ĭuring World War II, Milne was a captain in the British Home Guard in Hartfield & Forest Row, insisting on being plain "Mr. In 1925, Milne bought a country home, Cotchford Farm, in Hartfield, East Sussex. Milne married Dorothy "Daphne" de Sélincourt (1890–1971) in 1913 and their son Christopher Robin Milne was born in 1920. in The Mating Season) by creating fatuous parodies of the Christopher Robin poems in some of his later stories, and claiming that Milne "was probably jealous of all other writers. Wodehouse got some revenge on his former friend (e.g. Although the light-hearted broadcasts made fun of the Germans, Milne accused Wodehouse of committing an act of near treason by cooperating with his country's enemy. Wodehouse made radio broadcasts about his internment, which were broadcast from Berlin. Wodehouse, who was captured at his country home in France by the Nazis and imprisoned for a year. During World War II, Milne was one of the most prominent critics of fellow English writer (and Authors XI cricket teammate) P. Īfter the war, he wrote a denunciation of war titled Peace with Honour (1934), which he retracted somewhat with 1940's War with Honour. In 1921, Milne bought the 18-inch Alpha Farnell teddy bear for his son (who would name it Edward, then Winnie) from Harrods department store (pictured) in London. He relinquished his commission on 19 February 1920, retaining the rank of lieutenant. He was discharged on 14 February 1919, and settled in Mallord Street, Chelsea. Having recuperated, he worked as a signals instructor, before being recruited into Military Intelligence to write propaganda articles for MI7 (b) between 19. He served on the Somme as a signals officer from July-November 1916, but caught trench fever and was invalided back to England. His commission was confirmed on 20 December 1915. He was commissioned into the 4th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, on 1 February 1915 as a second lieutenant (on probation). Milne joined the British Army in World War I and served as an officer in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Considered a talented cricket fielder, Milne played for two amateur teams that were largely composed of British writers: the Allahakbarries and the Authors XI. Milne's work came to the attention of the leading British humour magazine Punch, where Milne was to become a contributor and later an assistant editor. He collaborated with his brother Kenneth and their articles appeared over the initials AKM. He edited and wrote for Granta, a student magazine. Milne attended Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied on a mathematics scholarship, graduating with a B.A. He grew up at Henley House School, 6/7 Mortimer Road (now Crescent), Kilburn, a small independent school run by his father. Early life and military career Plaque commemorating Milne's birthplace in Kilburn, LondonĪlan Alexander Milne was born in Kilburn, London, to John Vine Milne, who was born in Jamaica, and Sarah Marie Milne (née Heginbotham), on 18 January 1882. Milne bequeathed the original manuscripts of the Winnie-the-Pooh stories to the Wren Library at Trinity College, Cambridge, his alma mater. It was during a visit to London Zoo, where Christopher became enamoured with the tame and amiable bear Winnipeg, that Milne was inspired to write the story of Winnie-the-Pooh for his son. Milne was the father of bookseller Christopher Robin Milne, upon whom the character Christopher Robin is based. Milne served in both World Wars, as a lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in the First World War and as a captain in the Home Guard in the Second World War. Milne was primarily a playwright before the huge success of Winnie-the-Pooh overshadowed all his previous work. Alan Alexander Milne ( / m ɪ l n/ 18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English writer best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh, as well as for children's poetry.
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