Case file
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Harry Wilfrid Sparrow (pseudonyms: Wilfrid Sparroy, Massicks Sparroy)
Harry Wilfrid Sparrow
Applications
1 (1 successful)
Date period
Jun 1919-7 Dec 1938
Awards
- 18 Mar 1938 (£125)
Other author name(s)
(pseudonym) Massicks Sparroy
(pseudonym) Wilfrid Sparroy
Author's career
- Educated at Rossall School, Bonn and the University of Brussels
- Army tutor
- Interpreter (1914-1920)
- School teacher
Author's works published
Various : Fiction, Novels, Non-Fiction, Autobiography, Journalism
Also named in file
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Timeline
1938
Application Form, Harry Wilfrid Sparrow
18 Mar 1938
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Harry Wilfrid Sparrow to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
16 Mar 1938
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Harry Wilfrid Sparrow to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
19 Mar 1938
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Details of the works and circumstances of Harry Wilfrid Sparrow, with copies of testimonials from Franklyn de Winton Lushington (dated 21 Aug 1922), John Talbot (1 Nov 1926), J W Kearns (3 Nov 1926) and H A Rhodes (3 Nov 1926)
Mar 1938
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1919
Poster advertising Collins’ ¶œ750 Prize Novel Competition, with notes by Harry Wilfrid Sparrow on an envelope detailing his winning third prize
Jun 1919-Mar 1938
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1920
M de Grey, of W Collins Sons & Co, to C A & H W Sparrow, with notes by Harry Wilfrid Sparrow on an envelope
28 Jun 1920
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1938
Harry Wilfrid Sparrow to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
20 May 1938
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Notes by Harry Wilfrid Sparrow on With the Pilgrims to Mecca (by Hadji Khan, edited by Harry Wilfrid Sparrow as Wilfrid Sparroy)
Mar 1938
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Frances A Pollok to [?] Hornung, with covering note by Harry Wilfrid Sparrow
1 Mar 1938-18 Mar 1938
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E Kirby, Manager of the Lloyd’s Bank (Godalming branch), to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
21 Mar 1938
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E Kirby to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
21 Mar 1938
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to Giles Stephen Holland Fox-Strangways, Earl of Ilchester
28 Mar 1938
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Giles Stephen Holland Fox-Strangways, Earl of Ilchester, to Hugh John Cole Marshall, reporting on a book by Harry Wilfrid Sparrow
4 Apr 1938
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Harry Wilfrid Sparrow to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
12 Apr 1938
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K J Corbett to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
12 Apr 1938
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Notes by Hugh John Cole Marshall on the case of Harry Wilfrid Sparrow
Apr 1938
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Harry Wilfrid Sparrow to Hugh John Cole Marshall
14 Apr 1938
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Harry Wilfrid Sparrow to Hugh John Cole Marshall
26 Apr 1938
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R [?], of the Officers’ Association, to the [sec](Secretary of the Literary Fund), enquiring about Harry Wilfrid Sparrow
27 Jul 1938
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to the General Secretary of the Officers’ Association
28 Jul 1938
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R [?], of the Officers’ Association, to the [sec](Secretary of the Literary Fund), with note by [sec](Hugh John Cole Marshall) on reverse
5 Aug 1938
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R [?], of the Officers’ Association, to the [sec](Secretary of the Literary Fund)
26 Sep 1938
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H T Cox, of the Officers’ Association, to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
6 Oct 1938
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Harry Wilfrid Sparrow to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
12 Oct 1938
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Harry Wilfrid Sparrow to Hugh John Cole Marshall
16 Oct 1938
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Harry Wilfrid Sparrow to Hugh John Cole Marshall
14 Nov 1938
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Harry Wilfrid Sparrow to Hugh John Cole Marshall
16 Nov 1938
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Harry Wilfrid Sparrow to Hugh John Cole Marshall
18 Nov 1938
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C G L Syers, at 10 Downing Street, to Hugh John Cole Marshall, enquiring about Harry Wilfrid Sparrow
25 Nov 1938
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to C G L Syers [part handwritten draft, part typed]
2 Dec 1938
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C G L Syers, at 10 Downing Street, to Hugh John Cole Marshall
5 Dec 1938
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Harry Wilfrid Sparrow to Hugh John Cole Marshall
7 Dec 1938
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