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'''Leonard Marsland Gander''' (1902-1986), who wrote as '''L Marsland Gander''') was a journalist, [[war correspondent]], and radio and television correspondent, chiefly for ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''.<ref name="IWM">{{cite web|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030006689|title=Private Papers L Marsland Gander (Documents.6841)|publisher=[[Imperial War Museum]]|accessdate=13 August 2014}}</ref><ref name="Gander">{{cite journal|last=Gander|first=L. Marsland|date=22 November 1946|title=Cassino: Ypres of the Second Great War|journal=The War Illustrated|volume=10|issue=246|pages=483–484|url=http://www.thewarillustrated.info/246/cassino-ypres-of-the-second-great-war.asp}}</ref> |
'''Leonard Marsland Gander''' (1902-1986), who wrote as '''L Marsland Gander''') was a journalist, [[war correspondent]], and radio and television correspondent, chiefly for ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''.<ref name="IWM">{{cite web|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030006689|title=Private Papers L Marsland Gander (Documents.6841)|publisher=[[Imperial War Museum]]|accessdate=13 August 2014}}</ref><ref name="Gander">{{cite journal|last=Gander|first=L. Marsland|date=22 November 1946|title=Cassino: Ypres of the Second Great War|journal=The War Illustrated|volume=10|issue=246|pages=483–484|url=http://www.thewarillustrated.info/246/cassino-ypres-of-the-second-great-war.asp}}</ref> |
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In 1935 he was appointed as the first ever television critic by the ''Daily Telegraph'', having already worked on the paper as their radio correspondent.<ref name="Griffiths">Dennis Griffiths ''The Encyclopedia of the British Press, 1422–1992'', London & Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, pp.258-59</ref> During [[World War II]] he served as a war correspondent, and was at the [[Battle of Monte Cassino]] in May 1944,<ref name="Gander" /> and the [[Military history of the Netherlands during World War II#Liberation|Liberation of Amsterdam]] in 1945.<ref name="Gander-NL">{{cite web|url=http://de-dam-zevenmei1945.nl/nl/war-illustrated/|title=The War Illustrated, article of Marsland Gander|last=Gander|first=L Marsland|date=7 May 1945|work=War Illustrated|accessdate=13 August 2014}}</ref> |
In the year 1935 he was appointed as the first ever television critic by the ''Daily Telegraph'', having already worked on the paper as their radio correspondent.<ref name="Griffiths">Dennis Griffiths ''The Encyclopedia of the British Press, 1422–1992'', London & Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, pp.258-59</ref> During [[World War II]] he served as a war correspondent, and was at the [[Battle of Monte Cassino]] in May 1944,<ref name="Gander" /> and the [[Military history of the Netherlands during World War II#Liberation|Liberation of Amsterdam]] in 1945.<ref name="Gander-NL">{{cite web|url=http://de-dam-zevenmei1945.nl/nl/war-illustrated/|title=The War Illustrated, article of Marsland Gander|last=Gander|first=L Marsland|date=7 May 1945|work=War Illustrated|accessdate=13 August 2014}}</ref> |
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In 1946 Gander returned to his earlier post at ''The Daily Telegraph'' as the radio and television correspondent and critic, remaining on the paper's staff until his retirement in 1970. His autobiography ''After These Many Quests'' was published in 1950.<ref name="Griffiths"/> |
In 1946 Gander returned to his earlier post at ''The Daily Telegraph'' as the radio and television correspondent and critic, remaining on the paper's staff until his retirement in 1970. His autobiography ''After These Many Quests'' was published in 1950.<ref name="Griffiths"/> |
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Revision as of 17:31, 25 April 2017
Leonard Marsland Gander (1902-1986), who wrote as L Marsland Gander) was a journalist, war correspondent, and radio and television correspondent, chiefly for The Daily Telegraph.[1][2]
In the year 1935 he was appointed as the first ever television critic by the Daily Telegraph, having already worked on the paper as their radio correspondent.[3] During World War II he served as a war correspondent, and was at the Battle of Monte Cassino in May 1944,[2] and the Liberation of Amsterdam in 1945.[4]
In 1946 Gander returned to his earlier post at The Daily Telegraph as the radio and television correspondent and critic, remaining on the paper's staff until his retirement in 1970. His autobiography After These Many Quests was published in 1950.[3]
Gander was a "castaway" on an edition of the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs broadcast on 17 March 1969.[5]
His private papers are in the Imperial War Museum in London.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Private Papers L Marsland Gander (Documents.6841)". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b Gander, L. Marsland (22 November 1946). "Cassino: Ypres of the Second Great War". The War Illustrated. 10 (246): 483–484.
- ^ a b Dennis Griffiths The Encyclopedia of the British Press, 1422–1992, London & Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, pp.258-59
- ^ Gander, L Marsland (7 May 1945). "The War Illustrated, article of Marsland Gander". War Illustrated. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : L Marsland Gander". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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