Robert Gregory (RFC officer)
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| Born | 21 May 1881 London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 January 1918 (aged 36) Monastiero, Padua, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg-break and googly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1912 | Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Only FC | 30 August 1912 Ireland v Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 24 November 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Robert Gregory MC (20 May 1881 – 23 January 1918) was an Irish flying ace who served as a fighter pilot with the Royal Flying Corps during World War I. He was also an accomplished artist and cricket player. His death was memorialised in a series of poems by W. B. Yeats.