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British writer (1912–1972)

Ronald Frederick Delderfield (12 February 1912:– 24 June 1972) was an English novelist and dramatist, some of whose works have been adapted for television and film.

Biography

Childhood in London and Surrey

Ronald Frederick Delderfield was born at 37 Waller Road, New Cross, London, in 1912 to Alice and William James Delderfield (c.

1873–1956). His father worked for a meat wholesaler in Smithfield Market, and was the first Liberal to be elected to Bermondsey Council.

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William supported women's suffrage and the Boer cause in the Boer War. He was a firm supporter of the temperance movement, and of David Lloyd George until the latter allied himself in government with the Conservative Party.

From 1918 to 1923, the family lived at 22 Ashburton Avenue, Addiscombe, near Croydon, Surrey. The Avenue novels were based on Ronald's life in Addiscombe and Shirley Park.

Delderfield attended an infant school in Bermondsey, then a "seedy and pretentious