1.0Discover War Poets - WW2https://warpoets.org.uk/worldwar2Helenhttps://warpoets.org.uk/worldwar2/author/helen/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="9nEm55TV61"><a href="https://warpoets.org.uk/worldwar2/poets-and-poetry/john-jarmain/">John Jarmain</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://warpoets.org.uk/worldwar2/poets-and-poetry/john-jarmain/embed/#?secret=9nEm55TV61" width="600" height="338" title="“John Jarmain” — Discover War Poets - WW2" data-secret="9nEm55TV61" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://warpoets.org.uk/worldwar2/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/03/Jarmain321.jpg321321John Jarmain was born in 1911 and educated at Shrewsbury School and Queen’s College, Cambridge where he read mathematics. After graduating in 1933 he married Eve Houghton, the couple moving to Somerset. Although he spent most of his time writing, lack of income meant that by 1937 he worked as a schoolmaster at Millfield School in  Continue Reading »