John Henry Patterson (author) never officially charged or censured, this incident followed him for years after in British society and in the army. His case was raised in Parliament in April 1909. The incident was referenced in the film "The Macomber Affair" (1947), which was based on Ernest Hemingway's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" (1936). Patterson joined the Essex Imperial Yeomanry for the Second Boer War (1899–1902), and served with the 20th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in November 1900. He returned home, but was again called for service when on 17 January 1902 he
The Grandmothers: Four Short Novels and did not know what he was doing. During the Second World War, James, a British young man, is dispatched to South Africa and India. In SA, he has an affair with a British girl who lives there, Daphne. She becomes pregnant and he never forgets her. Both of them get married, and when the child is twenty he flies to SA and attempts to meet him. He only receives a picture; his life goes on but his marriage seems a sham. The Grandmothers: Four Short Novels The Grandmothers: Four Short Novels is collection of four short stories published in