Herman C. McNeile

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Birthday

1888-09-27

Deathday

1937-08-14

Place of Birth

Bodmin, Cornwall, England, UK

Herman C. McNeile

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.