Col. Francis Jolliffe Raitt (1860-1944)

He was commissioned as a Lieutenant into the Royal Marine Light Infantry in 1889 and served during the Egyptian War (1882). He was present at the action at Mallaha Junction and Kassassin, where he served as Acting Adjutant of the R.M.L.I. He became a Major in 1897, but retired and took up an appointment with the Recruiting Staff in 1906. He re-engaged for active service during WWI and was appointed General Staff Officer, 2nd Grade, War Office, in 1914. He was subsequently appointed Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel Recruiting Service, York District, in 1915. He was a well-known figure at Lord's and was perhaps most popular in Yorkshire, his annual cricket week at Howsham Hall being one of the social events of the season. He was a frequent participant in Yorkshire Gentlemen matches, country house and regimental cricket, and occasionally appeared for Hampshire. He was a senior member of York Race Committee, acting as steward at many race meetings in the North. A member of I Zingari and Free Foresters, he died in an Edinburgh nursing home on 29 September 29 1944.