Writing1888-09-27 - 1937-08-14Bodmin, Cornwall, England, UKMale
Herman C. McNeile
Also known as Herman Cyril McNeile, Herman Cyril McNeille, H.C. McNeile
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.