His military service came to an unexpected end after his battalion was gassed in a chlorine attack during Passchendaele and he was invalided from the army. In his military service, he was in the front lines during the 1st World war fighting at Passchendaele, Cambrai and St. At the age of 17, he received his commission in the month of September 1914. His first station was with the training ship HMS Worchester from 1908 to 1912. The expulsion marked the end of his schooling days and he joined the navy. This explains to some extent his fascination with the occult and Satanism in his thriller novels which must have developed at such a young age. In his early years, Dennis had no interest for schooling or acquiring a formal education which led to his expulsion from Dulwich College before completion after it was alleged that he formed a ‘secret society’. His parents lived in south London where they owned a prestigious wine business making him a privileged middle class child. Dennis was the eldest son to Florence Elizabeth and Albert David and had two siblings. By the time of his death on the 10th of November 1977, he had been one of the most prolific authors Britain has ever produced. Dennis Wheatley was born Dennis Yates Wheatley on 8th January 1897.
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