major later november june explorer big game hunter significant contribution practice british_army world war concerned improving quality measures introduced counter threat german credited contemporary saving lives allied soldiers lifetime explored territory seen white man played cricket class level including overseas tours wrote short stories novels turned film successful newspaper correspondent travel writer activities brought highest social professional circles like turn century hunters active animal welfare succeeded seeing legal measures introduced protection early life born child november state india father officer king scottish died weeks born leading raised mother kate brien come military family father major general mother returned great_britain soon lived parents house moving jersey years nickname bear life returned mainland boy educated prep school rugby won scholarship edinburgh entrance paper essay summer sports excelled sports particularly cricket school magazine described best bowler long time invited play scotland south_africa declined unable play rival school studied law privately passed preliminary exam practice solicitor writing exploration publications wrote story duel summer mother helped sold soon guinea year abandoned career law spent summer travelling southern europe north_africa spent sea time trip writing planning plots london mother wrote saw publication journals including circle literary friends widened acquainted likes introduced press baron suggested write series ghost stories monthly mother created series stories character low psychic detective fiction find tales promoted pearson real collected work published experiences low mother worked plot stories captain diplomat germany published smith elder following year travelled south_america february seeing construction work panama canal returned developing malaria caribbean commissioned trips pearson chose explore report relatively unknown republic haiti wanting dramatic launch forthcoming mother accompanied far jamaica later years travel remote destinations time uncommon woman age travelled extensively interior haiti narrowly avoiding death occasion tried poison white man believed crossed island trip provided written description secret practices later wrote vivid account travels popular book black rules white journey pearson welcomed reports return immediately commissioned travel investigate dramatic rumours beast land animal director living example long extinct giant ground talent descriptive narration readers explored area surrounding lake finding lakes naming lake pearson patron connecting river mother lake pearson subsequently renamed known salmon retains gave surrounding area found traces creature year overseas miles travel provide compelling descriptions unknown areas country fauna inhabitants acquired unknown subspecies naming considered variety southern south american grass species named brought specimen compiled story travels received heart anniversary trip newspaper founding great grandson footsteps visited atlantic_canada august travelling coasts newfoundland heads shot newfoundland exhibition london returned october time mother cricketer ambitious trip region july undertook explore interior saying pity continue exist british flag territory claimed life writer years earlier described journey access indian house lake george river popular reputation president fellow writer explorer hunter wrote commending latest book described best season asking meet writing mother son writing team produced chronicles don collection short stories featuring fictional rogue don spanish like figure fierce evil rich kind hearted poor second collection followed pair produced length novel love story brought stage performed london book reworked vehicle silent film don son produced starred lead character new_york_times rated film movies year writing created crime fighting figure november joe hunter canadian wilderness broadcast radio play bbc september despite reputation hunter campaigned end grey seals coast aided friend successful seeing act passed unopposed britain legal protection non game mammals article slaughtered fashion march argued protect birds slaughter feathers hats called hunting cricket talented cricketer played number teams including hampshire right arm fast bowler début class game played hampshire somerset county championship strong batsman typically play tail batting order joined short lived teammate played games gentlemen players lords selected gentleman years succession joined took lord tour west_indies season toured united_states tall man able use height reach advantage bowling class career lasted took wickets total runs career best hampshire july military service outbreak world war tried commission turned age eventually successful obtaining post assistant press officer sent lines france february eyewitness officer charge war time open warfare ceased trench warfare characterised conflict witnessed victims gas attack shocked learn high attrition rate trained german common british regiments lose men day learned battalion lost eighteen single day german located leaving free continue shooting place dismayed poor quality british troops set improving quality sights army possessed borrowed sights hunting rifles friends famous hunters home funded acquisition pocket donations investigate quality german armour plate retrieved sample german trench discovered armour penetrated heavy cartridge british plate easily defeated smaller gun innovations recognised german skill constructing trench making use irregular face constructing material varying composition presence sniper observer head conspicuous contrast british trench practice military straight neat edge making movement immediately obvious observer vulnerable enemy sniper firing bullet devised metal armoured double protect fixed rear housed metal sliding grooves lined chance enemy shoot innovation use dummy head find location enemy sniper target realistic head raised stick running groove fixed board increase realism lit cigarette inserted dummy mouth smoked soldier rubber tube head shot dropped rapidly casualty sniper bullet hole dummy head head raised groove lower vertical distance glasses trench lower glass placed bullet hole upper glass exactly height bullet looking rear hole head hole soldier looking exactly line bullet taken looking directly sniper revealing position training eventually successful gaining official support campaign august given permission proceed sniper training november year reputation high demand units december ordered general request general staff officer rank captain mentioned despatches january august founded village starting class time able lecture large numbers soldiers different allied nations proclaiming letter school turning times rate school world october year awarded citation read conspicuous gallantry devotion duty instructed trenches occasions dangerous circumstances great skill determination directly indirectly inflicted enormous casualties enemy friend champion shooter told reduced casualties week battalion months battalions meant saved lives promoted major november time war contributions german superiority practice reversed later war years taken ill infection late granted leave health remained poor rest life spent period leave learned awarded work observation scouting wartime work appointed commander continued write hunt health permitted wrote account war time activities critically acclaimed france text available document referenced modern authors subject following year wrote sport shared experiences bird shooting particularly outer family life married daughter 3rd earl met friends children michael february september diana march known recruited second world war head training agents conduct assassination died service austria december posthumously awarded later years july elected chairman member years poor health forced resign following january died june ancestral home wife england ascribed obscure form blood poisoning brought trenches war service including fatigue heart digestive disorders problems depression anxiety today recognised differential symptoms malaria left lead organ failure death body cremated ashes interred family vault mother survived years dying wife elizabeth later lived biography written years death friend accomplishments title explorer naturalist cricketer author soldier
Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard