George Sandeman

George Amelius Crawshay Sandeman (18 April 1882 — 26 April 1915) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

The son of Lieutenant Colonel George Glas Sandeman (of the Sandeman wine merchants) and his wife, Amy, he was born at Westminster in April 1882. He was educated at Eton College, where he played for the college cricket team (heading the bowling averages in 1902) and won the Eton Fives doubles alongside Evelyn Rawlins. At Eton, he was the subject of a painting by the artist Charles Martin Hardie expressing his bowling action. In six first-class matches, he took 5 wickets with his slow left-arm orthodox bowling at an average of 48.40, with best figures of 2 for 73. Sandeman served in the First World War with the Royal Hampshire Regiment; he had gained a commission as a second lieutenant in the regiment in December 1903, with promotions to lieutenant following in September 1905, and captain in June 1908. During the war, he travelled with the 1st Battalion to the Western Front. He was killed in action at Zonnebeke on 26 April 1915 during the Second Battle of Ypres. He has no grave, but is commemorated at the Menin Gate.