Cyril Falls

Born in Dublin in 1888, Cyril Bentham Falls became a journalist before serving in the First World War. He later built a reputation as a military historian, especially for his writing on the Western Front and the wider story of the war.

Falls wrote both official and popular histories, combining careful research with an accessible style. Alongside his historical work, he was also involved in broadcasting and academic life, which helped make him a familiar and trusted interpreter of modern military history.

He died in 1971. Today he is still remembered as an important early historian of the First World War, valued for helping general readers engage with a conflict that was still close to living memory in his lifetime.