Later Life
Wren resigned from the Indian Education Service in November 1917. His wife, Alice Lucille died September 26, 1914 in Poona, India; his daughter having died of pertussis (whooping cough) in the county of Nottingham on May 19, 1910. From there it is claimed that he joined the French Foreign Legion for a single tour of five years though he would have been 42 years of age on enlistment, somewhat older than the usual recruit. He lived out the remainder of his life in England concentrating on his literary career. One of the few photographs of Wren known shows a typical British officer of the Edwardian era with clipped moustache, wearing plain dark blue regimental dress.
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