William Prichard (cricketer)
Welsh cricketer and soldier
William Oliver Prichard (2 January 1879 – 3 April 1960) was a Welsh first-class cricketer and an officer in the British Army.
The son of R. K. Prichard, he was born in January 1879 at Margam, Glamorgan. He was educated at Sherborne School, where he played for the cricket and rugby teams. From there, he joined the Somerset Light Infantry as a second lieutenant, before transferring to the South Wales Borderers in January 1899. He served in the Second Boer War (1899–1902), during the course of which he was promoted to lieutenant in September 1901. He was mentioned in dispatches for his service in the war. He was promoted to captain in December 1907. Prichard served in the First World War and was mentioned in dispatches in the first months of the conflict. He was severely wounded in action in the opening months of the war; despite this, he remained in the army until his ill health necessitated his retirement in October 1915. In the interim, he was promoted to major in the month before his retirement.
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