branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
23px british army eastbourne 08 december 1964 gibraltar united kingdom mc obe world war i irish war of independence 1884 major cecil street
 major -lrb- cecil -rrb- john -lrb- charles -rrb- street
cecil street

cecil john charles street , mc , obe -lrb- 1884 -- 8 december 1964 ; widely reported as january 1965 due to a very late obituary -rrb- , who was known to his colleagues , family and friends as john street , began his military career as an artillery officer in the british army .
during the course of world war i , he became a propagandist for mi7 , in which role he held the rank of major .
after the armistice , he alternated between dublin and london during the irish war of independence as information officer for dublin castle , working closely with lionel curtis .
he later earned his living as a prolific writer of detective novels .
