Claude Ludovic Hickman Mulcahy (26 June 1886 – 11 July 1916) was an English-born

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first-class

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er and

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officer. The son of Captain Henry Hickman and Annie Margaret Mulcahy, he was born in January 1892 at Little Headington, Oxfordshire. Emigrating to the Colony of Natal as a child, he was educated there at

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. He played first-class cricket in South Africa, making a single appearance for Natal in 1911 against Orange Free State at Lord's No. 4 Ground in the Currie Cup. He scored 44 runs in his four matches, with a highest score of 24. He batted once in the match, ending the Natal first innings unbeaten on 2, while with the ball he bowled nine wicketless

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across both Orange Free States innings'. Mulcahy served in the First World War with the

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, which formed part of the South African Overseas Expeditionary Force. He was promoted to the temporary rank of lieutenant in January 1916, which was antedated to August 1915. Mulcahy was killed in action at Bernafay Wood during the

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on 11 July 1916. He is commemorated at the Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mulcahy, Claude 19th-century births 1916 deaths People from Headington British emigrants to the Colony of Natal South African cricketers South African Army officers South African military personnel killed in World War I Military personnel from Oxfordshire Burials in France Cricketers from Oxfordshire