Theodore Percival Cameron Wilson (April 25, 1888 - March 23, 1918), was an English poet and novelist of the First World War, best known for his poem Magpies in Picardy,[1] published posthumously in 1919 by The Poetry Bookshop.
Theodore Percival Wilson was, albeit briefly, a pioneering priest in South Australia and first headmaster of Adelaide's great Anglican school, St Peter's College.
Before the First World War broke out, he spent much of his leisure time at the Poetry Bookshop in London, which was run by Monro, and probably wrote a great many poems and short stories.
At around the same time he was moved to the staff and was introduced to General Sir Douglas Haig, Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in Belgium and France.
[3] Having gained promotion to the rank of captain, he was moved back to the front line and was killed at Hermies in France during the great German assault in late March 1918.