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Herbert Hambleton

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Herbert Hambleton
Personal information
Full name Herbert Adolph Hambleton
Date of birth (1896-04-25)25 April 1896
Place of birth Barrackpore, British India
Date of death 1 January 1985(1985-01-01) (aged 88)
Place of death Hyssington, Wales
Position(s) Forward
International career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1920 Great Britain 0 (0)

Brigadier Herbert Hambleton CBE (25 April 1896 – 1 January 1985) was an English soldier who served in World War I and World War II.

Hambleton was also a cricketer, golfer, and footballer. He was part of Great Britain's squad for the football tournament at the 1920 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.[1]

Hambleton was awarded with an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1919 Birthday Honours.[2] He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1945.[3] Hambleton also served as aide-de-camp to Sir Tom Bridges when he was Governor of South Australia.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Herbert Hambleton". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  2. ^ "To.be Officers of the Military Division of the said Most Excellent Order". The London Gazette (12th supplement). No. 31377. 3 June 1919. p. 6988. Hambleton, Lt. (A./Capt.) Herbert Adolph, R.F.A.
  3. ^ "To be Additional Commanders of the Military Division of the said Most Excellent Order". The London Gazette (1st supplement). No. 36917. 1 February 1945. p. 670. Brigadier (temporary) Hubert Adolph Hambleton, O.B.E. (11518), Royal Regiment of Artillery
  4. ^ "Vice-regal expedition to central Australia, 1923" (PDF). National Museum of Australia. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  5. ^ "THE NEW GOVERNOR". The Chronicle. Vol. LXV, no. 3, 449. South Australia. 28 October 1922. p. 37. Retrieved 17 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
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