Carl Giles was born in Islington, North London, on 29 September
1916. After leaving school at fourteen, he initially trained in
animation before moving into cartoons, when working for Reynolds
News. In 1943 Giles moved to the Sunday Express and Daily Express,
eventually replacing Strube and becoming the Daily Express "War
Correspondent Cartoonist" with the 2nd Army in 1945.
Best known for his Express "family", his cartoons had enormous
popular appeal and in 1959 he was awarded an OBE. Giles left the
Daily Express in 1989 but continued working for the Sunday Express
until 1991. He died in 1995.
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