Henry Wilfred Persse MC & Bar (19 September 1885 — 28 June 1918) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in the British Army.
The son of the soldier Edward Persse and his wife, Margaret, he was born in the Southampton suburb of Portswood in September 1885.
[3][4] In addition to performing well with the ball, he also scored 571 runs at a batting average of 16.79, with three half centuries.
[9] Persse later returned to England to serve in the First World War, with him being commissioned into the Royal Fusiliers as a probationary second lieutenant in August 1914.
[14] Between his MC awards, he had been made a temporary captain in August 1916,[15] with him gaining the full rank in September of the same year.