Biography

R.F. Delderfield was born on February 12, 1912 in New Cross, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Now and Forever (1956), All Over the Town (1949) and Glad Tidings! (1953). He was married to May ("Marnie") Evans. He died on June 24, 1972 in Sidmouth, Devon, England, UK.

The location and environment for "The Avenue" ("The Dreaming Suburb" and "The Avenue Goes To War") is based extensively on Addiscombe, near Croydon, where R F Delderfield lived between the ages of 6 and 11.

Bamfylde School ("To Serve Them All My Days") is based on West Buckland School, near Taunton, the public school that R F Delderfield attended between the ages of 14 and 16.

In "To Serve Them All My Days", the names of two of the Bamfylde School houses, Havelock and Outram, are named after roads in Addiscombe, near Croydon, where R F Delderfield lived between the ages of 6 and 11.

Children: Veronica (adopted 1944) and Paul (adopted 1946).

English novelist, playwright and author of historical non-fiction, a former journalist. Best known for his novels of provincial domestic life, featuring ordinary people from Edwardian times to the 1960's.