Cecil Street
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Cecil John Charles Street OBE MC (3 May 1884 – 8 December 1964), better known as John Street, was a major in the British Army and a crime fiction novelist.
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Cecil Street | |
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Born | 3 May 1884 Gibraltar |
Died | 8 December 1964(1964-12-08) (aged 80) Eastbourne, East Sussex |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Rank | Major |
Commands held | Royal Garrison Artillery |
Battles/wars | World War I Irish War of Independence |
Awards | MC OBE |
Spouse(s) | Hyacinth Maud Kirwan Eileen Annette Waller |
Other work | Crime fiction writer |
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He began his military career as an artillery officer and during World War I, he became a propagandist for MI7.[1] During the Irish War of Independence, he acted as an Information Officer for Dublin Castle alternating between Dublin and London and working closely with the British official Lionel Curtis.[2] He later earned his living as a prolific writer of detective novels written under several pseudonyms including John Rhode, Miles Burton and Cecil Waye.