Thirteen Worcestershire players lost their lives during the two World Wars and, with Armistice Day approaching, it is an appropriate time to remember them.
Ten paid the ultimate sacrifice during World War One from 1914-18 and another three during World War Two from 1939-45.
But their loss was also felt through many other families who played for or supported Worcestershire.
They will never be forgotten by Worcestershire and their names are commemorated on the memorials in the Graeme Hick Pavilion.
Amongst them are Arnold Nesbitt and Gerald Seeley, two of 61 Worcestershire cricketers to have played just one County Championship match for the county.
Nesbitt made his only appearance against Middlesex at Lord’s in May 1914, three months before war was declared on August 4, 1914.
He had reached the rank of Captain before he was killed in action later that year aged 36 as a member of the Worcestershire Regiment.
Seeley appeared against Nottinghamshire at New Road in 1921 and enlisted as a pilot officer-air gunner with 21 Squadron for the Second World War.
He was killed in July 1941 when shot down near Ostend at the age of 38.
Worcestershire CEO, Ashley Giles, said: “It is important we never forget the 13 who played for Worcestershire and were amongst those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in defence of their country.
“It is particularly poignant at this time of the year and we will always remember them.”
The Worcestershire CCC players who lost their lives during the First World War were:
Arnold Stearns Nesbitt
Frederick Bonham Burr
John Edmund Valentine Isaac
Bernard Philip Neville
Harold Godfrey Bache
William Beaumont Burns
Arthur Whitmore Isaac
Christopher George Arthur Collier
John Francis Sartorius Winnington
Cecil Howard Palmer
The Worcestershire CCC cricketers who lost their lives during the Second World War were:
Gerald Henry Seeley
Roger Henry Charles Human
Cedric Alfred Humphries
