Robert Airey
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Robert Berkeley Airey Template:Post-nominals (21 September 1874 – 23 June 1933) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in the British Army.
The son of Robert Airey senior, he was born in September 1874 at Southminster, Essex. Airey was educated at Tonbridge School,[1] before attending the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. He graduated from there as a second lieutenant into the South Wales Borderers in March 1895.[2] He transferred to the Army Service Corps (ASC) in January 1898,[3] at which point he was also promoted to lieutenant,[4] with a further promotion to captain following in January 1901.[5] He saw active service in the Second Boer War in South Africa, from which he returned in September 1902.[6] He was seconded for service with the Egyptian Army in November 1902,[7] and stayed there until 1907.[8]
Airey was appointed to the Army Service Corps Training Establishment at Aldershot Garrison in September 1911,[9] having made three appearances in first-class cricket the month before for Hampshire, playing twice against Sussex and once against Surrey in the County Championship.[10] In these, he scored 52 runs at an average of 10.40, with a highest score of 30.[11]
In the ASC, he was promoted to major in April 1912[12] and served with it in the First World War. In November 1914, he was appointed a deputy-assistant quartermaster general,[13] prior to being made a brevet lieutenant colonel in February 1915.[14] During the war, Airey was made a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in the 1916 Birthday Honours.[15] He gained the full rank of lieutenant colonel in October 1916,[16] with him later being invested as a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1918 Birthday Honours for services rendered on the Western Front in France and Flanders.[17] He was later appointed deputy director of supplies and transportation in September 1918.[18]
Following the war, he was promoted to colonel in January 1921,[19] prior to his retirement from active service in August 1924.[20] Airey was invested into the Order of Saint John as an officer in June 1931.[21] He died suddenly at Westminster in June 1933;[22] his wife, Helen (whom he married in 1907),[23] predeceased him by five years.[24]
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