Charles Vince
Charles Vince (born 1887)[1] was an English journalist, who served as a soldier in World War I.[2]
Life[edit]
He was the son of Charles Anthony Vince.[3]
In World War I, Vince fought with the 59th (2nd North Midland) Division.[4] He wrote in the New Statesman in 1915, on "Stendhal's Waterloo".[5] In the last year of the war, articles by Lieut. Charles Vince appeared in The Straits Times.[6][7] On 29 September 1918, an article by Lieutenant Charles Vince, in the Swiss French-language paper L'Impartial, discussed the British attitude to peace negotiations.[8]
Vince's career had been in journalism. From 1920 he worked for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), initially as Assistant Secretary for Publicity. He was promoted, on the retirement of George Richard Francis Shee (1869–1939), the Secretary, and became sole editor of The Life-boat, the journal of the Institution. He emphasised human interest and quality photography. When he left in the early 1950s, he was succeeded by Patrick Howarth.[9]
Works[edit]
World War I[edit]
Vince contributed the text to England in France; Sketches Mainly with the 59th Division (1919), with illustrations by Sydney Robert Jones, of the Royal Engineers.[4][10] The narrative starts with the 59th Division's part in the Easter Rising.[11]
Books and essays[edit]
Vince became known as an essayist, particularly for his book of essays Wayfarers in Arcady (1921).[1] It was reviewed by The Spectator.[12] Bruce Charlton described it as
One of the most beautiful, and saddest, books of essays I have seen... For me, this encapsulates the effect that the 1914-18 war had upon an upper class, literary, intelligent, sensitive, somewhat neo-pagan soul. It is extraordinarily well-written - and utterly desolate.[13]
Other works from this period were:[1]
- The Street of Faces: Glimpses of Town (1920), illustrations by John Dean Monroe Harvey.[14]
- Barrie Marvell: His Dreams and Adventures (1922).
RNLI[edit]
- The Lifeboat in Verse (1938), RNLI anthology, with commentary by Sir John Ghest Cumming and Vince.[15]
- The Crew Were Saved (1944), "Britain Advances Series" pamphlet[16]
- Storm on the Waters: The Story of the Life-boat Service in the War of 1939–1945 (1946)[17]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Vince, Charles, 1887- , The Online Books Page". Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ America. America Press. 1922. p. 596.
- ^ Date verified in 1891 Census
- ^ a b The Touchstone. Mary F. Roberts Incorporated. 1920. p. 70.
- ^ The New Statesman. Statesman Publishing Company. 1915. p. 183.
- ^ Vince, Charles (28 December 1917). "The Christmas Card". The Straits Times. p. 12. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ Vince, Charles (3 May 1918). "Oversea Soldiers". The Straits Times. p. 13. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ Vince, Charles (29 September 1918). "Ce que l'Allemagne ferait de l'Afrique" (PDF). L'Impartial. p. 3. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ Warner, Oliver (25 April 1974). The Life-boat Service: a history of the Royal National Life-boat Institution, 1824-1974. Cassell. pp. 133, 190–1.
- ^ Press, Oxford University (2012). Benezit Dictionary of British Graphic Artists and Illustrators. OUP USA. p. 620. ISBN 9780199923052.
- ^ "Gift-Books. Illustrated Books". The Spectator. 6 December 1919. p. 22. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ "Wayfarers in Arcady. By Charles Vince. (Philip Allan. 7s. 6d. » 3 Sep 1921 » the Spectator Archive".
- ^ "Bruce Charlton's Notions: On Google Books - Wayfarers in Arcady by Charles Vince". 13 December 2010.
- ^ "Harvey, John Dean Monroe, The Online Books Page". Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ Warner, Oliver (1974). The life-boat service: a history of the Royal National Life-boat Institution, 1824-1974. Cassell. p. 307. ISBN 9780304290611.
- ^ "British Book News". Internet Archive. 1945. p. 163. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ Vince, Charles (1946). Storm on the Waters: The Story of the Life-boat Service in the War of 1939-1945. Hodder and Stoughton.
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