Ronald Welch
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Ronald Welch (1909 - 1982) was the pseudonym of British writer Ronald Oliver Felton TD. He took the name from his wartime regiment. He was for many years Headmaster of Okehampton Grammar School in Devon.
Welch was teaching at Bedford Modern School when the Second World War broke out and was a Lieutenant in its Officers' Training Corps contingent. In 1940 he was commissioned Lieutenant in the Welch Regiment. He reached the rank of Major and remained in the Territorial Army after the war.
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[edit] Carey Family
| Reading order | Pub. Date | Link? | Book | Main Characters | Setting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1954 | Knight Crusader | Phillip d’Aubigny[1] | 3rd Crusade | |
| 2 | 1966 | link | Bowman of Crécy | Hugh Fletcher | Edward III / C14th France |
| link | Sir John Carey (doesn’t appear in Family Trees) | Edward III / C14th France | |||
| 3 | 1971 | link | The Galleon | Robert Penderyn | Elizabethan |
| link | Edward Carey (1st Earl of Aubigny) | Elizabethan | |||
| 4 | 1967 | The Hawk | Harry Carey | Elizabethan | |
| 5 | 1961 | For the King | Neil Carey | English Civil War / Royalist | |
| 6 | 1956 | Captain Of Dragoons | Charles Carey | Marlborough / Blenheim | |
| 7 | 1958 | Mohawk Valley | Alan Carey | Nth America / Wolfe / Quebec | |
| 8 | 1960 | Escape From France | Richard Carey[2] | Revolutionary France | |
| 9 | 1959 | Captain of Foot | Christopher Carey | Wellington / Peninsular War | |
| 10 | 1963 | Nicholas Carey | Nicholas Carey | Italian nationalism / Crimean War | |
| 11 | 1976 | Ensign Carey | William Carey | Indian Mutiny | |
| 12 | 1972 | Tank Commander | John Carey | World War I / The Great War |
n.b. Carey Family Books - Link books have a Carey in them but not as main focus
In the books the Carey family home is at Llansteffan Castle (or Llanstephan), Carmarthenshire, UK.
[edit] Works
[edit] Books
- The Black Car Mystery (1950)
- The Clock Stood Still (1951)
- The Gauntlet (1951)
- Knight Crusader (1954) (winner of the Carnegie Medal)
- Sker House (1955) (writing as Ronald Felton)
- Ferdinand Magellan (1955)
- Captain of Dragoons (1956)
- The Long Bow (1957)
- Mohawk Valley (1958)
- Captain of Foot (1959)
- Escape from France (1960)
- For the King (1961) [3]
- Nicholas Carey (1963)
- Bowman of Crécy (1966)
- The Hawk (1967)
- Sun of York (1970)
- The Galleon (1971)
- Tank Commander (1972)
- Zulu Warrior (1974)
- Ensign Carey (1976)
[edit] Short stories
- "The Joust" (1968) which appears in Miscellany Five[1]
- "The King's Hunt" (1970) which appears in Thrilling Stories of the Past for Boys edited by Eric Duthie [3][4]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b In 'Miscellany Five', edited by Edward Blishen, published OUP 1968, there is a short Ronald Welch story 'The Joust' which has as one of its characters Philip d'Aubigny the Crusader. The hero, Owen, comes to the favourable attention of Sir Philip and becomes his squire
- ^ Extract appears in "A Date With Danger" (Octopus Books, 1984). Published for Marks and Spencer (a large retail chain in the UK)
- ^ a b Just an addition to your Ronald Welch bibliography - a short story of his called "The King's Hunt" which appears in "Thrilling Stories of the Past for Boys" edited by Eric Duthie and published in 1970. "The King's Hunt" is set at the 17th century/English Civil War battle of Edgehill and Neil Carey appears in it, so it aligns with "For the King".
- ^ A story of the same name (without Neil Carey) appears in the Swift Annual 1963 (Swift was a children's comic in the UK).
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