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As from Kemmel Hill: An Adjutant in France and Flanders, 1917-1918
As From Kemmel An Adjutant in France and Flanders 1917 & 1918
- GenresMilitary History
176 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1963
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About the author
Arthur Behrend
8 booksLittle is known of Arthur Behrend's life but he appears to have attended Sedbergh School, where he was in Hart House from 1910 to 1913.
He seems to have spent time in Spain, particularly six months in Bilbao, in 1921. He was apparently learning about the Spanish side of the family business, which was the Bahr, Behrend Shipping Line. And he was given three months paid leave by his uncle in order
to finish a novel that he was writing, which was entitled 'The House of the Spaniards'. He did finish it but it was not to be published until some years later in 1936. It was subsequently filmed by Ealing Studios.
He was to write two other novels, both with a Liverpool background, 'Unlucky for Some' (1955), which also had a Sedbergh setting as he used his local knowledge, and 'The Samarai' (1970).
He must have fought in World War I because he also wrote two books of reminiscences 'As From Kemmel Hill An Adjutant in France and Flanders 1917-18' and 'Make Me a Soldier A Platoon in Gallipoli'.
He also wrote an account of the family firm entitled 'Portrait of a Family Firm Bahr, Behrend & Co 1793-1945', which was published in 1970.
He died in 1974.
He seems to have spent time in Spain, particularly six months in Bilbao, in 1921. He was apparently learning about the Spanish side of the family business, which was the Bahr, Behrend Shipping Line. And he was given three months paid leave by his uncle in order
to finish a novel that he was writing, which was entitled 'The House of the Spaniards'. He did finish it but it was not to be published until some years later in 1936. It was subsequently filmed by Ealing Studios.
He was to write two other novels, both with a Liverpool background, 'Unlucky for Some' (1955), which also had a Sedbergh setting as he used his local knowledge, and 'The Samarai' (1970).
He must have fought in World War I because he also wrote two books of reminiscences 'As From Kemmel Hill An Adjutant in France and Flanders 1917-18' and 'Make Me a Soldier A Platoon in Gallipoli'.
He also wrote an account of the family firm entitled 'Portrait of a Family Firm Bahr, Behrend & Co 1793-1945', which was published in 1970.
He died in 1974.
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