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.

Contents 1 Carey Family 2 Works 2.1 Books 2.2 Short stories 3 Footnotes

[edit] Carey Family

Carey Family Books

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)	Elizabethan
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	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

[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) ^[2]
• 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 ^[2]

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ ^{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
2. ^ ^{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".