Edward Keble Chatterton
British writer
Edward Keble Chatterton (10 September 1878 – 31 December 1944) was a prolific writer who published around a hundred books, pamphlets and magazine series, mainly on maritime and naval themes. In the First World War he served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR).
Biography
He was born at 76, Rock Street, Sheffield, England; attended Sheffield Royal Grammar School; and then St Paul's School, in Hammersmith, London. He took a BA at St Stephen's House, Oxford, and then began to write theatre and art reviews for various magazines. He edited The Lady's Realm from 1904 until 1906.
He made a number of small-boat voyages through the English Channel and the Netherlands. He recorded these voyages in magazine articles and books, and wrote several books on the maritime art collections of the Low Countries.
When World War I began, Chatterton joined the RNVR, ultimately commanding a motor launch flotilla at Queenstown, now Cobh, in Ireland. He describes these years in Q-Ships and their Story (1923), The Auxiliary Patrol (1924) and Danger Zone: The Story of the Queenstown Command (1934). He left the service in 1919 with the rank of Llieutenant Commander.
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