![]() ![]() On 12 July 1944, King-Smith was seriously injured by a British hand grenade thrown by a German soldier. On arrival in Salerno, his platoon fought their way up Italy, along with many others, which took months. ![]() As a young platoon commander in 1943, he took part in the Salerno Landings in Italy. ![]() In 1941, at the age of 19, King-Smith enlisted as a recruit in the Grenadier Guards. King-Smith's first book was The Fox Busters, published in 1978 while he was living and teaching in Farmborough. He was a soldier in World War II, serving with the Grenadier Guards in Italy, and a farmer for 20 years before he became a teacher at Farmborough Primary School and author. King-Smith was educated at Beaudesert Park School and Marlborough College. King-Smith was born on 27 March 1922 in Bitton, Gloucestershire and grew up in the West Country, his father was Captain Ronald King-Smith DSO MC, who ran several paper mills. He was awarded an Honorary Master of Education degree by the University of the West of England in 1999 and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours. ![]() It was adapted as the movie Babe (1995) and translations have been published in fifteen languages. He is best known for The Sheep-Pig (1983). Ronald Gordon King-Smith OBE (27 March 1922 – 4 January 2011), was an English writer of children's books, primarily using the pen name Dick King-Smith. ![]()
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