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Norman Shrapnel

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He married Mary Lillian Myfanwy Edwards in 1940, and had two sons, one of whom was the stage actor and composer
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English journalist, author, and parliamentary correspondent (1912-2004)
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journalist
author
parliamentary
correspondent
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
The King's School, Grantham
war
RAF
Manchester Guardian
reporter
book reviewer
theatre critic
history
politics
Isle of Ely
Isle of Axholme
broadcast
BBC World Service
John Shrapnel
Far Oakridge
Gloucestershire


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