R.C. Sherriff

Raised in Hampton Wick and educated at Kingston Grammar School before a stint as an insurance clerk, Sherriff later served as an officer in the East Surrey Regiment during WWI and, after recovering, read history at New College, Oxford. His breakthrough came with the stage drama Journey's End, written in 1927 and premiered in 1928, which captured the trench experience and secured a two-year run at… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources