Editing W. E. Shewell-Cooper (section)

== Childhood and education ==

Shewell-Cooper was born in [[Waltham Abbey]], Essex in 1900.<ref>{{cite book |date=1982 |title=Two-in-one Special Edition of the International Authors and Writers Who's Who, International Who's Who in Poetry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0iI4AAAAIAAJ  |publisher=International Biographical Centre |page=593}}</ref> His father, E. Shewell-Cooper,<ref>His father later became Colonel; his brothers were His Honor Judge F. Shewell-Cooper and H. Shewell-Cooper; ''Town & City Gardening'', p. iv</ref> was a major in the [[Royal Artillery]] and was also the assistant superintendent of the gunpowder factory in [[Waltham Abbey]]. From there, the family moved to [[Blackheath, London]], and then to [[Penarth]], Wales. Before the outbreak of [[World War&nbsp;I]], the family set sail on the ''Galaka'' for [[South Africa]], where they lived in [[Rondebosch]], now a suburb of Cape Town. While there, he went to school at [[Diocesan College]].<ref name="Who's Who"/> When he returned to England, he attended [[Monkton Combe School]] just outside [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]].