Lives of the First World War

British author A.A. Milne was born in London, England, on January 18, 1882. After attending the University of Cambridge's Trinity College and writing for the literary magazines Granta and Punch.Despite being a pacifist, in 1915, Milne served in World War I, enlisting in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, and then working in the Royal Corps of Signals. Milne began a successful career as a novelist, poet and playwright in the 1920s. His best known works are his two collections of children's poetry, When We Were Young and Now We Are Six, and his two books of stories about Winnie-the-Pooh and his animal friends. Milne died on January 31, 1956

by Howard Coster sepia-matt print, 1926 8 5/8 in. x 10 1/8 in. (219 mm x 257 mm) arched top Given by the estate of Howard Coster, 1959