Major General Philip Sidney Whitcombe (3 October 1893 – 9 August 1989) was an English cricketer active from 1922 to 1931 who played for Essex and in India.

Quoted from Nick Smart, Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War, p. 331 "The son of the Bishop of Colchester, Whitcombe was educated at Winchester and was a reserve officer with the Durham Light Infantry in 1914.

Married in 1919, Whitcombe, a keen games player, played cricket for Essex and the army in the early 1920s.

He attended the Staff College, Camberley, 1925–1926, served in India 1928–1929 and was deputy assistant general, Northern Command, 1934–1936.

Deputy adjutant and QMG with British troops in Northern Ireland 1942–1943, he was major general i/c administration Eastern Command 1943–1947 Appointed CB in 1944 and retired from the army in 1947, Whitcombe, a member of the MCC, was a JP in Wiltshire from 1948."