Saved a Life
Mr Edward Digby Inskip (1904-1912)
He was born on 13 July 1894, 2nd son of Rev OD Inskip, Headmaster of Framlingham. He saved life from drowning in 1914, shortly after leaving the College.
The following appears under his other Distiguished entry under Sport :
He was 2nd son of the Headmaster Rev. Dr. Inskip and the younger brother of distinguished OF Major General Roland Debenham Inskip CB CIE DSO MC (G1894-1902).
At the College he was a prefect and excelled in sport. He was in the school cricket 1st XI in 1910, 1911 and 1912. Also in the Hockey 1st XI in 1911 and the Shooting VIII in 1910 and 1911.
In 1914 he saved a life from drowning – click here.
During WW1 he served originally in the King Edward’s Horse, Suffolk Regiment, before joining 57 Squadron of the RFC?RAF on formation in June 1916. He was discharged in August 1919.
The College Register suggests he moved to Argentina originally and then entered the British Legation in Chile. He is recorded as taking five wickets in each innings for Santiago against Argentina in December 1922. Argentina won by 52 runs, but his 10 wickets in the match was the stand-out performance.
On the 22nd and 23rd December 1923 he represented Santiago again against the touring Hurlingham Club (the Argentinian branch I suspect), taking 3 wickets in the Hurlingham innings and top scoring with 34 in Santiago’s first innings. They lost by an innings and 50 runs, played at the Prince of Wales Country Club Ground in Santiago.
Finally, on 1st, 2nd and 3rd January 1925 he represented Chile in a 320 run defeat against Argentina at the Belgrano Athletic Club Ground in Buenos Aires. It wasn’t a memorable game for Inskip only bowling 3 overs for 17 in the first innings and scoring 0 not out and 1!
He was in Venezuela in 1927 as a purchasing agent for Lago Petroleum Corporation,
He died in 1964.
