He moved to Leeds in the 1950s as Assistant Head Postmaster, and his "apprenticeship" in adapting to Yorkshire life is related in his humorous memoir How I Became A Yorkshireman, published in the late 1960s. He later became Head Postmaster at Harrogate and was a regular contributor for Punch and The New Scientist in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as writing several television plays and some episodes of "The Army Game" and "Bootsie and Snudge" both popular army based television comedy sitcoms at that time. He also wrote pieces for The Smithsonian and the New York Saturday Evening Post. In 1968 he returned to the South of England, becoming Head Postmaster of Kingston-upon-Thames until his retirement from the Post Office. He was married with one daughter.
Published worksedit
How I Won the War (1963)
Hubert Calendar Counts his Blessings (1965)
How I Became a Yorkshireman (1967)
Clancy, My Friend, My Friend (1969)
Referencesedit
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patrick, ryan, english, author, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, patrick, ryan, english, author, news. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Patrick Ryan English author news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message Patrick Ryan 1916 1989 1 was an English author whose best known work the satirical war novel How I Won The War was made into a 1967 film of the same name directed by Richard Lester Contents 1 Biography 2 Published works 3 References 4 External linksBiography editPatrick Ryan was born in Newport on the Isle of Wight in 1916 to a family of Irish origin He was educated at The Haberdashers Aske s Boys School On the outbreak of war in 1939 he enlisted in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment was commissioned as an officer and then transferred to The Fourth Regiment of the Reconnaissance Corps of the Royal Armoured Corps He served in North Africa Italy and Greece He moved to Leeds in the 1950s as Assistant Head Postmaster and his apprenticeship in adapting to Yorkshire life is related in his humorous memoir How I Became A Yorkshireman published in the late 1960s He later became Head Postmaster at Harrogate and was a regular contributor for Punch and The New Scientist in the 1960s and 1970s as well as writing several television plays and some episodes of The Army Game and Bootsie and Snudge both popular army based television comedy sitcoms at that time He also wrote pieces for The Smithsonian and the New York Saturday Evening Post In 1968 he returned to the South of England becoming Head Postmaster of Kingston upon Thames until his retirement from the Post Office He was married with one daughter Published works editHow I Won the War 1963 Hubert Calendar Counts his Blessings 1965 How I Became a Yorkshireman 1967 Clancy My Friend My Friend 1969 References edit Patrick Ryan Estate United Agents www unitedagents co uk Retrieved 8 February 2022 External links editHow I Won The War at IMDb nbsp The Patrick Ryan Papers at University of Texas Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Patrick Ryan English author amp oldid 1212910215, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
