John Hay Beith

Major General John Hay Beith, CBE MC (17 April 1876 – 22 September 1952), was a British schoolmaster and soldier, but is best remembered as a novelist, playwright, essayist, and historian who wrote under the pen name Ian Hay.

Quotes

 * War is hell, and all that, but it has a good deal to recommend it. It wipes out all the small nuisances of peace-time.
 * First Hundred Thousand (book, 1915)
 * What do you mean, funny? Funny-peculiar or funny ha-ha?
 * Housemaster (play, 1936)