Tim Inskip was highly decorated in these campaigns and eventually reached the rank of major-general.
17 Facts About Tim Inskip
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Tim Inskip played first-class cricket while in British India for the Europeans cricket team and the Rawalpindi Sports Club.
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The son of the Reverend Oliver Tim Inskip, he was born in September 1885 at Spalding, Lincolnshire.
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Tim Inskip was educated at Framlingham College, where he father was the headmaster from 1887 to 1913.
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Tim Inskip made his debut in minor counties cricket for Suffolk in the 1904 Minor Counties Championship, with Inskip playing infrequently for the county until 1911.
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Tim Inskip graduated as a second lieutenant into the British Indian Army in August 1905.
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Tim Inskip was promoted to the rank of captain in July 1914 and shortly after saw action in the First World War.
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Tim Inskip was awarded the Military Cross in January 1916, and the Distinguished Service Order in December 1916.
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Tim Inskip was made a temporary major in June 1917, while in command of a battalion.
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Tim Inskip gained the full rank of major in March 1921.
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Tim Inskip made two appearances in first-class cricket in November 1926, playing one match for the Europeans against the Marylebone Cricket Club, and a second match for the Rawalpindi Sports Club against the same opposition.
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Tim Inskip scored 6 runs and took 2 wickets in these matches.
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Tim Inskip was promoted to the rank of colonel in December 1934, with seniority to July 1932.
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Tim Inskip was granted the temporary rank of brigadier in April 1937, while in command of the 1st Infantry Brigade.
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Tim Inskip served in the Waziristan campaign, during which he was mentioned in dispatches twice and was made a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire.
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Tim Inskip was promoted to the rank of major-general in April 1939, while the following month he was made a member of the Order of the Bath in 1939 Birthday Honours.
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Tim Inskip retired from active service in October 1942, but was immediately reemployed and appointed as the honorary colonel of the 6th Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles.