Alexander Clifford ( born Alexander G. Clifford ; 1909-1952) is a British war correspondent and writer from the Second World War . Friend and colleague Alan Moorhead .
| Alexander Clifford | |
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| Alexander Clifford | |
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| Date of Birth | 1909 |
| Place of Birth | Great Britain |
| Date of death | 1952 |
| Place of death | Portofino , Italy |
| Citizenship |  Great Britain |
| Occupation | war journalist |
| Language of Works | English |
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Biography
Personal life
On February 22, 1945, Clifford married Jenny Pride Nicholson (1919-1964), the eldest daughter of the poet and writer Robert Graves [1] .
Alexander Clifford died in 1952. Buried in Portofino , Italy .
World War II
During the Second World War, Alexander Clifford worked as a war correspondent for the English newspaper Daily Mail . In June 1940, the flying Sunderland boat , on which Clifford flew, jumped onto the coast of Malta [2] .
Alexander Clifford was a friend and colleague of Daily Express correspondent Alan Moorhead . They met in 1938 in the bar of the French town of Saint-Jean-de-Luz - both journalists at that time covered the events of the Civil War in Spain [3] . Moorehead mentioned Clifford many times in his books. Together they went through battles in North Africa, landings in Italy and Normandy. Moorehead's memoirs - βA Late Education: Episodes in a Lifeβ - among other things, depict the story of the friendship of two men.
Clifford Books
- Crusader , GG Harrap, London, 1942
- Three against Rommel. The Campaigns of Wavell, Auchinleck and Alexander , GG Harrap, London, 1943
- The Sickle and the Stars (with Jennie Nicholson), P. Davies, London, 1948
- Enter Citizens , Evans Bros, London, 1950
- The Conquest of North Africa 1940 to 1943 , Kessinger, 2007
Notes
- β Robert Graves Family Tree (inaccessible link) . robertgraves.org. Date of treatment January 4, 2012. Archived October 25, 2009.
- β Sunderland Squadrons of World War 2 Archived November 10, 2012 at Wayback Machine , Jon Lake, Osprey, 2000, p. 74, accessed 30 November 2009
- β Details of A Late Education: Episodes In A Life , choosebooks.com, accessed November 30, 2009