Wilfred Curwen

Captain Wilfred John Hutton Curwen (14 April 1883 – 9 May 1915) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Oxford University, Surrey and MCC between 1906 and 1910.

He was born in Beckenham and died near Poperinghe, Belgium, on active service during World War I.

[1] Curwen was educated at Charterhouse School and Magdalen College, Oxford.

He went to Australia, where he served as aide-de-camp to the Governor of Victoria, Sir John Fuller, and two Governors-General of Australia, Baron Denman and Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson.

When the First World War began he returned to Great Britain and joined the Royal Fusiliers.