Michael Singleton
George Michael Singleton CBE MC (12 May 191311 December 2002) was an English first-class cricketer who played in three matches, appearing once for Cambridge University and twice for Worcestershire. He took five wickets with his left-arm spin and scored 34 runs in his five innings. He later played for the Free Foresters and I Zingari. Singleton was born in Repton, Derbyshire, where his father was a schoolmaster. In 1916, his father became headmaster of The Elms School in Colwall. Michael was the eldest of four brothers. Sandy Singleton was a county cricketer who became captain of  Oxford and Worcestershire. John became a farmer in Scotland, and Tim Singleton became President of the Law Society, and was knighted. He was educated at Uppingham and Pembroke College, Cambridge, and became a teacher at West Down School near Winchester, before rejoining his father as a teacher at The Elms. In 1939, he joined the army and formed a company of the Hereford Light Infantry. He was seconded to the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, landing in France shortly after D-Day, where he won the MC. He was offered the opportunity to join the regular army in 1946 , but returned to The Elms, where he succeeded his father as headmaster in 1948, remaining headmaster for 25 years, until 1973. He was also a local magistrate, High Sheriff of Hereford and Worcester, and a Deputy Lieutenant. He married Diana Philpot in 1939, and they had five children. He died in Malvern at the age of 89.