Background
Bullen, Percy Sutherland was born on March 21, 1868 in Hastings, England. Son of late Captain Richard Edward B. (of Royal Navy) and Laura Emma (Attwood) B.
Bullen, Percy Sutherland was born on March 21, 1868 in Hastings, England. Son of late Captain Richard Edward B. (of Royal Navy) and Laura Emma (Attwood) B.
G.s. Admiral Sir Charles B., in commanded H.M.S., Britannia at Battle of Trafalgar. Educated St. Anne’s Streatham Hill, London.
War correspondent in Egypt and South Africa during Boer War. Visited British front in France in 1916, as guest of the British government. Represented newspapers in London, Paris, Rome and Berlin.
Staff correspondent London Daily Telegraph, 1895-1934. Organizer and honorary secretary Dollar Christmas Fund for destitute Belgians, 1915, over 300,000 being contributed. Raised 15,000 as American contribution to Dickens’ Centennial Memorial, London.
Also $5,000 American gift to memorial of Scott, the Arctic explorer. Chairman of League of Remembrance for Celebration of Armistice Day.
Author of various brochures, relating to the European war. Contributor on military and naval topics, etc.
Fellow and correspondent secretary Institute Journalists, London.
Married Bertha, d.late Richard Clark, of London, England., August 4, 1898. Children: Daisy Gertrude, Percy S., Norman S., Kenneth S., Godfrey S. Has traveled largely in Europe and Morocco.