James Belton

Very little biographical information could be confirmed about this author from reliable, easily accessible sources. What is clear is that he was credited as Captain James Belton, described in the 1918 title page of Hunting the Hun as being "late of the British and Canadian Forces," and that he wrote the book with Lieutenant E. G. Odell.

Hunting the Hun was published in 1918 by D. Appleton and Company and presents a firsthand wartime narrative, with special attention to training, trench life, and the attack on Vimy Ridge. The contemporary foreword praises the book's simple, conversational style and the realism of its battlefield detail, which helps explain why the work has continued to be reissued in digital and print form.

Because dependable sources do not appear to preserve a fuller public biography, details such as his birth year, early life, and later career should be treated cautiously unless supported by stronger archival evidence.