Wilfred Parry, the Glossary
Wilfred John Parry (17 August 1910 – 23 July 1942) was a South African first-class cricketer and British Army soldier.[1]
Table of Contents
24 relations: Alamein Memorial, Australia national cricket team, Batting average (cricket), British Army, City Oval, Corporal, Cricket, Demographics of South Africa, Durban, First Battle of El Alamein, First-class cricket, King's Royal Rifle Corps, Kingdom of Egypt, Kingsmead Cricket Ground, KwaZulu-Natal (cricket team), Marylebone Cricket Club, Natal (province), North African campaign, Pen and Sword Books, Raylton Club Ground, Rhodesia cricket team, Ruweisat Ridge, World War II, 7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom).
- King's Royal Rifle Corps soldiers
Alamein Memorial
The Alamein Memorial is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission war memorial in the El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Egypt.
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Australia national cricket team
The Australia men's national cricket team represents Australia in men's international cricket.
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Batting average (cricket)
In cricket, a players' batting average is the total number of runs they have scored divided by the number of times they have been out, usually given to two decimal places.
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British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.
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City Oval
City Oval (formerly Alexandra Park and sometimes called the Pietermaritzburg Oval), is a multi-purpose stadium in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
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Corporal
Corporal is a military rank in use by the armed forces of many countries.
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Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps.
Demographics of South Africa
According to the 2022 census, the population of South Africa is about 62 million people of diverse origins, cultures, languages, and religions.
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Durban
Durban (eThekwini, from itheku meaning "bay, lagoon") is the third-most populous city in South Africa, after Johannesburg and Cape Town, and the largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.
First Battle of El Alamein
The First Battle of El Alamein (1–27 July 1942) was a battle of the Western Desert campaign of the Second World War, fought in Egypt between Axis (German and Italian) forces of the Panzer Army Africa—which included the Afrika Korps under Field Marshal Erwin Rommel—and Allied (British Empire and Commonwealth) forces of the Eighth Army under General Claude Auchinleck.
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First-class cricket
First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket.
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King's Royal Rifle Corps
The King's Royal Rifle Corps was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army that was originally raised in British North America as the Royal American Regiment during the phase of the Seven Years' War in North America known in the United States as 'The French and Indian War.' Subsequently numbered the 60th Regiment of Foot, the regiment served for more than 200 years throughout the British Empire.
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Kingdom of Egypt
The Kingdom of Egypt (The Egyptian Kingdom) was the legal form of the Egyptian state during the latter period of the Muhammad Ali dynasty's reign, from the United Kingdom's recognition of Egyptian independence in 1922 until the abolition of the monarchy of Egypt and Sudan in 1953 following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952.
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Kingsmead Cricket Ground
Kingsmead is a cricket ground in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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KwaZulu-Natal (cricket team)
KwaZulu-Natal (formerly Natal) is the first-class cricket team that represents the province of KwaZulu-Natal (formerly Natal) in South Africa.
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Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London.
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Natal (province)
The Province of Natal, commonly called Natal, was a province of South Africa from May 1910 until May 1994.
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North African campaign
The North African campaign of World War II took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943, fought between the Allies and the Axis Powers.
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Pen and Sword Books
Pen and Sword Books, also stylised as Pen & Sword, is a British publisher which specialises in printing and distributing books in both hardback and softback on military history, militaria and other niche subjects, primarily focused on the United Kingdom.
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Raylton Club Ground
Raylton Club Ground was a cricket ground in Bulawayo, Matabeleland, Zimbabwe, attached to the Raylton Club from which it gets its name.
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Rhodesia cricket team
The Rhodesia cricket team played first-class cricket and represented originally the British colony of Southern Rhodesia and later the unilaterally independent state of Rhodesia which became Zimbabwe.
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Ruweisat Ridge
Ruweisat Ridge is a geographical feature in the Western Egyptian desert, midway between the Mediterranean Sea and the Qattara Depression.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)
The 7th Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army.
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See also
King's Royal Rifle Corps soldiers
- Albert Edward Shepherd
- Albert Gill
- Arthur Beadsworth
- Ben Wright (English actor)
- Charlie Sillett
- Colin Woods
- David Bomberg
- Derek Davis (artist)
- Douglas Houghton, Baron Houghton of Sowerby
- Edward Cooper (VC)
- Ernest Stafford Carlos
- Frederick Corbett
- Geoff Love
- George Peachment
- George Waller (VC)
- George Williams (footballer, born 1879)
- Gerald Nabarro
- Harold Sandys Williamson
- Jack Coles
- James C. Potter
- James Thompson (VC)
- Jeremy Morse
- Jimmy Croal
- John Beeley
- John Divane
- John Gordon (journalist)
- John Gregory (cricketer, born 1887)
- John Parker, 6th Earl of Morley
- Leslie Porter
- Lindsay Anderson
- Michael Aspel
- Michael Walsh (British Army officer)
- Paul Johnson (writer)
- Reg Gutteridge
- Richard Brookes (footballer)
- Robert Docker
- Robin Lindsay
- Roger Courtney
- Ronald Bassett
- Samuel Turner (VC)
- Stephen Garvin
- Terry Dene
- Valentine Bambrick
- Wilfred Parry
- William Alexander (Canadian soldier)
- William Beesley
- William Benger
- William Mariner (VC)
- William Sutton (VC)