John Hay Beith

thumb|Ian Hay Beith Major General John Hay Beith, CBE MC (17 April 1876 – 22 September 1952), was a British schoolmaster and soldier, but is best remembered as a novelist, playwright, essayist, and historian who wrote under the pen name Ian Hay. Quotes War is hell, and all that, but it has a good deal to recommend it. It wipes out all the small nuisances of peace-time. First Hundred Thousand (book, 1915) What do you mean, funny? Funny-peculiar or funny ha-ha? Housemaster (play, 1936) External links Category:1876 births Category:1952 deaths Category:Novelists from England Category:Playwrights from England Category:Educators from England Category:Soldiers Category:People from Manchester Category:Essayists from England Category:Historians from England Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire