About The Author

Awdry was born at Ampfield vicarage near Romsey, Hampshire on 15 June 1911. His father was the Reverend Vere Awdry (1854-1928), the Anglican vicar of Ampfield, and his mother was Lucy Awdry (née Bury) (1884-1965). His younger brother, George, was born on 10 August 1916 and died on 27 October 1994.All three of Awdry’s older half-siblings from his father’s first marriage died young. In 1917 the family moved to Box, in Wiltshire, moving again in 1919 and 1920, still in Box, the third house being “Journey’s End” (renamed from “Lorne Villa”,[4] which remained the family home until August 1928.