6482: Charles Hamilton Sorley

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posted on 2024-01-17, 17:23 authored by Lest We Forget Project Team

Charles Hamilton Sorley was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, before moving to Oxford. He was aged 20 during the Battle of Loos. However, in this battle he was shot by a sniper. He died on 13th October 1915. He is recognised as one of the top ten poets of the First World War.

He was only on the front lines for a short period before he died.

He questioned why we should remember the war.

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Fred Stewart

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Charles Hamilton Sorley. Captain.

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13/10/1915

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Battle of Loos, France.

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1. Propaganda to make people join the war. 2 images.

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Mackie Academy, Stonehaven (23/02/19)

6482: Charles Hamilton Sorley

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