G. B. (George Brenton) Laurie

Born in 1867, George Brenton Laurie served in the British Army and became a lieutenant-colonel. He was killed in action in 1915 during World War I, and his death led to wider attention for the letters he had been sending home.

Those letters were later gathered and published as Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie. They were valued not as polished literary work, but for their honest, first-hand picture of a soldier's daily experience in wartime.

For listeners interested in memoir, military history, and voices from the First World War, Laurie's writing stands out for its immediacy and sincerity. His legacy rests on that vivid personal record of duty, hardship, and character under pressure.