Harold Pullein-Thompson

Harold "Cappy" James Pullein-Thompson (born December 1885, Clapham, South West London died 1957, Reading, Berkshire) was a captain in the British Army infantry during the First World War who won the Military Cross for his service.[1][2][3]

Life

He married Joanna Cannan and their first family home was a villa in the suburb of Wimbledon where he would have two seats on the centre court. He was badly wounded and in frequent pain. This made him appear angry to his children. He had earned the Military Cross during the war. He had been a teacher before the war but he sold fridges and had a game company.[4] His game company was the first to manufacture the game "Go" under its Chinese name,[5] but it has his wife who made more money writing pony books.

The family moved to Rotherfield Peppard in Oxfordshire where their large house, The Grove, had its own stables. The girls had an unusual education as distinct from their brother who went to Eton College. His daughters learned to ride and they would compete in events.[4] In time they would describe their country childhood in their joint auto biography Fair Girls and Grey Horses (2014).[6]

References
  1. "Josephine Pullein-Thompson obituary | Books | The Guardian". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
  2. "Diana Pullein-Thompson, author - obituary - Telegraph". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
  3. "Josephine Pullein-Thompson: Horsewoman whose jolly pony books brought pleasure to generations of girls and who later served English PEN | Obituaries | News | The Independent". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
  4. Fryer, Jonathan (2014-06-22). "Josephine Pullein-Thompson obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  5. Theo van Ees (2 April 2012). "Pullein-Thompson And The First Go Set in The UK" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-10-26.
  6. Pullein-Thompson, Christine (2014-07-24). Fair Girls and Grey Horses. Allison & Busby. ISBN 978-0-7490-1636-4.
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