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Ronald Yeldham

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Ronald Yeldham
Personal information
Full name
Ronald Ernest Stephen Yeldham
Born(1902-08-18)18 August 1902
Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India
Died14 August 1983(1983-08-14) (aged 80)
Bodmin, Cornwall
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1925-1927Europeans (India)
1926Northern Punjab
1926MCC
First-class debut6 March 1925 Europeans v Muslims
Last First-class5 December 1927 Europeans v Muslims
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 6
Runs scored 148
Batting average 21.14
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 40*
Balls bowled 30
Wickets 0
Bowling average -
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 0/30
Catches/stumpings 7/0
Source: [1], 8 June 2008

Colonel Ronald Ernest Stephen Yeldham CBE (18 August 1902 – 14 August 1983) was an Indian-born British Army officer and cricketer.

Career

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He served in Africa and the Indian Ocean from 1928 to 1945.[1][2] In June 1945, Yeldham was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) as temporary Colonel commanding the British troops in Mauritius.[3]

In 1949 Yeldham was a Principal in the Colonial Office, West African Department, and wrote a memorandum (16 March) on Soviet activity in Nigeria. There was MI5 surveillance of Harry Pollitt's contact with Mokwugo Okoye, a Zikist leader (Yeldham, memorandum in December of that year).[4] During the Malayan Emergency, in 1952, he was instrumental in the use of sodium trichloroacetate as a defoliant.[5]

Yeldham then held civil appointments in Kenya, from 1954.[6][7]

Cricketer

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Yeldham played six first-class cricket matches in British India between 1925 and 1927, including one for the MCC.[8] He later played twice for Egypt against HM Martineau's XI.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Yeldham Ronald Ernest Stephen IWM interview (3960)". Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  2. ^ Cricinfo profile
  3. ^ London Gazette issue 37119, 14 June 1945, supplement page 2942
  4. ^ Martin Lynn (2001). Nigeria: Managing political reform 1943-1953. Vol. 1. Institute of Commonwealth Studies in the University of London. pp. 181 and 261. ISBN 978-0-11-290597-4.
  5. ^ Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon (3 May 2011). Imperial Endgame: Britain's Dirty Wars and the End of Empire. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 198. ISBN 978-0-230-30038-5.
  6. ^ Kenya Gazette. 21 December 1954. p. 1322.
  7. ^ Kenya Gazette. 2 August 1955. p. 2.
  8. ^ First-class matches played by Ronald Yeldham at CricketArchive
  9. ^ Other matches played by Ronald Yeldham at CricketArchive