The Flying Leave: A WW1 soliders childhood traumas return on his leave from trench duty

Ethel Lina White was born on the 2nd April 1876 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, in Wales.

Her family were wealthy due to her father's invention of a waterproofing material used, initially, for the London Underground.

Ethel started writing when she was only a child and published essays and poems in children's papers. She was also a talented artist.

As an adult she began to write short stories and, some years later, she started writing novels. At the time she was working for the Ministry of Pensi...