Wilfred Owen, M.C. (1893-1918), the English poet, best known for wartime works such as "Dulce et Decorum Est" & "Anthem for Doomed Youth;" Owen was committed to the Craiglockhart War Hospital in 1917 for treatment of shell shock, & later cleared foe home duty safely in England, but insisted on returning to the front; he was killed in combat crossing the Sambre-Oise Canal on 4 November 1918.
The Wayback Machine Tour of the Hundred Days Offensive
№ DCXXXII: The Battle of Amiens (Part I)
№ DCXXXVI: The Second Battle of the Somme (Part II)
№ DCXXXIX: The Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin (Part III)
№ DCXLI: The Battle of Saint-Mihiel (Part IV)
№ DCXLIV: The Battle of the Canal du Nord (Part V)
№ DCXLVI: The Battle of the Saint-Quentin Canal (Part VI)
№ DCXLVIII: The Lost Battalion (Part VII)
№ DCXLVIII: "Sergeant" York (Part VIII)
Lest we forget.
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