Brenan, Gerald

Gerald Brenan, who was born in 1894, set off on foot at the age of sixteen for the Pamir Mountains in Central Asia, but was forced to abandon the trip in Bosnia, defeated by snow and a lack of funds; he had walked more than 1500 miles. Joining the army in 1914, he fought at the Somme and Passchendale, was twice wounded and awarded both the Military Cross and the Croix de Guerre.