# Christopher Ling

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**Christopher George Ling** (6 November 1880 – 21 May 1953) was an [English](/source/English_people) first-class [cricketer](/source/Cricket) and [British Army](/source/British_Army) officer.

The son of Christopher Ling senior,[1] he was born in November 1880 at [Wetheral, Cumberland](/source/Wetheral). He was educated at [Bradfield College](/source/Bradfield_College), where he played for both the cricket and football elevens.[2] Ling was commissioned as a [second lieutenant](/source/Second_lieutenant#United_Kingdom_and_other_Commonwealth_countries) into the 1st Volunteer Battalion, [Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)](/source/Royal_Berkshire_Regiment) in June 1900.[3] Transferring to the [1st Middlesex Engineers](/source/1st_Middlesex_Engineers),[4] he attended the [Royal Indian Engineering College](/source/Royal_Indian_Engineering_College) and graduated from there in October 1902.[5] He was sent to [British India](/source/British_Raj) in 1905, where he was posted to the [3rd Sappers and Miners](/source/3rd_Sappers_and_Miners) of the [British Indian Army](/source/British_Indian_Army).[2] In July 1905, he was promoted to [lieutenant](/source/Lieutenant_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)).[6] While serving in India, he made a single appearance in [first-class cricket](/source/First-class_cricket) for the [Europeans cricket team](/source/Europeans_cricket_team) against the [Parsees](/source/Parsis_cricket_team) at [Poona](/source/Deccan_Gymkhana_Ground) in the 1905–06 [Bombay Presidency Match](/source/Bombay_Quadrangular).[7] Batting twice in the match, he ended the Europeans first innings of 137 all out on 4 [not out](/source/Not_out), while in their second innings he was dismissed for 14 runs by [Jehangir Warden](/source/Jehangir_Warden). With the ball, he bowled 11 wicketless [overs](/source/Over_(cricket)).[8] He was seconded to the [Royal Military Academy](/source/Royal_Military_Academy,_Woolwich) (RMA) at [Woolwich](/source/Woolwich) in January 1913, where he was placed in command of a company of gentlemen cadets,[9] with promotion to [captain](/source/Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)) following in October of the same year.[10]

At the beginning of the [First World War](/source/World_War_I) in the summer of 1914, he was placed in command of companies of gentlemen cadets at the RMA.[11] Later serving on the [Western Front](/source/Western_Front_(World_War_I)) with the [Royal Engineers](/source/Royal_Engineers), Ling was decorated with the [Military Cross](/source/Military_Cross) in [1916 Birthday Honours](/source/1916_Birthday_Honours).[12] He was promoted to [major](/source/Major_(United_Kingdom)) in October 1917,[13] with appointment to the [General Staff](/source/Staff_(military)#United_Kingdom) in December of the same year.[14] Ling was further decorated with the [Distinguished Service Order](/source/Distinguished_Service_Order) in the [1918 New Year Honours](/source/1918_New_Year_Honours).[15]

Following the war, he was temporarily appointed in February 1921 as chief instructor in military engraving and geometrical drawing at the RMA.[16] In December 1923, he was appointed to the rank of [brevet](/source/Brevet_(military)#United_Kingdom) [lieutenant colonel](/source/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_Kingdom)),[17] before being appointed to the [War Office](/source/War_Office) in March 1926,[18] an appointment which he relinquished in January 1927.[19] Ling was promoted to [colonel](/source/Colonel_(United_Kingdom)) in April 1928,[20] before being appointed a temporary [brigadier](/source/Brigadier_(United_Kingdom)) in February 1931 whilst director of military operations at British Indian Army headquarters.[21] In October 1936, his employment in the army ceased and he was placed on the [half-pay](/source/Half-pay) list.[22]

Ling was made a Companion of the [Order of the Bath](/source/Order_of_the_Bath) in the [1937 Coronation Honours](/source/1937_Coronation_Honours),[23] and was later appointed by [George VI](/source/George_VI) as an Officer in the [Order of Saint John](/source/Order_of_Saint_John_(chartered_1888)) in the [1947 New Year Honours](/source/1947_New_Year_Honours).[24] During his military career, Ling served as the honorary secretary of the [Army Football Association](/source/Army_Football_Association).[1] Ling retired to England, where he died at [Camberley](/source/Camberley) in May 1953.

## References

1. Debrett, John (1931). [*Debrett's Illustrated Baronetage, with the Knightage, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland*](https://books.google.com/books?id=cTcaAQAAMAAJ). London: [Dean & Son](/source/Dean_%26_Son). p. 1829.

1. [*The Bradfield College Register*](https://archive.org/details/b29009479). Oxford: [Holywell Press](/source/Holywell_Press). 1909. p. 183.

1. No. 27203. 19 June 1900. p. 3821.

1. No. 27381. 29 November 1901. p. 8415.

1. No. 27488. 28 October 1902. p. 6805.

1. No. 27822. 28 July 1905. p. 5226.

1. ["First-Class Matches played by Christopher Ling"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13938/First-Class_Matches.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 December 2022.

1. ["Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Presidency Match 1905/06"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6907.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 December 2022.

1. No. 28680. 10 January 1913. p. 245.

1. No. 28762. 7 October 1913. p. 6983.

1. No. 28953. 27 October 1914. p. 8636.

1. No. 29608. 2 June 1916. p. 5575.

1. No. 30468. 8 January 1918. p. 685.

1. No. 30479. 15 January 1918. p. 920.

1. No. 30450. 28 December 1917. p. 23.

1. No. 32222. 8 February 1921. p. 1133.

1. No. 32892. 28 December 1923. p. 9110.

1. No. 33146. 30 March 1926. p. 2275.

1. No. 33240. 18 January 1927. p. 364.

1. No. 33374. 10 April 1928. p. 2634.

1. No. 33709. 21 April 1931. p. 2578.

1. No. 34329. 6 October 1936. p. 6364.

1. No. 34396. 11 May 1937. p. 3079.

1. No. 37842. 3 January 1947. p. 122.

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