Picture No | 10821629 |
Date | 1918 |
Description | Wilfred Owen |
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Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC (18 March 1893 – 4 November 1918), English poet and soldier, one of the leading poets of the First World War. Photograph of him in uniform as a 2nd Lieutenant with the Manchester Regiment. He was killed in action near the Sambre Canal on 4 November 1918, a week before the ceasing of hostilities.
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Source | Unattributed photograph featured in the Roll of Honour published in The Sphere, 29 March 1919 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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