Charles Carrington (1) (1897–1990)
Author of Rudyard Kipling: His Life and Work
For other authors named Charles Carrington, see the disambiguation page.
Charles Carrington (1) has been aliased into Charles Edmund Carrington.
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Works have been aliased into Charles Edmund Carrington.
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- Legal name
- Carrington, Charles Edmund
- Birthdate
- 1897-04-21
- Date of death
- 1990-06-21
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- England
UK - Birthplace
- West Bromwich, West Midlands, England, UK
- Education
- University of Oxford (BA, MA)
- Occupations
- lecturer
soldier - Organizations
- Royal Institute of International Affairs
University of Oxford(Pembroke College)
Cambridge University Press(Educational Secretary)
Haileybury College
Royal Warwickshire Regiment - Awards and honors
- Military Cross
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Soldier From the Wars Returning by Charles Carrington
1217. Soldier From the Wars Returning, by Charles Carrington (3 May 1973) This is a British officer's story of his time in World War One. He arrived in France in 1915, was sent to Italy at the end of 1917--after going thru Passchendaele--and was in England in 1918. The book alternates between his personal experiences and the larger view of the war as he remembers it. This is not a well-organized book, and its aim is random, but it has its moments. He says Edmund Blunden's Undertones of War (read by me 18 May 1973) is literature, all the other WW1 books are only mementos of the occasion.… (more)
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