Herman C. McNeile

Herman C. McNeile

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Writing

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1888-09-27

  • Day of Death

    1937-08-14 (48 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Bodmin, Cornwall, England, UK

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.