H. Taprell Dorling H. Taprell Dorling Captain Henry Taprell Dorling (1883-1968) was a British sailor, author, and journalist who served in the Royal Navy during both world wars, giving his marine fact and fiction a notable authenticity. His Pincher Martin, O.D. (1916) is widely referenced as the source for Pincher Martin (1956) by Nobel prizewinner William Golding. He wrote under the name Taffrail. Dorling was born in Berwick, the second son of Colonel Francis Dorling, and named Taprell Henry, but later changed the order of his names. He entered the HMS "Britannia" in August 1897, his 1113 marks placing him fifty-eighth in merit
Chapman Pincher Corps. Pincher reported news of the development of RDX and would continually supply information of this sort, specifically about “V-1 flying bomb, the V-2 rocket and the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima.” When he finished his time, a fellow recruited him to come and write for the "Daily Express" in London. Pincher believed it was his job to keep the media informed on the matter of decision making the military did every single day, from his first-hand view. He took joy in finding angles that nobody else could find, and that is where he excelled he later found out. The