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David John Gwynne-James (12 June 1937 − 11 November 2011) was a Welsh first-class cricketer, British Army officer and military historian. He served in the British Army during the Mau Mau Uprising and in Aden before secondment to the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. He returned to the UK and served with the British Army of the Rhine and with the 28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade in Malaysia before retiring as a captain in 1970. Thereafter Gwynne-James had a long career at Ernst & Young and in management consultancy. A keen sportsman he played cricket for the Free Foresters and British Army teams and rugby for Harlequin F.C. and Kenya Harlequin F.C.