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Bernard Gilbert

1882–1927

A Lincolnshire writer with a strong feel for country life, he wrote across poetry, novels, plays, farming books, political pamphlets, and newspaper columns. His work captured rural England in the years around the First World War and reflected his deep interest in land, labor, and village life.

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Rebel Verses

Rebel Verses

by Bernard Gilbert

About the author

Born in Billinghay, Lincolnshire, in 1882, Bernard Gilbert became a notably prolific English writer despite dying young in 1927. Reliable local historical sources describe him as a poet and author whose work ranged widely, from verse and fiction to plays, agricultural writing, political pamphlets, and journalism.

Gilbert is especially remembered for writing about rural England with close knowledge of farming communities and countryside life. His career appears to have gathered pace from about the age of thirty, and his writing has been noted for spanning the unsettled years before, during, and after the First World War.

He remained closely associated with Lincolnshire throughout his life. Historical material from Lincolnshire records that he was born in Billinghay and was buried there after his death, underlining how strongly his identity and writing were tied to that part of England.