Joseph Maurice Francis Connaughton (15 August 1918 – 12 February 1944) was an English first-class cricketer active 1939 who played for Middlesex. He was born in Paddington. During World War II he was commissioned in the Royal Artillery. He was drowned off the Maldives after SS Khedive Ismail was torpedoed; and officially declared dead one year later.
References
- "Connaughton, Joseph Maurice Francis". Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
- Joseph Connaughton at ESPNcricinfo
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- 1918 births
- 1944 deaths
- English cricketers
- Middlesex cricketers
- Oxford University cricketers
- Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford
- Royal Artillery officers
- British Army personnel killed in World War II
- Deaths due to shipwreck at sea
- Military personnel from London
- People declared dead in absentia
- English cricket biography, 1910s birth stubs