Francis Yeats-Brown
Major Francis Charles Claydon Yeats-Brown, DFC (15 August 1886 – 19 December 1944) was an officer in the British Indian army and the author of the memoir The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, for which he was awarded the 1930 James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
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Yeats-Brown as a "Hungarian Mechanic" in 1919 | |
| Birth name | Francis Charles Claydon Yeats-Brown |
| Born | August 15, 1886 Genoa, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | December 19, 1944 (aged 58) England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom British Fascism |
| Service/ | British Army Royal Air Force |
| Unit | King's Royal Rifle Corps Royal Flying Corps Royal Air Force |
| Awards | DFC |
| Alma mater | Harrow School Royal Military College, Sandhurst |
His admiration and advocacy of Italian fascism cost him his role as editor of the Everyman paper in 1933.
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