Literary Figure. He was the oldest of the five Llewelyn Davies brothers, whom the playwright, J.M. Barrie based the Darling family in his 1904 masterpiece play "Peter Pan." After the death of the brothers' parents from cancer within three years, Barrie had become the guardian of the brothers by 1910. Llewelyn Davies was killed in action in World War I. After attending Eaton, he studied drama at Trinity College at Cambridge. Upon the start of World War I, he received a commission as a second lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifle Corps. He was deployed to the trenches in Flanders. Sitting by accident in an exposed position, he died of a gunshot wound to the head from a German sniper. He was originally buried on the battlefield but later, his remains were interred at Voormezeele Enclosures with a military marker. The character in the play of Mr. George Darling in the play "Peter Pan" was named after him. He was first cousin of the author, Daphne du Maurier. "Peter Pan" became a 1911 novel and continued into films with the first being a silent film in 1924. The play "Peter Pan" is still a favorite into the 21st century with a successful 2015-Broadway production of "Finding Neverland." A cenotaph memorial to him is part of his parents' upright marker at St John-at-Hampstead Churchyard.
Literary Figure. He was the oldest of the five Llewelyn Davies brothers, whom the playwright, J.M. Barrie based the Darling family in his 1904 masterpiece play "Peter Pan." After the death of the brothers' parents from cancer within three years, Barrie had become the guardian of the brothers by 1910. Llewelyn Davies was killed in action in World War I. After attending Eaton, he studied drama at Trinity College at Cambridge. Upon the start of World War I, he received a commission as a second lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifle Corps. He was deployed to the trenches in Flanders. Sitting by accident in an exposed position, he died of a gunshot wound to the head from a German sniper. He was originally buried on the battlefield but later, his remains were interred at Voormezeele Enclosures with a military marker. The character in the play of Mr. George Darling in the play "Peter Pan" was named after him. He was first cousin of the author, Daphne du Maurier. "Peter Pan" became a 1911 novel and continued into films with the first being a silent film in 1924. The play "Peter Pan" is still a favorite into the 21st century with a successful 2015-Broadway production of "Finding Neverland." A cenotaph memorial to him is part of his parents' upright marker at St John-at-Hampstead Churchyard.
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