About David Bone
Lived 1874 – 1959 (aged 84–85). David Bone was a writer.
Sir David William Bone (22 June 1874 – 17 May 1959) was a Scottish Commodore and author of nautical fiction. His work includes The Brassbounder about a brassbounder, It was included as a recommendation in Literary Taste: How to Form It, a long essay with recommended readings written by Arnold Bennett. Brassbounder is "a classic of the squaresail era".
Bone received the Coronation Medal from King George VI in 1937 for his long association with the Merchant Navy.
Bone was born in Abbotsford Place in Glasgow, Scotland. His father, David Drummond Bone (1841–1911) was a prominent newspaper publisher in Glasgow and his great-grandfather was a boyhood companion of Robert Burns. Merchantman Rearmed describes his experiences during World War II, including the Allied invasion of Sicily.
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commodore and author (b. 1874, d. 1959)
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David Bone died on 17 May 1959.
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David Bone was a writer.
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