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realistic verse that reflected the "brutal reality" of trench warfare, answering "to a public demand, particularly strong during the period of the great battles of 1915–17, for poetry from the trenches". The introduction by Osborn has been described as articulating the "appallingly anachronistic concept of war as a game". In his 2007 work, Sillars draws further attention to the imagery used in the introduction by Osborn, and concludes that
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45:. It consists of 131 poems by 52 contributors, with the poems divided into fourteen thematic sections. The poets were from all three branches of the armed services, land, sea and air, from a range of ranks (though mostly officers) and from many parts of the UK. Twenty of the poets who contributed to this volume died during the war. The editor was the journalist and author
1283:, which includes the details that Graham "had served in France with the Cornwall (Fortress) Royal Engineers, a territorial unit which he had joined in peacetime" and had been training to join the family law firm before the war, and joined his elder brother on demobilisation, but later "died in Fowey Hospital on the 29th of August 1928, after an operation".
53:. This anthology was one of several collections of war poetry published in the UK during the war. It "achieved large sales", and was reprinted in February 1918. It has been referenced in several analyses of First World War poetry and has been described as "the most celebrated collection of the war years".
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are absent from the book, the collection has also been noted for its inclusion of poems by "servicemen who perished during wartime and whose literary output was strictly limited". The collection was published at the point in the war where there was a shift from "patriotism and romanticism" to a more
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and similar anthologies of that period of the war used poetry to locate the war "within a spiritual landscape that makes mystical the
English countryside by endowing it with heroic virtues". The symbolic meaning of the anthology and the works it contains has also been examined, with Haughton (2007)
75:
The first edition of the book contains 38 pages of prefatory material including publication details, the dedication, an introduction by the editor, acknowledgments (several of the poems had been previously published), a list of 46 authors, and a list of contents. This is followed by 131 poems over
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The contributors not mentioned in the list of authors are: I.C., O. (two poems), C.A.A., A.J., Imtarfa, Dorothy
Plowman (wife of Max Plowman), and Roma White. In the acknowledgments, Osborn identifies A.J. as a soldier and Imtarfa as a naval officer, with the others being civilian authors. Osborn
155:
At the time of the anthology's publication in
November 1917, the death during the war of sixteen of the forty-six authors was marked in the list of authors with an asterisk, and are so-marked in the following list as well. The deaths during the war of four other authors who were killed or died
87:
But the youth we have lost in these dread years has not perished in vain; if "the spring has gone out of the year," as
Pericles lamented, yet we are immeasurably the richer for the spirituality they have bequeathed to us, of which the poems in this book are an enduring
61:
The anthology's title page describes the book as "A collection of war poems, for the most part written in the field of action, by seamen, soldiers, and flying men who are serving, or have served, in the Great War". The dedication is to the journalist and
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Howard is only mentioned in the introduction and list of authors, with Osborn quoting from his poem 'England'. Howard had at least two other poems published as well: 'The Beach Road by the Wood' and 'Without
Shedding of Blood', all three appearing in
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while travelling with the
Mediterranean Expeditionary Force to Gallipoli, and is buried on the Greek Aegean island of Skyros. Further biographical details for Brooke are available from the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
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following publication of the book, or whose deaths had occurred earlier but not been recorded by Osborn, are marked with a double asterisk. The military rank and unit given in the list of authors is also included in the list below.
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1279:, an archive record from Cornwall County Council referring to the "Company Royal Engineers commanded by Captain H S Graham". Graham's name was "Henry S. Graham" and further family details are available at
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1842:(1917) as the author of the poem 'Love of Life'. He was reported missing on the first day of the Battle of the Somme (01/07/1916), and his body was recovered the following year, as recorded in the
2035:, Imperial War Museum, accessed 05/03/2010. The poem is subtitled "for D.C.T., killed at Fricourt, March 1916". Thomas died on 18/03/1916, according to the Imperial War Museum and his CWGC entry:
1465:
James had a distinguished career in the Royal Navy, reaching the rank of admiral and being knighted, but is also well known for featuring in a famous advert for Pears soap, based on the artwork
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295 pages. Eight of the 131 poems are by civilian or anonymous authors, some referenced by name or pseudonym and others only by their initials, bringing the total number of contributors to 52.
1112:). Of the 52 contributors, more than half account for only one or two poems, but several provided more, with Harvey (6), Weaving (7) and Nichols (8) providing a total of 21 poems between them.
1280:
1766:
Shanks' rank of Second
Lieutenant was temporary at the time of publication. He had been invalided out in 1915, and when able to work again, did administrative work for the rest of the war.
2108:(F. A. McKenzie, from 'The Great War' (1914–1919, edited by Hammerton and Wilson), volume 7, chapter 132). For a picture showing holy communion being administered at Suvla Bay, see
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1673:, while recovering from shell shock. He was later court-martialled for resigning his commission on the grounds of conscientious objection. His wife, Dorothy, contributed a poem to
1602:. Palmer was injured in battle "on the Tigris River" and was taken prisoner. He died of his wounds on 21 January 1916 in a Turkish camp, and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial.
1624:, give Perowne's full name as "Victor Tait Perowne". Perowne was educated at Eton and was a friend of Sitwell. Both Perowne and Tennant are discussed in the 1916 anthology
1569:
The introduction and list of authors names Colin Scott-Moncrieff (Charles's brother), but the name credit for the poems in the book itself is for "Charles Scott-Moncrieff".
1481:
685:
1964:
MacGill, who served as a stretcher-bearer in the London Irish and was wounded at Loos in
October 1915, also described the battle in his autobiographical novel
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He is buried in
Richmond Cemetery, London. Further biographical details for Jenkins are available from the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
1998:
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1435:, The Montreal Gazette – 6 June 1931), where the columnist stated the opinion that the poem was "quite openly modelled on" 'The Feet of the Young Men' by
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2217:, Argha Banerjee, Working With English: Medieval and Modern Language, Literature and Drama 2.1: Literary Fads and Fashions (2006): pp. 1–11
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1296:, and brother of Gerald Grenfell. Julian Grenfell died on 27 May 1915 of head wounds received on 13 May 1915 when a shell exploded nearby.
390:
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445:
1494:(1918). Jenkins died on active duty in an airplane accident while serving in a home-defence squadron of the Royal Flying Corps.
434:
226:
1850:. Sources disagree on his year of birth, but his Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry records his age as 31 when he died:
840:
50:
1936:). Further biographical details for Winterbotham are available from the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
1994:
1858:, The Great War 1914–1918, A Guide to WW1 Battlefields and History of the First World War. Sources Retrieved 2 March 2010.
193:
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describing the title of the work as representing a "muse enlisted in the service of the State, Church and
British Army".
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1714:. Further biographical details for Robertson are available from the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
1690:. Further biographical details for Ratcliffe are available from the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
1510:
Joseph Johnston Lee was a Scottish poet who had published before the war. He later published poetry collections titled
1656:. Further biographical details for Philipps are available from the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
1585:
Further biographical details for Mackintosh are available from the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
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Further biographical details for Littlejohn are available from the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
1328:. Further biographical details for Grenfell are available from the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
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532:
1221:. Further biographical details for Coulson are available from the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
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1819:
Further biographical details for Sterling are available from the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
1803:. Further biographical details for Sorley are available from the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
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Further biographical details for Grenfell are available from the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
1241:. Further biographical details for Dennys are available from the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
1026:
has been described as one of several "important anthologies in the canonization of poetic taste", including work by
2300:
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1878:
Further biographical details for Tennant are available from the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
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Further biographical details for Hodgson are available from the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
955:
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Further biographical details for Robins are available from the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
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Further biographical details for Palmer are available from the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
2015:
1982:
1374:, the Bishop of Saint Edmundsbury and Ipswich. Hodgson was killed in action on 1 July 1916, the first day of the
575:
64:
1108:" for the poem attributed to I.C. and acknowledges the "Head Master of Eton" for the poem attributed to C.A.A. (
526:
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Sterling was killed in action on 23 April 1915 "after holding his trench all day against the enemy onslaughts".
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Coulson was killed in action on 7 October 1916 "in the forefront of a charge against the German position near
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276:
2215:"Went to War with Rupert Brooke and Came Home with Siegfried Sassoon": The Poetic Fad of the First World War
1978:
1908:
Wilkinson was killed in action on 9 October 1917 "leading his company in the attack on Passchendaele Ridge".
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1431:. One of his poems from this collection, 'Flight to Flanders' was mentioned in a newspaper column in 1931 (
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2137:, the clan pipers being the MacCrimmons. The poem title is Gaelic, and means 'MacCrimmon will not return'.
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1915:. Further biographical details are available from the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
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1488:(later Baron Jenkins). Arthur Jenkins died on 31 December 1917 – his poem 'The Sending' was published in
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1518:. Like Harvey and Rose-Troup, he became a prisoner-of-war, later publishing a book on his experiences.
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Further biographical details for Matthews are available from the Australian Dictionary of Biography:
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2087:(1917). In the latter, the poem 'To C.A.L.' from this collection is republished and Lister's father
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MacGill was an Irish journalist, poet and novelist who had a docu-drama about his life made in 2008.
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Lines from 'Better Far to Pass Away' by Richard Molesworth Dennys, who was killed during the war:
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357:
167:
2253:, Tim Kendall (Ed), Chapter 22 'Anthologizing War', Hugh Haughton, Oxford University Press, 2007
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1669:
Plowman was a pacifist who served in the army with reluctance. He produced a poetry collection
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2019:
1990:
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1912:
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1632:, Kathryn Ledbetter, Journal of Modern Literature, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Autumn, 1995), pp. 322–328.
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Corbett's year of birth is sourced from an auction catalogue entry for a set of his medals:
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The opening lines of 'To the Poet Before Battle' by Ivor Gurney, who would survive the war:
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Osborn's introduction discusses several aspects of the collection and includes a quote from
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Anthologies of British Poetry – Critical Perspectives from Literary and Cultural Studies
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Robert Graves: Copy, in Captain Robert Graves's hand, of the poem, 'Goliath and David'
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Memorial to the Hon. John Neville Manners, Lieutenant 2nd battalion, Grenadier Guards
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1871:. He was killed in action on 22 September 1916 "in battle on the Somme" during the
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Dennys died on 24 July 1916 of wounds received on 12 July 1916 "in Somme advance"
2181:, Randy Cummings, American Council of Learned Societies, Occasional Paper No. 29
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287:
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Winterbotham was killed in action on 27 August 1916 and is commemorated on the
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Ratcliffe was killed in action on 1 July 1916, which was the first day of the
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Arthur Lewis Jenkins was the son of Lady Jenkins and Sir John Lewis Jenkins,
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Selection of photographs of some of the poets and titles of their poems from
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Littlejohn was killed in action on 10 April 1917 when he was "sniped at the
1320:. Gerald Grenfell was killed in action on 30 July 1915 while serving in the
1211:
1452:
Further biographical details for Hopwood are available from oldpoetry.com:
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The poems that mention wartime places, battles, people and events include:
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2081:. A collection of his letters and a memoir was published by his father as
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1443:(which has details of spouse and children), Hutcheon was born circa 1895.
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80:
1792:. Sorley was killed in action on 3 October 1915 "at Hullach" during the
1753:
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One of six poets published in this anthology to be commemorated at
83:
when considering the cost of the war against the poetry produced:
49:(1867–1938), and the book was printed in London by the publishers
20:
1197:. Retrieved 2 March 2010. Corbett's year of death is sourced to:
1757:, and he worked as a literary reviewer and author after the war.
879:
by Robert Nichols – refers to the death of the Grenfell brothers
1891:
Weaving published several collections of his poetry, including
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Mackintosh was killed in action on 21 November 1917 during the
1191:
Life Saving Awards (W. H. Fevyer Collection), Lot 21, 25 Sep 08
825:
by William M. James – refers to six naval actions and campaigns
1727:
Robins was killed in action (gassed) on 5 May 1915 during the
1932:
to the Missing of the Somme (those missing killed during the
1410:
Hussey had previously published a collection of his poems as
832:
by William M. James – refers to three naval battles of 1 June
2056:. Other memorials to John Neville Manners are described at
1199:
Faroe Islands, Chronology, British Naval officers-in-charge
2275:
For remembrance: soldier poets who have fallen in the war
1423:
Lessel Finer Hutcheon survived the war and according to
1121:
The year of death for Alchin is sourced to his entry at
1788:
Charles Sorley was the son of the British philosopher
1645:. Phillips was killed in action on 13 May 1915 in the
1628:, edited by the Sitwell siblings and later covered in
1069:
Fields of Agony: British Poetry of the First World War
1370:
William Hodgson was the fourth and youngest child of
101:
The book is divided into fourteen thematic sections:
2022:(1916), with only the latter being from World War I.
1125:, Scuttlebutt and Small Chow. Retrieved 2 March 2010
1013:'Better Far to Pass Away', Richard Molesworth Dennys
2251:
The Oxford handbook of British and Irish war poetry
2241:, 2008, Jon Stallworthy, Cambridge University Press
2060:(Bertram Mackennal catalogue, Art Gallery NSW) and
1854:. Further biographical details are available from
869:by O. – refers to the defence mounted against the
2031:Thomas was a close friend of Graves and Sassoon.
1658:Casualty Details: Colwyn Erasmus Arnold Philipps
1123:Poetry of the First World War: English Poets A-C
981:Now, youth, the hour of thy dread passion comes;
1977:The battles and campaigns referred to are: the
1706:on 1 July 1916, which was the first day of the
1301:Casualty Details: Julian Henry Francis Grenfell
1138:, the British Prime Minister from 1908 to 1916.
1002:
978:
85:
2073:Charles Alfred Lister was the youngest son of
2048:John Neville Manners was the son of the third
1751:Before the war, Shanks had been the editor of
1454:Rear Admiral Ronald Arthur Hopwood (1868–1949)
1201:, World Statesmen.org. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
1154:
1152:
1150:
1148:
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923:by C.A.A. – a tribute to Charles Alfred Lister
2104:For details of some of these communions, see
8:
1938:Casualty Details: Cyril William Winterbotham
1703:Robertson was killed in action "near Albert"
1277:Nominal roll, 573 (Cornwall) Royal Engineers
985:And thou, as others, must face the riven day
896:by Robert Graves – a tribute to David Thomas
16:1917 anthology of British World War I poetry
2239:Survivors' Songs – From Maldon to the Somme
2205:, FirstWorldWar.com. Retrieved 1 March 2010
1607:Casualty Details: Robert Stafford A. Palmer
1243:Casualty Details: Richard Molesworth Dennys
940:by Charles Scott-Moncrieff – refers to the
2084:Charles Lister – Letters and Recollections
1917:Casualty Details: Eric Fitzwater Wilkinson
1536:Casualty Details: William Henry Littlejohn
1832:John William Streets is credited both in
1821:Casualty Details: Robert William Sterling
1805:Casualty Details: Charles Hamilton Sorley
1692:Casualty Details: Arthur Victor Ratcliffe
1330:Casualty Details: Gerald William Grenfell
1281:Graham and Graham, solicitors, St Austell
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1062:
1060:
954:by Ewart Alan Mackintosh – refers to the
1880:Casualty Details: Edward Wyndham Tennant
995:'To the Poet Before Battle', Ivor Gurney
987:Unstirred by rattle of the rolling drums
983:Thy lovely things must all be laid away;
2037:Casualty details: David Cuthbert Thomas
1587:Casualty Details: Ewart Alan Mackintosh
1178:Casualty Details: Rupert Chawner Brooke
1056:
859:by Gordon Alchin – title refers to the
805:by Alexander Robertson – refers to the
681:
2193:, Paul O'Prey, War Poetry Review, 2007
1852:Casualty Details: John William Streets
1641:Colwyn Philipps was the eldest son of
1499:Casualty Details: Arthur Lewis Jenkins
1383:Casualty Details: William Noel Hodgson
1348:at the time of the book's publication.
1340:
1338:
1314:William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough
1312:Gerald Grenfell was the second son of
1294:William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough
1292:Julian Grenfell was the eldest son of
1134:Herbert Asquith was the second son of
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1034:. While other major war poets such as
2077:. The CWGC record of his death is at
2052:. The CWGC record of his death is at
1775:Osbert Sitwell was the eldest son of
1740:Casualty Details: George Upton Robins
1716:Casualty Details: Alexander Robertson
1643:John Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids
1357:Audrey Herbert was the second son of
815:by Siegfried Sassoon – refers to the
7:
2075:Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale
1869:Edward Tennant, 1st Baron Glenconner
1600:William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne
1359:Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon
964:by W. H. Littlejohn – refers to the
930:by W. H. Littlejohn – refers to the
903:by Aubrey Herbert – title refers to
785:, by E. Wyndham Tennant – refers to
2191:Robert Graves and Literary Survival
2179:Female Poets of the First World War
1429:married Doris Vera Carropus in 1921
1007:The coming night is full of stars.
928:'Holy Communion Service, Suvla Bay'
913:by William Grenfell – a tribute to
1630:Battles for Modernism and "Wheels"
1275:Graham's death year is sourced to
795:by Patrick McGill – refers to the
41:published in November 1917 during
14:
886:by Aubrey Herbert – a tribute to
391:Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
2121:The poem includes references to
2106:The "Padre" in the Fighting-Line
1223:Casualty Details: Leslie Coulson
1171:Brooke died on 23 April 1915 of
1005:My day was happy – and perchance
756:
740:
720:
704:
684:
2203:The Muse in Arms – Introduction
2112:at the Australian War Memorial.
2095:, the new Head Master of Eton".
1893:The Star Fields and other poems
1777:Sir George Sitwell, 4th Baronet
1491:The Children's Story of the War
861:motto of the Royal Flying Corps
227:Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
2039:. Sources accessed 06/03/2010.
849:by Roma White – refers to the
841:Battle of the Falkland Islands
837:'Battle of the Falkland Isles'
93:from Osborn's introduction to
1:
2165:, Richard Molesworth Dennys,
2133:is the seat of the chiefs of
1995:Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau
1598:Robert Palmer was the son of
1441:this family genealogy website
1324:, and is commemorated on the
446:King's Own Scottish Borderers
194:Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
1710:. He is commemorated on the
2147:'To the Poet Before Battle'
2010:The three battles are: the
1652:and is commemorated on the
1558:Harley Matthews (1889–1968)
867:'The Death of the Zeppelin'
783:'Home Thoughts in Laventie'
620:York and Lancaster Regiment
533:York and Lancaster Regiment
37:is an anthology of British
2317:
2296:British poetry anthologies
1999:Dardanelles Naval Campaign
1955:, E. B. Osborne (Ed), 1917
1911:He is commemorated on the
1897:The Bubble and other poems
1799:He is commemorated on the
1094:, E. B. Osborne (Ed), 1917
989:Or bugles' strident cry.
823:'Song of the White Ensign'
2163:'Better Far to Pass Away'
2016:Capture of USS Chesapeake
1940:. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
1919:. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
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576:South Lancashire Regiment
435:Australian Imperial Force
65:Times Literary Supplement
1110:Cyril Argentine Alington
956:MacCrimmon piping family
839:by I.C. – refers to the
664:Gloucestershire Regiment
411:Company Sergeant Major;
305:Gloucestershire Regiment
294:Gloucestershire Regiment
70:Bruce Lyttelton Richmond
1618:Other sources, such as
1262:, and his daughter was
653:West Yorkshire Regiment
544:East Yorkshire Regiment
522:West Yorkshire Regiment
511:West Yorkshire Regiment
440:Charles Scott-Moncrieff
277:Gerald William Grenfell
2012:Glorious First of June
1987:Battle of Rufiji Delta
1983:Battle of Más a Tierra
1790:William Ritchie Sorley
1071:, Stuart Sillars, 2007
1016:
998:
952:'Cha Till MacCruimein'
750:'Cha Till MacCruimein'
747:Ewart Alan Mackintosh:
649:(died 1917, aged 26)
616:(died 1916, aged 31)
605:(died 1915, aged 21)
540:(died 1915, aged 36)
529:(died 1916, aged 34)
518:(died 1916, aged 29)
496:(died 1915, aged 26)
475:(died 1916, aged 27)
453:(1893–1917, aged 24)
409:(died 1917, aged 26)
387:(1892–1917, aged 25)
323:(1893–1916, aged 23)
279:(died 1915, aged 25)
268:(1888–1915, aged 27)
223:(died 1916, aged 32)
190:(1887–1915, aged 27)
99:
29:
2229:, Peter Preston, 2003
2089:identifies the author
2079:Charles Alfred Lister
1867:Tennant was a son of
1848:The Undying Splendour
1839:The Undying Splendour
1372:Henry Bernard Hodgson
1254:Frankau's mother was
1162:in Westminster Abbey.
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950:poem XCII:
921:'To C.A.L.'
899:poem LIII:
882:poem XLIX:
865:poem XLVI:
505:Max Plowman
489:Scots Guard
402:Black Watch
378:Commander;
288:Ivor Gurney
121:In Memoriam
88:expression.
51:John Murray
43:World War I
25:Cover from
2285:Categories
1654:Menin Gate
1427:magazine,
1326:Menin Gate
1106:Ian Colvin
909:poem LIV:
905:ANZAC Cove
892:poem LII:
811:poem XXX:
618:Sergeant;
422:Sergeant;
400:Sergeant;
396:Joseph Lee
380:Royal Navy
369:Royal Navy
251:(Fortress)
214:Sergeant;
205:Royal Navy
39:war poetry
1212:Lesboeufs
1019:Reception
919:poem LV:
911:'To John'
871:Zeppelins
801:poem XX:
596:Captain;
585:Captain;
552:Captain;
542:Captain;
531:Private;
498:Captain;
477:Captain;
444:Captain;
433:Private;
367:Captain;
314:Captain;
292:Private;
270:Captain;
259:Captain;
247:Captain;
236:Captain;
225:Captain;
166:Captain;
2123:Dunvegan
1997:and the
1011:—
993:—
787:Laventie
781:poem V:
91:—
81:Pericles
57:Contents
1968:(1916).
1899:(1917).
1731:in the
1468:Bubbles
1401:(1916).
944:in the
938:'Domum'
884:'R. B.'
671:Gallery
68:editor
2169:(1917)
2153:(1917)
1993:, the
1989:, the
1985:, the
1981:, the
1754:Granta
1626:Wheels
1425:Flight
1414:(1916)
1173:sepsis
773:Poetry
151:Poets
139:Songs
1514:and
1482:KCSI
1038:and
1030:and
170:and
1846:of
168:RFC
2287::
1531:".
1337:^
1193:,
1143:^
1076:^
1059:^
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2001:.
1875:.
1796:.
1779:.
1735:.
1677:.
1582:.
1471:.
1378:.
1361:.
1266:.
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