Stanley Douglas-Jones

Stanley Douglas Douglas-Jones MC DSO (19 November 1885 – 12 October 1969) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

The son of Colonel Douglas Forde Douglas-Jones, he was born at Hendon in November 1885. Douglas-Jones served in the British Army, where he was initially commissioned a second lieutenant with the Duke of Edinburgh's Own Edinburgh Artillery militia in December 1902,[1] before being promoted to lieutenant in March 1904.[2] He transferred to the Royal Artillery in December 1904, with the rank of second lieutenant.[3] He was promoted to lieutenant in December 1907,[4] before being seconded for service as an adjutant in the Territorial Force in March 1911,[5] at which point he was made a temporary captain.[6] A regular player for the British Army cricket team,[7] Douglas-Jones also played two first-class cricket matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1913 and 1914, both against Kent at Lord's.[8] He scored 30 runs in his two matches, with a highest score of 12. Playing as a wicket-keeper, he also made a single stumping.[9]

Douglas-Jones served with the Royal Artillery during the First World War. In October 1914, he was promoted to the full rank of captain,[10] while in September 1916 he was appointed a temporary major while commanding a battalion.[11] He relinquished his temporary appointment in February 1917.[12] Douglas-Jones was twice decorated during the war, being awarded the Military Cross in the 1915 Birthday Honours and being made a companion of the Distinguished Service Order in the 1917 Birthday Honours.[13][14] In December 1917, he was appointed to the staff.[15] He was again made a temporary major in Februaery 1918,[16] with him gaining the brevet rank of major shortly after the conclusion of the war in December 1918.[17] Douglas-Jones attended the staff college in January 1920,[18] later being appointed to the War Office in May 1921.[19] He gained the real rank of major in December 1923,[20] which was antedated to July 1915.[21] Having been seconded to the Territorial Army, Douglas-Jones returned to the Royal Artillery in March 1928,[22] before retiring from active service in December of the same year.[23] He died in Wales at Glyndyfrdwy in October 1969.[7] He was married to Priscilla Scarlett Smith, with the couple having no children. She survived him by 16 years.[24]