W. F. Morris

Walter Frederick Morris (31 May 1892 – 1969) was an English novelist, best known for his mystery novel, Bretherton, set in World War I.

Life Morris was born in Norwich. He attended Norwich Grammar School and then went up to St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he studied history. He served with the 8th Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment during World War I, initially as an infantryman, but he was soon commissioned as a temporary officer. He reached the rank of major by the age of 27, and was awarded the Military Cross. At the end of the war he was in command of the Cycle Battalion of the XIII Army Corps.

List of works Veteran Youth (as Corney Morris, c1927 Hodder & Stoughton) The British Empire (1927) Bretherton: Khaki or Field Grey? (1929 Geoffrey Bles) Published in United States as G.B (1929 Dodd, Mead) Behind the Lines (1930 Geoffrey Bles). Published in United States as The Strange Case of Gunner Rawley (1930 Dodd, Mead) Pagan (1931 Geoffrey Bles) The Hold-up (1933 Geoffrey Bles) Something to His Advantage (1935 Geoffrey Bles) Goring's First Case (as Peter Kippax, 1936 Michael Joseph) No Turning Back (1937 Michael Joseph) The Channel Mystery (1939)