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Alexander Osborne was born 21st June 1890 at Purbeck in Dorset, the middle son of three and eldest surviving after the loss of his brother, Edward, at Arras. He was educated at Sherborne, Harrow and Pembroke College, Oxford and has this to say of what came after:

“Joined up 1912 just in nice time for all the fun. Left the regiment in 1919, loath to spend the rest of one's life reliving past events as glories. Engaged in 1921 to Cara Duffy, a cousin of mine, and through her met, in 1922, one Dandelion Gilver (Mrs). Cue rapid disintegration of formerly calm life into penny-dreadful cum operetta. Now resident in Dunelgar, Perthshire, for my sins. A long way from Purbeck in more ways than one cares to name.”