Ivor Gurney
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Ivor Bertie Gurney was an English poet and composer. Born and raised in Gloucester, he suffered from bipolar disorder through much of his life and spent his last 15 years in psychiatric hospitals. Cri
Gurney in his Gloucestershire Regiment uniform, c. 1915
Gurney memorial window by Tom Denny (installed in 2014)
Gurney memorial plaque
The grave of Ivor Gurney at Twigworth, Gloucestershire
Ivor Novello
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Ivor Novello was a Welsh actor, dramatist, singer and composer who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century.
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…cathedral. There he met fellow composer Herbert Howells, who became a lifelong friend. Alongside Gurney and Howells, Brewer's third pupil at this time was Ivor Novello, then known as Ivor Davies. He also enjoyed an enduring friendship with the poet F. W. Harvey, whom he met in 1908. The adults of most significance in…
Ivor Novello
Novello's birthplace, in Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff
Bobbie Andrews in 1921
Nina Vanna and Novello in The Man Without Desire (1923)