The Daily Mail (London, England), August 15th, 2007
QUESTION Was James Clavell, author of Shogun, a Japanese prisoner ofwar? JAMES CLAVELL'S family had a strong naval tradition. He was the son ofCommander Richard Clavell, a Royal Navy officer stationed in Australia to helpestablish the Royal Australian Navy, and related to Don Clavell, flaglieutenant to Admiral Collingwood at Trafalgar. According to family lore, aClavell had fought in every major naval battle since that time.
However, it was the Royal Artillery which Clavell joined in 1940 at the age of16. Later, he was sent to Malaya to fight the Japanese. Wounded by machinegunfire, he was ...
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