John Victor Macartney-Filgate

Born in Dublin on 20 May 1897, John Victor Opynschae Macartney-Filgate was educated at Rugby School and went on to serve in the Royal Artillery during the First World War. He was twice wounded in action and received the Military Cross for gallantry, as well as the Belgian Croix de guerre.

After the war, he studied at University College, Oxford. He later worked as a merchant banker and became a fellow of the Institute of Bankers, while also spending time in British India, where he appeared in a first-class cricket match for the Europeans side in the 1924–25 Madras Presidency Match.

His writing is closely tied to his military experience, most notably in The History of the 33rd Divisional Artillery, in the War, 1914–1918. During the Second World War he served again, this time as a major in the Territorial Army, and in 1964 he was appointed CBE. He died in London on 23 July 1964.