He was born in the North Riding of Yorkshire. By 1911, age 18, he was at Braunton in Devon studying for Holy Orders, though it seems he did not complete these studies. In the 1920s he travelled in India, Japan and Singapore.
In 1941 he married his private secretary Barbara Constance Taylor, 24 years his junior.
After the war he was editor of the Brewers Journal and lived at The White House in Isfield, Sussex.
| Unit or location | Role | Posted from | until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coleshill House, GHQ | Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
Journalist and Editor
11 Nov 1914 Commissioned as Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers. He had originally been gazetted as an infantry officer in October, but this was cancelled. He appears to have spent most of the war in the UK, being despatched to Salonika on 9 Nov 1918, arriving after the Armistice.
22 Feb 1941 Commissioned to the Intelligence Corps
He was present at Coleshill House for the group photo taken in January 1942. ATS deputy commander Barabara Culleton recalled that he was billeted at Hannington Hall with Maurice Petherick, indicating involvement in the Special Duties branch.
8 Oct 1943 Promoted War substantive Captain and Temporary Major
1939 Register
The Last Ditch
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London Gazette 1941 (commission)
London Gazette 1914 (commission)
London Gazette 1915 (cancelled infantry commission)
WW1 Medal card