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Authors of fiction about the War and the 1920's
Authors of fiction about the War and the 1920's
A number of popular authors during and after the War took as their theme the way men who had served sometimes found themselves lacking adventure and excitement with the onset of Peace; "Sapper" with 'Bulldog Drummond', John Buchan with 'Richard Hannay', W. E. Johns with 'Biggles', and "Dornford Yates" with 'Richard Chandos' wrote successful thrillers or semi-autobiographical works - all which are very much of their time, and often not 'politically correct'. Others, like "Taffrail" and "Ian Hay" described everyday Service life. Men who served were not the only authors, of course - Dorothy L. Sayers' fictional hero Lord Peter Wimsey had a D.S.O. and shellshock, and Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot was introduced to us by the wounded Captain Hastings as he convalesced at Styles.
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Born 1866
Died 1921
British Army Young Mens Christian Association
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Born 1892
British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force
British Army Major Royal Air Force
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Born 1888
Died 1937
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers
British Army Captain Royal Engineers
British Army Acting Lieutenant-Colonel Middlesex Regiment
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Born 1870
Died 1922
Air Force (RAF/RFC) RAF
Air Force (RAF/RFC) RAF
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Major
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Born 1876
Died 1952
British Army Second Lieutenant Officers Training Corps Junior Division
British Army Second Lieutenant Unattached List Territorial Force
British Army Temporary Captain Machine Gun Corps
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Born 1885
Died 1960
British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 3rd county of lond Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant London Yeomanry, seconded to command a Mounted Brigade Signal Troop
British Army Lieutenant London Yeomanry, seconded to command a Mounted Brigade Signal Troop
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Born 1894
Died 1956
Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Expeditionary Force 9 Mississanga Horse
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Squadron Commander and Major Royal Air Force 85 Squadron
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Flying Corps 60 Squadron
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Born 1878
Died 1957
British Army Captain Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
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Born 1873
Died 1939
British Army Lieutenant Welch Regiment 3rd Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant Welch Regiment 9rh Battalion
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Born 1875
Died 1940
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Intelligence Corps
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Born 1865
Died 1948
British Army Captain Manchester Regiment
British Army Major Royal Marines
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Born 1876
Died 1959
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Marine Training Depot, Royal Air Force
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Born 1884
Died 1940
British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment Prisoner of War, held in Mainz Citadel
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Born 1893
Died 1968
British Army 74451 Private Machine Gun Corps
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
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Born 1884
Died 1952
British Army Temporary Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment 9th Battalion
British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery
British Army Temporary Captain Royal Field Artillery
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Born 1890
Died 1971
Royal Navy Z/159 Sub-Lieutenant RNVR: Royal Naval Division: Hawke Battalion
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Born 1874
Died 1965
British Army British Red Cross Society
British Army Secret Service
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Born 1883
Died 1968
Royal Navy Midshipman H.M.S. 'Terrible'
Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander
Royal Navy Commander HMS Murray
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