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3 unusual facts about Arnold Book of Old Songs


Arnold Book of Old Songs

He had been taken prisoner-of-war by German forces in Tunis in North Africa.

Some months later he and his friend Lord Brabourne, also from the 6th Battalion, were being transported by train from an Italian POW camp to Germany, and they escaped near Bronzolo in the South Tyrol.

Norton Knatchbull, 6th Baron Brabourne

Arnold Guy Vivian's uncle was the composer Roger Quilter, who was devoted to his nephew and was moved by his death to name and dedicate the Arnold Book of Old Songs in his memory.



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