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Right arm fast bowler and batter Pilot Officer Kenneth Farnes played in fifteen tests and 168 first class matches, he was a RAF Volunteer Reserve and died 20 October 1941, aged 30.<br />
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The tragic stories of the 10 test players and 130 first class cricketers who lost their lives in the Second World War are told in a fascinating new book.<br />
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The outbreak of the war prompted cricketers to swap their whites for uniform and pitch up at the various battlegrounds of the conflict to do their duty.<br />
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Many cricketers excelled themselves in combat - distinguishing themselves with their bravery and their intelligence.<br />
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In The Coming Storm, screenwriter Nigel McCrery reveals each man's career details, including cricketing statistics and the circumstances of death.