Herman C. McNeile
| 27 Sep 1888 | Bodmin, Cornwall, England, UK
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Death date: 14 Aug 1937
Biography
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.