H. C. McNeile
British soldier and author (1888-1937) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 48
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.
H. C. McNeile is read about 26 times a day, in 11 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 24 August 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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Edward T. Lowe, Jr. Produced Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)- Louis King Directed Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)
Stuart Walker Produced Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)
Reginald Denny Also in Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)
E. E. Clive Also in Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)
John Barrymore Also in Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)
Roy Del Ruth Directed Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
James P. Hogan Directed Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)
Claud Allister Also in The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1934)
Basil Dean Produced Love on the Spot (1932)
John Sutton Also in Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)- Sidney Morgan Directed Bulldog Drummond's Third Round (1925)
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Zeffie Tilbury Also in Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)
Arthur Maude Directed Poppies of Flanders (1927)- Graham Cutts Directed Love on the Spot (1932)
Walter Forde Directed Bulldog Jack (1935)
Louise Campbell Also in Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)
Maurits Binger Produced Bulldog Drummond (1922)
Walter Summers Directed The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1934)- Norman Lee Directed Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937)
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![Cheltenham College, where McNeile enjoyed playing sports, but did not excel at them[2]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Quadrangle_of_Cheltenham_College_-_geograph.org.uk_-_194659.jpg/500px-Quadrangle_of_Cheltenham_College_-_geograph.org.uk_-_194659.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Cheltenham College, where McNeile enjoyed playing sports, but did not excel at them[2]
US cover of No Man's Land, published in 1917
Lobby card for US screenings of the 1922 film, Bulldog Drummond
O. Henry was a literary model for McNeile
First edition cover of Bulldog Drummond
Poster for the 1922 film Bulldog Drummond, based on McNeile's play of the same nameAwards
About this person
As serving officers in the British Army were not permitted to publish under their own names, he was given the pen name "Sapper" by Lord Northcliffe, the owner of the Daily Mail; the nickname was based on that of his corps, the Royal Engineers.
