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Drury was educated at Brentwood School, Essex, and at Plymouth College.
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Mr. Pagett, landlord of the Coach and Horses, parish councillor, vicars warden, and late private in the Marines, if there was one thing more nanother that Commander John Dreadnought Precious, R.N., ab orred, it was to see or hear imself addressed by his middle name. Considerin the oncommonness of his surname, John Precious, or John D. Precious, or even J. D. Precious he held to be a sufficient tally for all practical purposes. But uman nature, especially naval uman nature Mr. Pagett used the spittoon with vigour bein what it is, he was invariably known throughout the service as Dreadnought Precious, with the accent circumgrave, as a parleyvoo would say, on theD (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org
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Drury was educated at Brentwood School, Essex, and at Plymouth College.
During his Royal Marines career, he served on the China Station and with the Mediterranean Fleet. At the outbreak of World War I, he rejoined the Royal Marines and served as an intelligence officer at Plymouth. Drury"s mother-in-law was the romantic novelist Mistress
Pender Cudlip.
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He was a member of the Naval Intelligence Department from 1900 until he resigned to pursue his literary career the following year.