Henry Keigwin

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Henry David Keigwin (14 May 1881 – 20 September 1916) was an English cricketer. He was born in Lexden, in Colchester and died near Thiepval, France. He was educated at Clifton College,"Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p213: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948 along with his brothers R. P. Keigwin and Herbert Keigwin

Keigwin, whose brothers R. P. Keigwin and Herbert Keigwin also played first-class cricket, played for Essex and Scotland in his three years of first-class cricket between 1906 and 1909. He scored 77 and 27 for the Gentlemen of England against Surrey in April 1906, W.G. Grace's final first-class appearance. He returned from Africa to serve with the Lancashire Fusiliers at the outbreak of hostilities in the Great War and died on the Western Front.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/cricketers-who-died-in-world-war-1-part-4-of-5-167609 |title=Cricketers who died in World War 1 – Part 4 of 5 |work=Cricket Country |date=7 August 2014 |accessdate=28 November 2018}}