Eric Bramley Elstob (2 August 1885 – 15 May 1949) was an English first-class

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er and Royal Navy officer. The son of John George Elstob and Frances Alice Elstob, he was born at

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in August 1885. He was educated at

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. Elstob's career with the Royal Navy began as a clerk at The Admiralty, with him promoted to assistant paymaster in August 1906. He made his debut in first-class cricket for the Royal Navy against the

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in 1913. He served with the navy during the First World War and was promoted to the rank of paymaster

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in August 1918. He was made an

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in the

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for services rendered while serving as secretary to Rear-Admiral Cecil Dampier. Elstob later made a second and final first-class appearance for the Royal Navy against the British Army at Lord's in 1923. He returned to Marlborough College in 1933, alongside two other Old Marlburians who had served on the recently scrapped , where he presented the ship's bell to the college. He held the rank of paymaster

by 1935, with promotion to the rank of paymaster

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coming in July of the same year. Elstob served in the first year of the Second World War, before being placed on the retired list in August 1940. He died at Hawkhurst in May 1949. His brother Wilfrith was posthumously the Victoria Cross during the First World War.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Elstob, Eric 1885 births 1949 deaths People from Brentford Cricketers from the London Borough of Hounslow People educated at Marlborough College Royal Navy officers English cricketers Royal Navy cricketers Royal Navy personnel of World War I Officers of the Order of the British Empire Royal Navy logistics officers