Henry Rosher

Henry Louis Rosher (7 May 1866 – 14 April 1915) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

Life and career Born in Edmonton in May 1866, Rosher was educated at Tonbridge School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Commissioned as a lieutenant in the Dorsetshire Regiment on 7 February 1885, Rosher was promoted to captain on 19 November 1891. Posted in Malta and Egypt, Rosher was transferred to British India in 1893, the same year he married Lillian Hall. before returning to India on the SS Ionian in November 1902. Promotion to lieutenant colonel followed in 1910.

Rosher appeared in one first-class match for J. G. Greig's XI against Hindus at the Deccan Gymkhana Ground on 29 August 1912. During the match, Rosher caught C. V. Metha off the bowling of Elliot Tillard and scored 13 runs before himself being caught by Palwankar Vithal off the bowling of J. M. Rasker.

At the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, Rosher was commanding the 2nd Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment, which was part of the 16th Indian Brigade stationed in Poona. On 14 April 1915, the third day of the latter battle, Rosher was killed in action leading a bayonet charge against Ottoman forces.