Lieutenant J. R. Ferris

Little biographical information about this author appears to be widely available. What can be confirmed is that Lieutenant J. R. Ferris is credited with Bombers' Training, and Application of Same in Trench Warfare, a military instruction book published in Toronto by William Briggs in 1916.

The book was written for officers and non-commissioned officers responsible for training bombers, offering direct guidance on grenade use and trench-fighting procedure during the First World War. That gives Ferris a distinct place in wartime writing: less as a literary figure, and more as a practical military instructor whose work captures the methods and pressures of front-line training in that era.

Because reliable personal details are scarce, it is safest to view Ferris through this surviving work itself — a brief, historically valuable manual that reflects the demands of trench warfare and the instructional voice of an active service officer.