About Peter Gracey
Lived 1921 – 2006 (aged 84). Peter Gracey was a British cricketer.
Peter Bosworth Kirkwood Gracey (12 December 1921 – 13 September 2006) was an English British Army officer and sportsman.
The son of Hugh Malcolm Kirkwood Gracey, a soldier in the British Indian Army, and Elsie Marian Bosworth, he was born in British India at Bannu in December 1921. He was educated in England at Wellington College. Gracey served in the Second World War with the Royal Engineers, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in June 1942. While serving in India, he made his debut in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Indians at Madras in a 1945–46 Madras Presidency Match.
Returning to England after the war, he went up to Brasenose College, Oxford as a Heath Harrison Exhibitioner in 1946. While studying at Oxford, he was awarded blues in golf and hockey, He was later a member of the Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers. Gracey died at Rye in September 2006.
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Who was Peter Gracey?
English cricketer and army officer (1921-2006)
When was Peter Gracey born?
Peter Gracey was born on 12 December 1921 in Bannu.
When did Peter Gracey die?
Peter Gracey died on 13 September 2006 in Rye.
What was Peter Gracey's occupation?
Peter Gracey was a cricketer.
What nationality was Peter Gracey?
Peter Gracey was British.
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