Lieutenant-Colonel John Reginald Wyndham (8 April 1870 − 16 March 1933) was an English first-class

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er and British Army officer. Wyndham served in the Wiltshire Regiment from 1890 to 1923, during which he saw action in the Second Boer War and the First World War. While serving in British India he played first-class cricket for All-India.

Life and military career

Born at

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in Wiltshire in April 1870, Wyndham graduated from the

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into the Wiltshire Regiment as a

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in March 1890. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in March 1892. While serving in British India in January 1893, he made an appearance in first-class cricket for All-India against Lord Hawke's XI touring team at

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. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed by

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in the All-India first-innings for 8 runs, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 20 runs by Arthur Gibson. Returning to England, he made his debut in

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for Wiltshire against

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in the

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. He was promoted to the rank of

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on 10 October 1898, and saw active service in the Second Boer War in South Africa. This war ended in June 1902, but Wyndham stayed in South Africa for another six months, returning to Southampton on the SS ''Walmer Castle'' in January 1903. Following the war, Wyndham was in March 1903 appointed

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of the 3rd ( Militia) battalion of his regiment. During this year, he made two further appearances for Wiltshire in the 1903 Minor Counties Championship. He was promoted to the rank of

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in May 1908. He served with the Wiltshire Regiment in the First World War, during which he was captured and spent time as a prisoner of war, for which he was recognised after the war. He was promoted to the rank of

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in August 1918, with seniority antedated to November 1914. He retired from active service in March 1923 and died in March 1933 at Wallingford, Berkshire.

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