Cyril James Lear (9 September 1911–11 March 1987) was a
British
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newspaper editor
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.
Lear grew up in
Plymouth, where he attended the Hoe Grammar School. He went into journalism and worked at the ''
Western Morning News
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Organisation
The ''Western M ...
'' from 1928, moving to the ''
Torquay Times'' in 1932, the ''
Daily Mail'' in 1934 and ''
The Daily Telegraph
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It was f ...
'' in 1938.
[LEAR, Cyril James]
, ''Who Was Who
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''
During
World War II
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, he served as a rifleman with the
Queen's Westminsters
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, before obtaining a commission as a major in the
Royal Berkshire Regiment
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. After the war, he was employed by the ''
News of the World'', rising to become Features Editor, Assistant Editor and then Deputy Editor. He finally served as Editor of the newspaper from 1970 and Editorial Manager from 1973.
References
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1911 births
1987 deaths
Military personnel from Plymouth, Devon
British Army personnel of World War II
British newspaper editors
News of the World people
Royal Berkshire Regiment officers
Queen's Westminsters soldiers