Cricket team fielded by base

Anyone for cricket? This is the "High Ercall Cricket Team" in August 1944. A village cricket team it was not, because this was the team from RAF High Ercall, which was a major wartime airfield.

This photo came from Mrs Aileen Chimonides, of Annscroft, from the collection of her late mother Mrs Mary Blake, who served at the base as a civilian teleprinter operator - she was at that time Miss Mary Egerton.

The names of some of those pictured are written on the print, but are difficult to read. However, they are something like: F/O Wolfe, F/O Wright, F/O Ford, F/O Minney, W/C Knowles, F/L Christie, F/O Weaver, F/O Gosbic, F/O Pearce, W Yates, RAF J Lewiliers.

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