Cecil John Charles Street (3 May 1884 – 8 December 1964), also known as John Street, was a

major Major most commonly refers to: * Major (rank), a military rank * Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits * People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames * Major and minor in musi ...

in the

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and a crime fiction novelist. He began his military career as an

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officer and during

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, he became a propagandist for MI7. During the

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, he acted as an Information Officer for

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alternating between Dublin and London and working closely with the British official Lionel Curtis. He later earned his living as a prolific writer of

detective novels Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an criminal investigation, investigator or a detective—whether professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder. The detective genre began around ...

written under several pseudonyms including John Rhode, Miles Burton and Cecil Waye.

Early life, education, and career

Street was born in

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to General

John Alfred Street General John Alfred Street, Companion of the Order of the Bath, CB (1822 – 5 December 1889) was a British Army officer who was the 25th General Officer Commanding, Ceylon. Early life Street was the second child and eldest of three sons of Capt ...

CB of

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, and his second wife, Caroline, daughter of Charles Horsfall Bill of Storthes Hall, Yorkshire, head of a

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family. Caroline had married comparatively late and her only son was born when she was thirty-five. General Street, having retired from the Army at the age of sixty-two just after his son's birth, died suddenly. Consequently, Street and his mother went to live with his maternal grandparents at their house in Firlands, Woking, which was "comfortably staffed with seven domestics". Street remained "modestly circumspect" about his privileged background in later life and valued "a man's personal accomplishments over his family heritage". Street was educated in

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and later in

Royal Military Academy, Woolwich The Royal Military Academy (RMA) at Woolwich, in south-east London, was a British Army military academy for the training of Officer (armed forces), commissioned officers of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers. It later also trained officers o ...

, and was commissioned into the

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in 1903, before getting transferred to the

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s. Before the

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, he lived at Summerhill, a regency country mansion outside Lyme Regis (later owned by the Scottish educator A. S. Neill and run as a school, the name being subsequently used for his

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), where he was a shareholder in, and chief engineer for, the Lyme Regis Electric Light & Power Company. He later served as a Captain in the Royal Garrison Artillery. He was wounded three times in combat and won the

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for his services. As a Major, he headed a branch of British Military Intelligence and later, he acted as an Information Officer at the headquarters of the British administration, based in Dublin Castle.

Marriages

In 1906, Street married Hyacinth Maud Kirwan, daughter of Major John Denis Kirwan of the

. They had a daughter, Verena Hyacinth Iris Street, who spent most of her life living with her grandmother and died in 1932 aged 25. The marriage was unsuccessful, with Maud suffering mental imbalance and getting admitted to a private asylum. They were separated by the late 1930s. Street later lived with Eileen Annette Waller, granddaughter of the Irish writer John Francis Waller, who belonged to a

branch of the Waller baronets of Tipperary. They married in 1949, shortly after his first wife's death. They lived "a comfortable life together" living in "attractive older homes" including The Orchards, Laddingford, Kent, and Swanton Novers, Norfolk.

Novelist

John Street wrote three series of novels; one under the name of John Rhode, mostly featuring the mathematics professor Dr. Lancelot Priestley; another under the name of Miles Burton, mostly featuring the retired naval officer Desmond Merrion; and a third under the name of Cecil Waye, featuring the Perrins Investigators. The Dr. Priestley novels were among the first mysteries after R. Austin Freeman's Dr. Thorndyke books to feature scientific detection of crimes, such as analysing the mud on suspects' shoes. Notable crime fiction critic

Julian Symons Julian Gustave Symons (originally Gustave Julian Symons, pronounced ''SIMM-ons''; 30 May 1912 – 19 November 1994) was a British crime writer and poet. He also wrote social and military history, biography and studies of literature. He was born ...

considered Street to be a prominent member of the "Humdrum" school of detective fiction. According to Symons, "Most of them he "Humdrums"came late to writing fiction, and few had much talent for it. They had some skill in constructing puzzles, nothing more, and ironically they fulfilled much better than S. S. Van Dine his dictum that the detective story properly belonged in the category of riddles or crossword puzzles. Most of the Humdrums were British, and among the best known of them were Major John Street." The historian

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was more positive towards Street, praising several Rhode books in particular, even though he reviewed only a small proportion of the more than 140 novels written by Street. In recent years, copies of many Rhode and Burton books have become hard to obtain and are highly sought after by collectors, often commanding "eye-wateringly" high prices. The only detailed account of Street's life and works was written by the crime fiction historian Curtis Evans in his 2012 book ''Masters of the "Humdrum" Mystery'' who wrote the book "in part to give a long overdue reappraisal of these purportedly "humdrum" detection writers as accomplished literary artists. Not only did they produce a goodly number of fine fair play puzzles, but their clever tales have more intrinsic interest as social documents and even sometimes as literary novels than they have been credited with having."

Bibliography

Source:

Writing as John Rhode

Dr. Priestley novels

Featuring Lancelot Priestley, Inspector Hanslet and Inspector Waghorn * '' The Paddington Mystery'' (1925) * '' Dr. Priestley's Quest'' (1926) * '' The Ellerby Case'' (1927) * ''

The Murders in Praed Street ''The Murders in Praed Street'' is a 1928 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of the British writer Cecil Street. It features the fourth appearance of the armchair detective Lancelot Priestley, who figured in a long-running series of no ...

'' (1928) * ''Tragedy at the Unicorn'' (1928) * '' The House on Tollard Ridge'' (1929). (On first publication in the U.S. the book was promoted as being by C J C Street) * ''

The Davidson Case ''The Davidson Case'' is a 1929 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of the British writer Cecil Street. It was the seventh appearance of the armchair detective Lancelot Priestley, who featured in a long-running series of novels during t ...

'' (1929) (U.S. title ''Murder at Bratton Grange''; on first publication in the U.S. the book was promoted as being by C J C Street) * '' Peril at Cranbury Hall'' (1930) * ''Pinehurst'' (1930) (U.S. title ''Dr. Priestley Investigates''; on first publication in the U.S. the book was promoted as being by C J C Street) * '' Tragedy on the Line'' (1931). (On first publication in the U.S. the book was promoted as being by C J C Street) * ''The Hanging Woman'' (1931) * ''Mystery at Greycombe Farm'' (1932) (U.S. title ''The Fire at Greycombe Farm''; on first publication in the U.S. the book was promoted as being by C J C Street) * ''

Dead Men at the Folly ''Dead Men at the Folly'' is a 1932 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of the British writer Cecil Street. It is the thirteenth in his long-running series of novels featuring Lancelot Priestley, a Golden Age of Detective Fiction, Golden ...

'' (1932) * '' The Motor Rally Mystery'' (1933) (U.S. title ''Dr. Priestley Lays a Trap''; on its publication in the U.S. the book was promoted as being by C J C Street) * '' The Claverton Mystery'' (1933) (U.S. title ''The Claverton Affair'') * '' The Venner Crime'' (1933) * ''

The Robthorne Mystery ''The Robthorne Mystery'' is a 1934 detective novel by John Rhode, the pen name of the British writer Cecil Street. It is the seventeenth in his long-running series of novels featuring Lancelot Priestley, a Golden Age of Detective Fiction, Golden ...

'' (1934) When one of the Robthorne twins commits suicide, there is a question over which one it is and whether it was suicide or murder. * '' Poison for One'' (1934) * '' Shot at Dawn'' (1934) * '' The Corpse in the Car'' (1935) Dr. Priestley solves how Lady Misterton was killed whilst sitting, alone, in her car. Supt Hanslet attempts to track down her killer. * '' Hendon's First Case'' (1935). (In first publication in the U.S. the book was promoted as being by C J C Street) * '' Mystery at Olympia'' (1935) (U.S. title ''Murder at the Motor Show'') * '' Death at Breakfast'' (1936) * '' In Face of the Verdict'' (1936) (U.S. title ''In the Face of the Verdict'') * '' Death in the Hopfields'' (1937) (U.S. title ''The Harvest Murder'') * '' Death on the Board'' (1937) (U.S. title ''Death Sits on the Board'') * '' Proceed with Caution'' (1937) (U.S. title ''Body Unidentified'') * '' Invisible Weapons'' (1938) * '' The Bloody Tower'' (1938) (U.S. title ''The Tower of Evil'') – Inspector Waghorn identifies a ruthless murderer and solves a set of clues to the whereabouts of long-hidden treasure * ''Death Pays a Dividend'' (1939) * ''Death on Sunday'' (1939) (U.S. title ''The Elm Tree Murder'') * '' Death on the Boat Train'' (1940) * '' Murder at Lilac Cottage'' (1940) * '' Death at the Helm'' (1941) * '' They Watched by Night'' (1941) (U.S. title ''Signal For Death'') * '' The Fourth Bomb'' (1942) * '' Dead on the Track'' (1943) * '' Men Die at Cyprus Lodge'' (1943) * '' Death Invades the Meeting'' (1944) * '' Vegetable Duck'' (1944) (U.S. title ''Too Many Suspects'') * '' Bricklayer's Arms'' (1945) (U.S. title ''Shadow of a Crime'') (Dr. Priestley plays only a minor role in this book, all the actual detection being done by Inspector Waghorn) * '' The Lake House'' (1946) (U.S. title ''Secret of the Lake House'') * '' Death in Harley Street'' (1946) * '' Nothing But the Truth'' (1947) (U.S. title ''Experiment in Crime'') * '' Death of an Author'' (1947) * '' The Paper Bag'' (1948) (U.S. title ''The Links in the Chain'') * '' The Telephone Call'' (1948) (U.S. title ''Shadow of an Alibi'') * '' Blackthorn House'' (1949) * '' Up the Garden Path'' (1949) (U.S. title ''The Fatal Garden'') * '' The Two Graphs'' (1950) (U.S. title ''Double Identities'') * ''

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'' (1950) (U.S. title ''The Last Suspect'') * '' The Secret Meeting'' (1951) * '' Doctor Goodwood's Locum'' (1951) (U.S. title ''The Affair of the Substitute Doctor'') * '' Death at the Dance'' (1952) * '' Death in Wellington Road'' (1952) * ''Death at the Inn'' (1953) (U.S. title ''The Case of the Forty Thieves'') – Inspector Waghorn breaks a gang of thieves who have found an ingenious way to defraud the Post Office and, along the way, murder a man by poisoning * ''By Registered Post'' (1953) (U.S. title ''The Mysterious Suspect'') * ''Death on the Lawn'' (1954) * ''The Dovebury Murders'' (1954) * ''Death of a Godmother'' (1955) (U.S. title ''Delayed Payment'') * ''The Domestic Agency'' (1955) (U.S. title ''Grave Matters''; on first publication in the U.S. the novel was promoted as being by C J C Street) * ''An Artist Dies'' (1956) (U.S. title ''Death of an Artist'') * ''Open Verdict'' (1956) * ''Death of a Bridegroom'' (1957) * ''Robbery With Violence'' (1957) * ''Death Takes a Partner'' (1958) * ''Licensed For Murder'' (1958) * ''Murder at Derivale'' (1958). (On first publication in the U.S. the book was promoted as being by C J C Street) * ''Three Cousins Die'' (1959) * ''The Fatal Pool'' (1960) * ''Twice Dead'' (1960) * ''The Vanishing Diary'' (1961)

Non-series novels

* ''A.S.F.: The Story of a Great Conspiracy'' (1924) (U.S. title ''The White Menace'') * '' The Double Florin'' (1924) * ''The Alarm'' (1925) * '' Mademoiselle From Armentieres'' (1927) * '' Drop to His Death'' (1939) (U.S. title ''Fatal Descent''; on its first publication in the U.S. the book was promoted as being solely by C J C Street), with "Carter Dickson", a pseudonym of

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* '' Night Exercise'' (1942) (U.S. title ''Dead of the Night''). Sir Hector Chalgrove, acerbic businessman and

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, disappears during a World War II night exercise. Major Ledbury (Officer Commanding the Wealdhurst Company, Home Guard) assists police to find the killer and assuage local suspicion of his guilt.

Non-fiction books

* ''The Case of Constance Kent''

Short stories

* ''The Elusive Bullet''. Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror - Second Series, Ed. Dorothy L Sayers, 1931 (Dr. Priestley story). Reprinted: Bodies from the Library. Ed. Tony Medawar.

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, 2018 * ''The Vanishing Diamond''. The Great Book of Thrillers. Ed. H. Douglas Thomson, 1935 (Dr. Priestley story) * ''The Yellow Sphere''. ''

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'', 3 April 1938. Reprinted: Bodies from the Library 3. Ed. Tony Medawar. HarperCollins, 2020. * ''The Purple Line''. ''

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'', 20 January 1950. Reprinted: Evening Standard Detective Book, 1950 (Inspector Purley story)

Non-fiction articles

* ''Constance Kent''. The Anatomy of Murder, Bodley Head, 1936 * ''Why People Like Detective Stories''. The Listener, 2 October 1935 * ''Unsolved Mysteries No. 6: Solution to the "Mystery of the Murdered Lieutenant"''. The Star, 1938

Stage plays

* ''Sixpennyworth''. Bodies from the Library 2. Ed. Tony Medawar. HarperCollins, 2019. The play features Inspector Jimmy Waghorn and is set in the lounge of The Spotted Dog, a pub in a town whose name is not given, "emphatically so"; the play features a neat method of creating an instant blackout. No performances have been identified

Radio plays

* ''Dr. Priestley'', BBC Empire Service, talk as part of the series 'Meet the Detective', 1935 * ''The Strange Affair at the Old Dutch Mill'', play featuring Inspector Jimmy Waghorn,

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, 7 October 1938, as part of the series 'What Happened at 8:20?" * ''Death Travels First'', two-part play featuring Inspector Jimmy Waghorn,

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, 2 and 9 July 1940 as part of a series of plays by members of the Detection Club

Non-fiction radio programmes

* ''Thoughts of a Detective Story Writer'', BBC National Programme, 7, 14, 21 and 28 September 1935

Writing as Miles Burton

Desmond Merrion novels

Featuring Desmond Merrion and Inspector Henry Arnold * '' The Secret of High Eldersham'' (1930) (aka ''The Mystery of High Eldersham'') * ''The Menace on the Downs'' (1931) * ''The Three Crimes'' (1931) * ''Death of Mr. Gantley'' (1932) * ''Fate at the Fair'' (1933) * ''Tragedy at the Thirteenth Hole'' (1933) * ''Death at the Crossroads'' (1933) * ''To Catch A Thief'' (1934) * ''The Charabanc Mystery'' (1934) * ''The Devereux Court Mystery'' (1935) * ''The Milk Churn Murder'' (1935) (U.S. title ''The Clue of the Silver Brush'') * ''Where is Barbara Prentice?'' (1936) (U.S. title ''The Clue of the Silver Cellar'') * '' Death in the Tunnel'' (1936) (U.S. title ''Dark Is the Tunnel'') * '' Murder of a Chemist'' (1936) * '' Death at the Club'' (1937) (U.S. title ''The Clue of the Fourteen Keys'') * '' Murder in Crown Passage'' (1937) (U.S. title ''The Man with the Tattooed Face'') * '' Death at Low Tide'' (1938) * ''The Platinum Cat'' (1938) * ''Mr. Babbacombe Dies'' (1939) * ''Death Leaves No Card'' (1939) * '' Death Takes a Flat'' (1940) (U.S. title ''Vacancy With Corpse'') * ''Murder in the Coalhole'' (1940) (U.S. title ''Written in Dust'') * '' Mr. Westerby Missing'' (1940) * ''Up The Garden Path'' (1941) (U.S. title ''Death Visits Downspring'') * ''Death of Two Brothers'' (1941) * '' This Undesirable Residence'' (1942) (U.S. title ''Death at Ash House'') * ''Dead Stop'' (1943) * ''Murder M.D.'' (1943) (U.S. title ''Who Killed the Doctor?'') * ''Four-Ply Yarn'' (1944) (U.S. title ''The Shadow on the Cliff'') * ''The Three Corpse Trick'' (1944) * ''Early Morning Murder'' (1945) (U.S. title ''Accidents Do Happen'') * ''Not A Leg to Stand On'' (1945) * ''The Cat Jumps'' (1946) * ''

Situation Vacant ''Situation Vacant'' is a 1946 detective novel by the British writer Cecil Street, writing under the pen name of Miles Burton. It was the thirty fourth entry in a lengthy series of books featuring the detective Desmond Merrion and Inspector Arno ...

'' (1946) -Two secretaries for Alys Whyttington die within months of each other. Arnold, Merrion and local confidant Mr Clipsham investigate the deaths and the mysterious past of Mrs Whyttington. * ''Heir to Lucifer'' (1947) * ''A Will in the Way'' (1947) * ''Devil's Reckoning'' (1948) * ''Death in Shallow Water'' (1948) * ''Death Takes the Living'' (1949) (U.S. title ''The Disappearing Parson'') * ''Look Alive'' (1949) * '' Ground for Suspicion'' (1950) * '' A Village Afraid'' (1950) * '' Beware Your Neighbour'' (1951) * ''Murder Out of School'' (1951) * ''Murder on Duty'' (1952) * ''Heir to Murder'' (1953) * ''Something to Hide'' (1953) * ''Murder in Absence'' (1954) * ''Unwanted Corpse'' (1954) * ''A Crime in Time'' (1955) * ''Murder Unrecognized'' (1955) * ''Death in a Duffle Coat'' (1956) * ''Found Drowned'' (1956) * ''The Chinese Puzzle'' (1957) * ''The Moth-Watch Murder'' (1957) * ''Bones in the Brickfield'' (1958) * ''Death Takes a Detour'' (1958) * ''Return from the Dead'' (1959) * ''A Smell of Smoke'' (1960) * ''Legacy of Death'' (1960) * ''Death Paints a Picture'' (1960)

Non-series novels

* ''The Hardway Diamonds Mystery'' (1930) * ''Murder at the Moorings'' (1932)

Unfinished material

* ''Untitled'', 48-page typescript of the opening chapters of an apparently non-series novel, set in the villages of Kildersham and Dreford and concerning a death at a pheasant shoot and a drowning.

Writing as Cecil Waye

"The Perrins" novels

Featuring Christopher and Vivienne Perrin * ''Murder at Monk's Barn'' (1931) * ''The Figure of Eight'' (1931) * ''The End of the Chase'' (1932) * ''The Prime Minister's Pencil'' (1933)

Writing as F.O.O. (Forward Observation Officer)

Novels

* ''The Worldly Hope'' (Eveleigh Nash Company), 1917, a war novel.

Non-fiction books

* ''With the Guns'' (Eveleigh Nash Company), 1916 * ''The Making of a Gunner'', 1916

Writing as I.O. (Intelligence Officer)

Non-fiction books

* ''The Administration of Ireland, 1920'', 1921 at Internet Archive

Writing as C. J. C. Street

Non-fiction books and pamphlets

Ireland in 1921
'Ireland in 1921''], 1922 Full text at Internet Archive
Hungary and democracy
''Hungary and Democracy''], 1923 Full text at Internet Archive * ''Rhineland and Ruhr'', Alfred Couldray, 1923
''East of Prague''
1924 Limited view at

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''The Treachery of France''
1924 Limited view at Google Books
''Lord Reading''
1928 Limited view at Google Books
''President Masaryk''
Bles, 1930

Translations

* ''French Headquarters: 1915-1918'' by Jean de Pierrefeu, 1925, translated with notes. * ''Vauban, Builder of Fortresses'' by Daniel Halvey, 1929, translated with notes. * ''The Life and Voyages of Captain Cook'' by Maurice Thiery, 1929, translated with notes.

Short fiction

* ''The Artillery Signaller''. Sydney Morning Herald, 29 December 1917 * ''The Artillery Duel''. West Australian, 1 January 1918 * ''A New Army Battery''. Brisbane Courier, 1 January 1918 * ''A Quiet Night Watch''.

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, 4 January 1918 * ''The Duel''. Hobart Mercury, 8 January 1918 * ''On the Flank of the Battle''. Melbourne Leader, 12 January 1918 * ''Paying a Morning Call''. The New Zealand Times, 14 January 1918 * ''An Airman's Evening''. Oamaru Mail, 18 January 1918 * ''Ending a Nuisance''.

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, 21 January 1918 * ''A Night Alarm''. Newcastle Morning Herald & Miners' Advocate, 30 January 1918 * ''A Combined Shoot’’. National Advocate, 31 January 1917 * ''The Sacrifice''.

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, 18 February 1918 * ''Running the Gauntlet''. Hobart Daily Post, 22 February 1918 * ''The Counter Attack''. Taranaki Herald, 26 February 1918 * ''Gunner Morson, Signaller''. Trench and Camp (Camp Logan Edition), 11 March 1918 * ''Ending a Nuisance''. Brisbane Evening Telegraph, 11 March 1918 * ''Ready for Action, Sir''. Launceston Examiner, 12 April 1918 * ''An Overhaul''.

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, 13 April 1918 * ''A Quiet Night''. Mary Borough Chronicle, 26 April 1918 * ''Getting the Wind Up''. War Supplement for Week Ending 27 April 1918 * ''Stuck in the Mud''.

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, 2 June 1918 * ''The Musketeers: The Tale of Their Adventures in France''. Newcastle Morning Herald & Miners’ Advocate, 4 June 1918 * ''Slaves of the Guns''. World’s News, 29 June 1918 * ''An Unexpected Shoot''.

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, 20 July 1918 * ''Under Fire''. Feilding Star, 29 July 1918. Reprinted; Taranaki Herald, 1 August 1918 * ''The Thick of It''.

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, 14 August 191* ‘’The Time of Watching’’. Perth Daily Need, 20 August 1918 * ''Not a Blank''. Leeds Mercury, 21 August 1918 * ''The Watcher''. (Washington) Sunday Star, 25 August 1918 * ''Guy Fawkes’ Day''. Adelaide Journal, 21 September 1918 * ''Behind the Front''. Hobart Mercury, 28 October 1918 * ''Destroying the Tower''. Grafton Argus & Clarence River General Advertiser, 4 November 1918

Short stories

* ''On the High Seas''.

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, September 1920 * ''TITLE UNKNOWN''. Lloyd's Story Magazine, September 1922 - Not confirmed * ''The Ship's Doctor''. Sea Stories, 5 October 1923

Non-fiction articles

* ''TITLE UNKNOWN''. Every Week Illustrated. 18 April 1914 - Not confirmed * ''The Time of Waiting: Synchronising Watches''. Perth Daily News, 7 June 1917 * ''Gives Mask to Girl and Dies''.

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, 9 December 1917 * ''The Artillery Signaller''.

Brisbane Telegraph ''The Telegraph'' was an evening newspaper published in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was first published on 1 October 1872 and its final edition appeared on 5 February 1988. In its day it was recognised as one of the best news pictorial n ...

, 29 December 1917 * '' A New Army Battery: The Making of a Gunner''.

Brisbane Courier ''The Courier-Mail'' is an Australian newspaper published in Brisbane. Owned by News Corp Australia, it is published daily from Monday to Saturday in tabloid format. Its editorial offices are located at Bowen Hills, in Brisbane's inner norther ...

, 1 January 1918 * ''The Artillery Duel''.

The West Australian ''The West Australian'' is the only locally edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia. It is owned by Seven West Media (SWM), as is the state's other major newspaper, ''The Sunday Times''. It is the second-oldest continuousl ...

, 1 January 1918 * ''On the Flank of the Battle''. Melbourne Leader, 12 January 1918 * ''On the High Seas''.

, 18 January 1918 * ''A Combined Shoot''. National Advocate, 31 January 1918 * ''The Equipment of a Battery''. Oamaru Times, 2 February 1918 * ''The Heavy Artillery Chaplain''. Taranaki Herald, 22 February 1918 * ''Artillery Registration''. Newcastle Journal, 25 February 1918 * ''Gunners and Their Targets''.

, 2 March 1918 * ''Barrage''.

Straits Times ''The Straits Times'' (also known informally by its abbreviation ''ST'') is a Singaporean daily English-language newspaper owned by the SPH Media Trust. Established on 15 July 1845, it is the most-widely circulated newspaper in the country and ...

, 6 March 1918. * ''Supplying in the Field''. Straits Times, 12 March 1918 * ''Cambrai''. The New Zealand Times, 12 March 1918 * ''In a German Gun-Pit''. Taranaki Herald, 20 March 1918 * ''The Hedjaz Railway''. Newcastle Morning Herald & Miners' Advocate, 2 April 1918 * ''Mechanical Transport''. New Zealand Herald, 6 April 1918 * ''Armentieres''. Wilmington Morning News, 6 April 1918 * ''The Paris Long Range Gun''. Leeds Mercury, 8 April 1918 * ''Artillery in War''.

, 13 January 1918 * ''Reaping the Whirlwind''. Straits Times, 15 April 1918 * ''Watching a Shoot''. Every Week Illustrated, 18 April 1918 * ''Rifle First and Last''.

Coventry Evening Telegraph The ''Coventry Telegraph'' is a local English tabloid newspaper. It is published by Coventry Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Reach PLC Midlands Ltd, along with a number of other local publications. Publication history It was founded as ' ...

, 20 April 1918 * ''Arabian Campaign Operations of the Arabs''. Launceston Daily Telegraph, 20 April 1918 * ''When Gas Ceases to be Deadly''. Lincolnshire Echo, 22 April 1918 * ''How Guns Move Forward''.

Darling Downs Gazette The ''Darling Downs Gazette'' was a newspaper published from 1848 to 1922 in Drayton and Toowoomba in Queensland, Australia. History ''The Darling Downs Gazette and General Advertiser'' was founded in 1858 by Arthur Sidney Lyon. The first issu ...

, 22 April 1918 * ''Muscle and Brain''. Daily Record, Monday 22 April 1918 * ''Constructional Material in the Field''. Oamaru Mail, 22 April 1918 * ''The Hedjaz Railway''. Taranaki Herald, 25 April 1918 * ''Artillery Ammunition''.

Nelson Evening Mail ''The Nelson Mail'' is a 4-day a week newspaper in Nelson, New Zealand Nelson () is a List of cities in New Zealand, city and Districts of New Zealand, unitary authority on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay at the top of the South Island ...

, 26 April 1918 * ''Importance of Amiens''.

Northern Whig The ''Northern Whig'' (from 1919 the ''Northern Whig and Belfast Post'') was a daily regional newspaper in Ireland which was first published in 1824 in Belfast Belfast (, , , ; from ) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ir ...

, 27 April 1918 * ''Before the Dawn''. Taranaki Herald, 27 April 1918 * ''The Fall of Jericho''. Taranaki Herald, 27 April 1918 * ''The 'Number One. Mainland Daily Mercury, 27 April 1918 * ''Physical Training''. Leeds Mercury, 29 April 1918 * ''Austria's Next War''. Maryborough Chronicle, 3 May 1918 * ''The 'Number One': The Day's Work of an Artillery Sergeant''. Brisbane Courier, 7 May 1918 * ''A Junker's Boastings''. Tamworth Daily Observer, 8 May 1918 * ''Artillery in Modern War''. Perth Daily News, 13 May 1918 * ''The Right-of-Way''. Dominion, 14 May 1918 * ''A Forgotten Project''. Dominion, 14 May 1918 * ''Spying out the Land''. Perth Western Mail, 17 May 1918 * ''The Tail of the Convoy''. Taranaki Herald, 29 May 1918 * ''The Preliminary Bombardment''. The Age, 1 June 1918 * ''Artillery Training''. Taranaki Herald, 4 June 1918 * ''The Musketeers: The Tale of Their Adventures in France''. Newcastle Morning Herald & Miners' Advocate, 4 June 1918 * ''The Line of Fire''. Evening Star, 7 June 1918 * ''Artillery Ammunition, The Food of the Guns: How It Is Made''. Bowen Independent, 8 June 1918 * ''Mechanical Transport in War''. Singapore Free Press & Mercantile Advertiser, 8 June 1918 * ''Directing the Guns: How a Barrage is Controlled''. Launceston Examiner, 10 June 1918 * ''Towards the Front: How the Battery Goes up''. Maryborough Chronicle, 13 June 1918 * ''Artillery Registration''. Straits Times, 15 June 1918 * ''The Line of Fire: Modern Gunnery Methods''. Launceston Daily Telegraph, 15 June 1918 * ''Modern Gunnery''. Malaya Tribune, 18 June 1918 * ''British Forces in Italy, Their Important Task: Italian Chivalry''.

Ballarat Star ''The Ballarat Star'' was a newspaper in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, first published on 22 September 1855. Its publication ended on 13 September 1924 when it was merged with its competitor, the ''Ballarat Courier''.''Ballarat Star'' Newspa ...

, 27 June 1918 * ''Slave of the Guns''. Sydney World's News, 29 June 1918 * ''Long Range Artillery''.

Cornhill Magazine ''The Cornhill Magazine'' (1860–1975) was a monthly Victorian literature, Victorian magazine and literary journal named after the street address of the founding publisher Smith, Elder & Co. at 65 Cornhill, London, Cornhill in London.Laurel ...

, July 1918 * ''Artillery Training: The New Battery's First Days in Framce''. Ballarat Star, 13 July 1918 * ''Bombarded French City: Reims before the War, Its Former Attractions''. Ballarat Star, 15 July 1918 * ''The Day of Assault: What the Barrage Means''. Launceston Daily Telegraph, 18 July 1918 * ''War Shows Need of Long Forgotten Euphrates Road''. Lincoln Star, 21 July 1918 * ''In the Background: The Training of Personnel''.

The Herald (Adelaide) ''The Herald'' was a weekly trade union magazine published in Adelaide, South Australia between 1894 and March 1910; for the first four years titled ''The Weekly Herald''. It was succeeded by ''The Daily Herald'', which ran from 7 March 1910 to ...

, 7 August 1918 * ''The Day of Assault''. Evening Post, 28 August 1918 * ''Side-Lines in Munition''. Doninion, 15 August 1918 * ''The Time of Waiting''. Dominion, 27 August 1918 * ''On the Highway''. Pictorial Supplement for Week Ending 31 August 1918 * ''The Bombing School: Modern Methods of Training''. Adelaide Journal, 31 August 1918 * ''Big Guns in Hiding''.

Auckland Star The ''Auckland Star'' was an evening daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, from 24 March 1870 to 16 August 1991. Survived by its Sunday edition, the ''Sunday Star'', part of its name endures in ''The Sunday Star-Times'', created i ...

, 31 August 1918 * ''My Billet''. Pictorial Supplement for Week Ending 6 September 1918 * ''War Clearly Proved Artillery Value''. (Wilmington) Daily Journal, 21 September 1918. Street's original title was 'Counter Battery Work' * The Mad English': Guy Fawke's Day''. Adelaide Journal, 21 September 1918 * ''The Liberty Columns''. Dominion, 24 September 1918 * ''Railways and Their Importance in War''. Windsor Magazine, September 1918 * ''Directing the Guns''. Windsor Magazine, October 1918 * ''Behind the Front: A Morning Drive in France''. Hobart Mercury, 28 October 1918 * ''My Billet''. Hobart Mercury, 29 October 1918 * ''A Prisoner of War Camp: The Link with Napoleonic War''. Hobart Mercury, 29 October 1918 * ''Munitions of War''. Auckland Star, 2 November 1918 * ''Destroying the Tower, a Risky Job: American Artillery Scores''. Grafton Argus & Clavener River General Advertiser, 4 November 1918 * ''Education at the Front''. The Age, 7 November 1918 * ''At the Crossroads''. The Age, 9 November 1918 * ''Artillery Training: The Telephonists''. Hobart Mercury, 9 November 1918 * ''Active Service Army Schools''. Sydney World's News, 9 November 1918 * ''Kite Balloon Section's Experience in Big Run''.

Richmond Times-Dispatch The ''Richmond Times-Dispatch'' (''RTD'' or ''TD'' for short) is the primary daily newspaper in Richmond, Virginia, and the primary newspaper of record for the state of Virginia. Circulation The ''Times-Dispatch'' has the second-highest circul ...

, 15 November 1918 * ''The Value of the French Railway System in the War''. Toodyay Herald, 23 November 1918 * ''In the Background: The Repairs of Material''. Hobart Mercury, 28 November 1918 * ''Behind the Front''.

Boston Globe ''The Boston Globe,'' also known locally as ''the Globe'', is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes. ''The Boston Globe'' is the oldest and largest daily new ...

, 5 January 1919
''Propaganda behind the Lines''
Cornhill Magazine, November 1919 * ''Transport Problems and Reconstruction''. Windsor Magazine, December 1919 * ''Fuel and Power''. Windsor Magazine, March 1920 * ''The Fuel Problem and the Near Future''. Tambellup Times, 14 April 1920 * ''The Wireless Telephone and the Development of Modern Communications''. Windsor Magazine, June 1920 * ''Irish Secret Societies''. The Bookman, November 1922 * ''Slovak Peasant Art'', Illustrated Review, August 1923 * ''Railways of Czechoslovakia''.

Railway Gazette ''Railway Gazette International'' is a British monthly business magazine and news website covering the railway, metro, light rail and tram industries worldwide. Available by annual subscription, the magazine is read in over 140 countries by tran ...

, 14 December 1923 * ''Slovakia Past and Present''. Illustrated Review ot confirmed 1923 * ''Eastward through Czechoslovakia''. Illustrated Review ot confirmed 1923 * ''In the Land of the Ruthvenes''. Illustrated Review ot confirmed 1924 * ''Prelate Chancellor''.

Daily Mail The ''Daily Mail'' is a British daily Middle-market newspaper, middle-market Tabloid journalism, tabloid conservative newspaper founded in 1896 and published in London. , it has the List of newspapers in the United Kingdom by circulation, h ...

, Date unknown. Reprinted: Otago Daily Times, 6 August 1924 * ''The Hungarian Forgeries''.

The Observer ''The Observer'' is a British newspaper published on Sundays. First published in 1791, it is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper. In 1993 it was acquired by Guardian Media Group Limited, and operated as a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' ...

, 7 February 1926

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