Ian Hay

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  • Bibliography:
    20 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1907
  • Latest Book:
    November 2014
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John Hay Beith was born on 17 April 1876 in UK the third son and sixth child of Janet Fleming and his husband John Alexander Beith, a cotton merchant, magistrate, and leading member of the local Liberals. He was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh and St. Johns College, Cambridge. He was a second-lieutenant in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and was in France in April of 1915 and was one of the first 100,000 of Kitchener's Army. He was awarded the Military Cross. He was Director of Public Relations at the War Office (1938-1941). As Ian Hay, he was also a novelist, and playwright.

He passed away on 22 September 1952 in Liss, Petersfield, Hampshire.

Full Series List in Order

Unit "K (1)"

1 - The First Hundred Thousand (Jan-1915)
2 - All In It! (Nov-1917)
3 - Carrying On (Jan-1917)

Book List in Order: 20 titles

  • Pip

    A Romance of Youth....

  • The Right Stuff

    Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton....

  • A Man's Man

    'Athletic Dress' is not in itself a costume in which it is possible to perform athletic feats, but one whose colour-scheme clashes with the sub-fusc standard which obtains in all college courts until one P.M.; such, in fact, as would tend to distract...

  • A Safety Match

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefo...

  • Happy-Go-Lucky

    Rumbold (major), Hivite House, Grandwich School, would be much obliged if our party could be supplied with breakfast, and you usually do it for half-a-crown as there are a lot of us, and if you don't we shall probably go to the George, and as the par...

  • A Knight on Wheels

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...

  • The Lighter Side of School Life

    This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts ...

  • The First Hundred Thousand

    Unit "K (1)" - 1

    Ian Hay (1876-1952) was an English writer. He published light and humorous novels, including "A Safety Match" (1911) and "A Knight on Wheels" (1914), as well as the stirring war books "The First Hundred Thousand" (1915) and "Carrying On" (1917)....

  • Scally

    Major John Hay Beith, CBE (Ian Hay) (1876-1952) from Edinburgh, Scotland was a soldier, novelist, and playwright. He was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh and St. Johns College, Cambridge. Beith joined Durham School in 1902 as junior science mast...



  • Carrying On

    Unit "K (1)" - 3

    This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...

  • Getting Together

    Major John Hay Beith (Ian Hay) (1876-1952) from Edinburgh, Scotland was a soldier, novelist, and playwright. He was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh and St. Johns College, Cambridge. He was a second-lieutenant in the Argyll and Sutherland Highla...

  • All In It!

    Unit "K (1)" - 2

    Ian Hay (1876-1952) was an English writer. He published light and humorous novels, including "A Safety Match" (1911) and "A Knight on Wheels" (1914), as well as the stirring war books "The First Hundred Thousand" (1915) and "Carrying On" (1917)....

  • The Last Million

    This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts ...

  • The Willing Horse

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...

  • The Lucky Number

  • The Shallow End

  • Paid, With Thanks

  • Half-a-Sovereign

  • The Poor Gentleman

    This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...



  • The Oppressed English

    This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ian Hay has published 20 books.

Ian Hay does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Oppressed English, was published in November 2014.

The first book by Ian Hay, Pip, was published in January 1907.

Yes. Ian Hay has 1 series.
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