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65816: Letter To Susan Owen

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posted on 2024-04-19, 15:03 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

Describes horrendous conditions of holding a dug-out in no man's land at Serre. An incident involving a blinded sentry is mentioned, which probably forms the basis for his poem 'The Sentry'. This is letter no. 480 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.

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5383.cpd | 4805.jpg | WOHRLET480-1.jpg 4806.jpg | WOHRLET480-2.jpg 4807.jpg | WOHRLET480-3.jpg 4808.jpg | WOHRLET480-4.jpg 4809.jpg | WOHRLET480-5.jpg 4810.jpg | WOHRLET480-6.jpg

Creator

Owen, Wilfred (1893-1918)

Date

16th January 1917

Date Created

16/01/1917

Spatial

2nd Manchester Regiment, Serre, France

Source

Folio

Medium

Paper

Format

Pen

Type

Letter | Letter

Pages

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Number of Pages

6

Contributor

Jennifer Dunn

Rights

The Harry Ransom Center / The Wilfred Owen Literary Estate

Collection ID

Wilfred Owen Letters f.480-1 | Wilfred Owen Letters f.480-2 | Wilfred Owen Letters f.480-3 | Wilfred Owen Letters f.480-4 | Wilfred Owen Letters f.480-5 | Wilfred Owen Letters f.480-6

Repository Name

The Harry Ransom Center

Repository Address

The University of Texas at Austin, 21st and Guadalupe Streets, Austin, Texas, 78712, USA

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive

Usage metrics

    The Wilfred Owen Collection

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    Licence

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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