Английская Википедия:Hilary St George Saunders
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox military person Hilary Aidan Saint George Saunders CBE MC (14 January 1898 – 16 December 1951) was a British author, born in Clifton near Bristol.
Early life
He was the son of G.W. St George Saunders of Brighton and was educated at Windlesham House School, Downside School and Balliol College, Oxford.[1]
First World War
During World War I he commissioned into the Welsh Guards,[2] and served with 1st battalion on the Western Front. He was awarded the Military Cross for an action on 6 November 1918 near Bavay in northern France. His citation read:
Postwar career
Saunders went by several noms-de-plume: Francis Beeding (writing in tandem with John Palmer), "Barum Browne" (with Geoffrey Dennis), "Cornelius Cofyn" (with John deVere Loder), "David Pilgrim" (with John Palmer), and "John Somers" (with John Palmer).Шаблон:Citation needed A chronicler of World War II and biographer of Robert Baden-Powell,[3] Saunders was a recorder on Admiral Mountbatten's staff during World War II.[4] Saunders was Librarian of the House of Commons Library from 1946 to 1950, when he retired because of ill health.Шаблон:Citation needed
Saunders became known during World War II for his books and pamphlets, The Battle of Britain, Bomber Command, Coastal Command, etc., which he wrote officially and anonymously for the Government, and subsequently for The Red Beret and The Green Beret. A wartime visit to America for the Ministry of Information was the subject of his Pioneers! O Pioneers! The Sleeping Bacchus is his scarce first and only novel, the story of an art robbery. Saunders was also a postwar commentator on the scouting movements during World War II, chronicled in The Left Handshake, written in 1948.Шаблон:Citation needed
Works
- The Hidden Kingdom (1927) with John Palmer as Francis Beeding
- The House of Dr. Edwardes (1927) with John Palmer as Francis Beeding
- Death Walks in Eastrepps (1931) with John Palmer as Francis Beeding
- The One Sane Man (1934) with John Palmer as Francis Beeding
- So Great A Man (1937) with John Palmer as David Pilgrim - historical novel about Napoleon.[5]
- No Common Glory (1941) with John Palmer as David Pilgrim - historical novelabout the adventures of one of Charles II's illegitimate sons.[6]
- The Grand Design (1943) with John Palmer as David Pilgrim -sequel to No Common Glory
- Pioneers! O Pioneers! (1944)
- Per Ardua: The Rise of British Air Power, 1911–1939 (1945)
- Шаблон:Cite book[7]
- The Green Beret: The Story of the Commandos, Combined Operations, 1940–1945 (1949)
- The Red Beret (1950) Шаблон:OCLC
- The Middlesex Hospital (1950)
- The Sleeping Bacchus (1951)
References
Further reading
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:London Gazette
- ↑ John S. Wilson (1959), Scouting Round the World. First edition, Blandford Press. p. 113
- ↑ Jacket notes The Green Beret
- ↑ Daniel D. McGarry, Sarah Harriman White, Historical Fiction Guide: Annotated Chronological, Geographical, and Topical List of Five Thousand Selected Historical Novels. Scarecrow Press, New York, 1963 (p. 264).
- ↑ McGarry and White, 1963 (p. 150).
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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