Cecil John Charles Street OBE MC, better known as John Street, was a major in the British Army and a crime fiction novelist.
He began his military career as an artillery officer and during World War I, he became a propagandist for MI7. Wikipedia
Born: May 3, 1884, Gibraltar
Died: December 8, 1964 (age 80 years), Eastbourne, United Kingdom
Awards: Military Cross and Order of the British Empire
Spouse(s): Hyacinth Maud Kirwan; Eileen Annette Waller
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