Anthony Thomas Stewart Currie Richardson (1899 – 4 February 1964National probate Calendar) was a British awriter of adventure fiction and non-fiction.

Biography

Richardson was born in 1899 in the Kensington district of

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and educated at

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. In 1940 he was commissioned in the

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR) was established in 1936 to support the preparedness of the U.K. Royal Air Force in the event of another war. The Air Ministry intended it to form a supplement to the Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF ...

(Administrative and Special Duties Branch). Richardson's most well-known work is probably ''Wingless Victory: The Story of Sir Basil Embry's Escape from Occupied France in the Summer of 1940''. Richardson also wrote under the pseudonym Patrick Wynnton.

Bibliography

*''Word of the Earth. Conversations Between Fictitious Characters'' (1923) *''Ransom'' (1925) *''High Silver'' (1926) *''The Barbury Witch'' (1927) *''The Transgressor'' (1928) *''Milord and I'' (1930) *''City of the Rose'' (1933) *''Golden Empire'' (1938) *''Because of these: Verses of the Royal Air Force'' (1942) *''These - Our Children'' (1943) *''Full Cycle: Verses of the Royal Air Force'' (1946) *''Wingless Victory'' with Sir Basil Edward Embry (1950) S ed.: ''Alone He Went'' (1951)*''The Rose of Kantara'' (1951) *''The Crowded Hours: the Story of 'Sos' Cohen'' (1952) *''I was a Pirate'' (1959) *''Crash Kavanagh: A Biography of Reg Kavanagh'' with Reg Kavanagh (1953) *''Nick of the River: The Story of Detective Inspector David Herbert Cyril Nixon'' with David Herbert Cyril Nixon (1955) *''No Place to lay my Head. An account of the experiences of a Belarusian in the German Army during the Second World War'' (1957) *''Never Say Die: A return to everyday living for the partly disabled'' (1959) *''One Man and his Dog'' (1962) about a

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puppy Antis rescued from World War Two

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by Czech fighter pilot

Robert Bozdech The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

and their lives together. *''Nick of Notting Hill: The bearded policeman. The story of Police Constable J. Nixon of the Metropolitan Police'' with Joe Nixon (1965) As Patrick Wynnton: *''The Black Turret'' (1925) *''The Third Messenger'' (1926) *''The Lady Zia'' (1928) *''The Lost Mark'' (1929) *''The Honourable Pursuit'' (1930) *''The Ten Jewels'' (1931) *''The Agent Outside'' (1931) ;Short stories Published in ''The Thriller'': *"Mystery of the Arches" (1933) *"Hells' Gamble" (1933 *"Crooks Cove" (1934) *"The Grand Duke's Seal" (1934) *"Guardian of the Idol's Eye" (1935) Published in ''Short Stories'': *"The Net – Parts 1–4" (1933)

Sources

*http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RAFVR_officers_R01.html#Richardson_ATSC *https://web.archive.org/web/20120310162311/http://www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/t1900.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Richardson, Anthony 1899 births 20th-century English novelists English thriller writers English male novelists 20th-century English male writers 1964 deaths Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II Royal Air Force officers 20th-century pseudonymous writers