Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913): Illness, Heath & Disability
The first mention of poor health in Percy’s memoir, is when appendicitis puts his marriage on hold. ‘ As on September 19th …
Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913): Habits, Belief and Culture
‘Reading a gardening article one day about 1977, I saw an article on the art of growing miniature trees. Ah, I thought, …
Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913): Home and Family
He wanted me to stay in the army. Had I not been happily married with a son, I think I might have …
Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913): Reading and (Life) Writing
Percy does not focus on the reading or writing very much at all within his memoir , similarly to Edward S. Humphries. …
Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913) War and Memory Part 1
Then I received a letter to report to Bulford Camp as Heavy Goods driver in RASC where I did my Army training …
Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913) War and Memory Part 2
I was returning from one of these trips across Dartmoor when I was tailed by a Red Cap. He said ‘Pull in’; …
Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913): Biographical Entry
783 VERE, Percy [pseud. of H.V. SMITH], ‘The Autobiography of a Working Man’, TS, pp.10 (c.6,500 words). Brunel University Library. Born …
Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913): Life and Labour
The firm I was working for closed down, therefore I was out of work for the first 12 weeks of married life. …
Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913) Childhood and Education
‘My father had eight rows of allotments, and grew chrysanthemums and mint. My eldest sister and I used to have to go …
Percy Vere (H.V.Smith) (b.1913): Introduction
‘Born the son of a flour miller March 1913. I well remember my mother holding me up to the window to see …