Leo Walmsley

Leo Walmsley was an English writer.

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English - Writer

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He was born at 7 Clifton Place, Shipley, in what is now County West Yorkshire in 1892, and two years later his family moved to Robin Hood's Bay on the coast of present-day North Yorkshire.

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Shipley - West Yorkshire - 1892 - Robin Hood's Bay - North Yorkshire

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During World War I he served with the Royal Flying Corps in East Africa, was mentioned in dispatches four times and was awarded the Military Cross. He died in Fowey, Cornwall on 8 June, 1966.

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World War I - Royal Flying Corps - East Africa - Mentioned in dispatches - Military Cross - Fowey - Cornwall - 8 June - 1966

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Many of his books are mainly autobiographical, the best known are his Bramblewick trilogy set in Robin Hood's Bay - Three Fevers, Phantom Lobster and Sally Lunn, the first of which was filmed as Turn of the Tide.

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Autobiographical - Robin Hood's Bay - Turn of the Tide

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