Archer Windsor-Clive

Windsor-Clive was born at Hewell Grange near Redditch to Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth, and his wife, Alberta Victoria Sarah Caroline.[1] He was educated at Eton College, where he played for the college cricket team from 1907 to 1909. From there he went up to Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] While studying at Cambridge he made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Essex at Fenner's in 1910.[2] He played first-class cricket for Cambridge until 1912, making seven appearances.[2] In his seven matches, he scored 108 runs with a high score of 22,[3] while with his left-arm medium pace bowling he took 3 wickets with best figures of 3 for 56.[4] In addition to playing first-class cricket, Windsor-Clive played minor counties cricket for Glamorgan between 1908 and 1912, making four appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[5]

He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Territorial Force.[6] In December 1913, he was transferred from the Territorial Force to the Coldstream Guards, at which point he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant.[7] Shortly after the beginning of hostilities in the First World War, Windsor-Clive left for France with the 3rd Battalion aboard the SS Cawdor Castle on 12 August 1914.[1] The battalion soon reached Harveng in Belgium, where they set up defensive positions. The following day the allied Retreat from Mons began.[1] The Coldstream Guards fell back to Landrecies, where they defended the north-western sector of the town. At some point between 19:00 and 20:00 on 25 August 1914, Windsor-Clive was killed by a German shell, which also killed his batman, Frank Lethbridge. He was the first first-class cricketer to fall in the war.[1] His body was recovered and he was buried at the Landrecies Communal Cemetery.[1] His brother-in-law, Hugo Charteris, was also a first-class cricketer.

• Archer Windsor-Clive at ESPNcricinfo