and announced his retirement at the close of 1921 after being awarded a benefit match against Surrey, although he played for Northumberland between 1924 and 1926. War service During World War I Fairservice served with the Kent Fortress Royal Engineers (KFE). He is believed to have been stationed in the UK throughout the war and appeared for KFE cricket teams alongside fellow Kent professionals Colin Blythe, David Jennings and Claud Woolley in 1916. By 1918 he was serving with the Royal Military Police although none of his service papers survive. Later life After retiring from professional cricket, Fairservice coached cricket at Tonbridge School, Malvern College and Lancing College. He was an umpire and for four years the groundsman at Sevenoaks Vine and later acted as the scorer for Kent's Second XI until he was 87. His son, Colin Fairservice, played first-class cricket for Kent and Middlesex before coaching at The King's School, Canterbury where Fairservice would bowl in the nets until he was in his eighties. He died in Canterbury in 1971 aged 90. References External links 1881 births 1971 deaths English cricketers Kent cricketers Northumberland cricketers Players of the South cricketers British Army personnel of World War I Royal Engineers soldiers Royal Military Police soldiers