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Austin Bird
Austin Carlos Bird (26 January 1884 — 4 January 1938) was an English people, English first-class cricketer and British Indian Army officer. The son of the cricketer George Bird (cricketer), George Bird, he was born at Croxteth Lodge in Croxteth in January 1884. He was educated at Malvern College, where he played for the cricket and association football, football teams. After leaving Malvern in 1902, Bird attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Royal Military College at Sandhurst, Berkshire, Sandhurst, from which he graduated into the British Indian Army as a Second_lieutenant#United_Kingdom_and_other_Commonwealth_countries, second lieutenant in August 1904. Once in British India, Bird was attached to the Central India Horse, 39th Prince of Wales's Own Central India Horse, in which he was promoted to Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines), lieutenant in November 1906. He gained the rank of Captain (British Army and Royal Marines), captain in August 1913, at which po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croxteth
Croxteth is a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England, and a Liverpool City Council Ward. Although housing in the area is predominantly modern, the suburb has some notable history. At the 2011 census it had a population of 14,561. Etymology The name ''Croxteth'' appears to be of Old Norse origin. The name appears to mean "Croc's landing place" or "river-bend landing place", derived from the elements ''Croc'' (personal name) or Old Norse ''krókr'' ("river-bend") + Norse ''stǫð'' ("landing-place, jetty"). Or else, the second element may be ''staðr'' ("place"). History The suburb is in the north of Liverpool and borders Norris Green, Gilmoss, Fazakerley and West Derby. The "Dog and Gun" public house (demolished in 2005) was a historic hostelry, likely associated with the hunt from Croxteth Hall. The first tranche of housing in Croxteth was built to rehouse families from the Scotland Road area of the city that was subject to mass demolition during the construction of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |