Profile via TMDB · Courtesy of TMDB
H. C. McNeile
Sign in to saveAlso known as Herman Cyril McNeile, Cyril McNeile, Sapper
British soldier and author (1888–1937)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 28 September 1888
- Died
- 14 August 1937
- Works
- 153
Top works
- Jim Maitland
- The finger of fate ...
- Classic Tales of Murder
- Jim Brent
- British Mystery Megapack Volume 6
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Bodmin, Cornwall, England, UK
Herman Cyril McNeile, MC, commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail.
Known for
- Cover to Cover1936
via TMDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Herman
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Bodmin
- Place of death
- West Chiltington
- Occupation
- playwright
- Educated at
- Cheltenham College
- Languages spoken
- British English
- Award
- Military Cross
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military branch
- British Army
- Image
- Major H C McNeile at his home study, 1920.jpg
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1888-09-28
- date of death
- 1937-08-14
- Commons category
- Herman Cyril McNeile
- Commons Creator page
- Herman Cyril McNeile
- pseudonym
- Sapper
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- laryngeal cancer
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
Available in 11 languages
- Français
- Português
- العربية
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Egyptian Arabic
- Finnish
- Malagasy
- Nederlands
- Romanian
- Serbian (Latin)
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0