India]] and [[British rule in Burma|British Burma]],<ref name="BOOK"/> with promotion to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] coming in August 1898.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27043|date=17 January 1899|page=299}}</ref> While in British India, he played [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] on four occasions all against the [[Parsees cricket team]] in the [[Bombay Quadrangular|Bombay Presidency]] between 1900 and 1902.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13347/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by William Drysdale |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2020-10-06}}</ref> He scored 92 runs in his four matches, with a high score of 55.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13347/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William Drysdale |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2020-10-06}}</ref> He was awarded a medal for attempting to save the life of comrade from drowning in 1902. He was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in November 1902.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27548|date=1 May 1903|page=2770}}</ref> He married Mary Louisa Mackenzie, the daughter of [[John Muir Mackenzie|Sir John Muir Mackenzie]], in January 1904. Drysdale later attended the Staff College in 1908 and 1909, captaining their cricket team.<ref name="BOOK"/>

Drysdale served in the [[First World War]], where he was wounded in action and earned the [[Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)|Distinguished Service Cross]] during the [[First Battle of Ypres]] for showing “an unsurpassed example of fearlessness and courage, refusing to quit his brigade when wounded”.<ref name="BOOK"/> In February 1915 he was promoted to [[Major (British Army and Royal Marines)|major]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29085|date=26 February 1915|page=2066|supp=y}}</ref> He was given command of the 7th Battalion of the [[Royal Leicestershire Regiment|Leicestershire Regiment]] in October 1915.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29335|date=19 October 1915|page=10377|supp=y}}</ref> He was made a [[brevet (military)|brevet]] [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] in June 1916,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29608|date=2 June 1916|page=5564|supp=y}}</ref> while the following month he was again wounded in action during the [[Battle of Bazentin Ridge]] when storming the village of [[Bazentin|Bazentinle-Petit]].<ref name="BOOK"/> After recovering from his wounds, he returned to his battalion September, but was killed on the 29th of the same month by a German sniper when looking over a trench near [[Gueudecourt]]. He is buried at the [[Caterpillar Valley Cemetery]].<ref name="BOOK"/>

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:1876 births]]
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Kirkcaldy]]
[[Category:People educated at Loretto School, Musselburgh]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
[[Category:Royal Scots officers]]
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[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order]]
[[Category:Royal Leicestershire Regiment officers]]
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[[Category:Deaths by firearm in France]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Fife]]

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