Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Major Roger Francis Mortimer, (born 22.11.1909, died November 1991, age 82), was an English horse-racing correspondent, Coldstream Guards officer, prisoner of war, and author.Son of Haliburton Stanley Mortimer (1879-1957), of 76 Sloane Street (a London stockbroker), by Dorothy Blackwell, of Crosse & Blackwell, he was educated at Ludgrove, Eton and Sandhurst, and joined the Coldstream Guards in 1930. He was a Captain at Dunkirk (BEF, 1940) but was captured unconscious, all his men having been killed. He left the army in 1947 and took an appointment at Raceform.For 29 years, from 1947-1975, he was the Sunday Times' racing correspondent (aka Fairway). He was succeeded by Brough Scott. He was also The Tote's PR and a racing reporter for BBC radio 2.He married Cynthia Sydney Denison-Pender, in 1947, and was father three, including Charlie and Louise Mortimer. His letters to these children were published in 2012 and 2013.. }
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- Roger_Mortimer,_racing_corespondent abstract "Major Roger Francis Mortimer, (born 22.11.1909, died November 1991, age 82), was an English horse-racing correspondent, Coldstream Guards officer, prisoner of war, and author.Son of Haliburton Stanley Mortimer (1879-1957), of 76 Sloane Street (a London stockbroker), by Dorothy Blackwell, of Crosse & Blackwell, he was educated at Ludgrove, Eton and Sandhurst, and joined the Coldstream Guards in 1930. He was a Captain at Dunkirk (BEF, 1940) but was captured unconscious, all his men having been killed. He left the army in 1947 and took an appointment at Raceform.For 29 years, from 1947-1975, he was the Sunday Times' racing correspondent (aka Fairway). He was succeeded by Brough Scott. He was also The Tote's PR and a racing reporter for BBC radio 2.He married Cynthia Sydney Denison-Pender, in 1947, and was father three, including Charlie and Louise Mortimer. His letters to these children were published in 2012 and 2013.".