Career
Born in Liverpool in 1893, he signed up as a private in the 1/6th Battalion, King"s Liverpool Regiment, at the outbreak of World War I, and served in the trenches in Belgium. He saw action on The Somme and at Flanders but was discharged in 1917 suffering from trench foot. His war diaries were published in 1997.
In later life, he lived at West Kirby, on the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire.
He and Eric Hosking would watch birds together at Hilbre Island. Wild Life in Britain, Open Air Books Roving with Nomad (illustrated by Tunnicliffe), University of London Press, 1949.
Adventuring with Nomad (illustrated by Tunnicliffe), University of London Press, 1950. Northwards with Nomad (illustrated by Tunnicliffe), University of London Press, 1951.
Over the Hills with Nomad (illustrated by Tunnicliffe), University of London Press.
Wandering with Nomad (illustrated by Tunnicliffe), University of London Press. A check list of the fauna of Lancashire and Cheshire: Mammalia, Reptilia, Amphibia, 1959 The Wirral Peninsula, Hale, 1970 Remembrances of Hell, the Great War diary of naturalist, writer and broadcaster Ellison - "Nomad" of the British Broadcasting Corporation, edited by David R. Lewis, Airlife, 1997.
