Henry Bond (British Army officer)
Brigadier-General Henry Hendley Bond DSO (13 June 1873 – 10 November 1919) was an Irish first-class cricketer and British Army general. He came from a military family – his father was Major-General Henry Bond – and attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned as an officer in the Royal Artillery and served in India, England, Ireland and during the Second Boer War. During his time in India he played first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team. He was later a gunnery instructor and a champion racquets player.
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| Full name | Henry Hendley Bond | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 June 1873 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 November 1919 (aged 46) Glasnevin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1898/99–1900/01 | Europeans (India) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 December 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Upon the outbreak of the First World War he was recalled to field service and commanded the 17th Battery of the Royal Field Artillery during the Battle of Mons, for which he was mentioned in dispatches by Field Marshal French. Bond later served with the British forces at Salonica and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, brevet colonel and temporary brigadier-general. Bond received the Distinguished Service Order and was appointed as commander of the Order of the Crown of Romania for his service. Towards the end of the war he began to suffer from a degenerative neurological condition and died in Dublin in 1919.