Colin Cokayne-Frith was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
16 Facts About Colin Cokayne-Frith
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Colin Cokayne-Frith later played first-class cricket for the British Army cricket team.
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Colin Cokayne-Frith was killed in action during the Battle of Belgium in the Second World War, while commanding a tank during the British Expeditionary Force's retreat to Dunkirk.
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Colin Cokayne-Frith was born at St Stephen's House at Canterbury to Lieutenant Colonel Reginald Colin Cokayne-Frith and his wife, Pauline.
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Colin Cokayne-Frith was educated at Eton College, before attending the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
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Colin Cokayne-Frith graduated from Sandhurst in the later stages of World War I as a second lieutenant, entering into the King's Royal Hussars and seeing action on the Western Front.
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Colin Cokayne-Frith was promoted to the temporary rank of lieutenant in December 1919, with full promotion to the rank following in December 1921.
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Colin Cokayne-Frith was made an adjutant in April 1928, and was shortly thereafter promoted to the rank of captain in July 1928.
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Colin Cokayne-Frith was again made an adjutant in September 1933, when he was seconded to the North Somerset Yeomanry.
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Colin Cokayne-Frith remained seconded to the North Somerset Yeomanry until November 1937, returning to the King's Royal Hussars in January 1938.
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Colin Cokayne-Frith was promoted to the rank of major in August 1938.
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Colin Cokayne-Frith played a single first-class cricket match for the British Army cricket team against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1939.
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Colin Cokayne-Frith served with the King's Royal Hussars during the Second World War, seeing action during the Battle of Belgium.
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Colin Cokayne-Frith was killed in a rearguard action on 18 May 1940, during the British Expeditionary Force's retreat to Dunkirk, when his tank was destroyed by a German anti-tank gun in the Belgian town of Assche.
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Colin Cokayne-Frith was the most senior member of his regiment to be killed on that day.
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Colin Cokayne-Frith was posthumously mentioned in dispatches for his actions throughout the retreat.