Person    | Male  Born 26/3/1893  Died 4/3/1972

Richard Church

Poet and writer. Born Richard Thomas Church in Battersea. He worked as a civil servant, before taking up writing full-time in 1933. His poems include 'Solstices', 'A House in Winter' and 'The Man Without Faith'. He was literary editor of the Independent Labour Party organ the 'New Leader'. Died at the Priest's House, Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, Kent.

In this photo he bears a remarkable likeness to Charles Hawtrey, the Carry On actor. If this was also true in the flesh it must have been an endless source of embarrassment.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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