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- - to serve in France and
Flanders during World War One, on the basis that it was unreasonable to
expect others to fight for the freedoms that he would later enjoy.
Despite his initial
reluctance to enlist he nevertheless
- - to serve in France and
Flanders during World War One, on the basis that it was unreasonable to
expect others to fight for the freedoms that he would later enjoy.
Despite his initial
reluctance to enlist he nevertheless
- that his service with the
British during World War One was in no way incompatible with his nationalist
views: rather, he believed he was furthering the cause of Irish independence
from Britain.
One year after war began,
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- British fighter pilot during the First World War at a time when
the average service life of a pilot was three weeks, enjoyed a successful and extraordinarily
diverse career which spanned numerous
disciplines.
Having
- British fighter pilot during the First World War at a time when
the average service life of a pilot was three weeks, enjoyed a successful and extraordinarily
diverse career which spanned numerous
disciplines.
Having
- Lewis created one of the
classics of First World War literature (generally considered the finest air
memoir of the war), a book still in print in Britain today.
Praised by George Bernard
Shaw ("This prince of pilots had a
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- out of place in the distinguished company of World War I poets, but he
is remembered for what is probably the single best-known and popular poem
from the war, In Flanders Fields .
He was a Canadian physician and fought on
- out of place in the distinguished company of World War I poets, but he
is remembered for what is probably the single best-known and popular poem
from the war, In Flanders Fields .
He was a Canadian physician and fought on
- 37.5 million total casualties of the First World War
out of 65 million troops mobilised. Up to 10 million are said to
have died.
Original Material ©
Michael Duffy 2000-09,
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- revival at the
outbreak of the First World War, when optimism was high; however as gloom
set in, Newbolt’s verse consequently suffered in popularity.
Newbolt came
to dislike his most famous poem Vitai Lampada ;
- revival at the
outbreak of the First World War, when optimism was high; however as gloom
set in, Newbolt’s verse consequently suffered in popularity.
Newbolt came
to dislike his most famous poem Vitai Lampada ;
- war in the 1920s.
His autobiography, My World as in My Time was published in 1932.
Sir Henry
Newbolt died in 1938.
Vitai Lampada
THERE'S a breathless hush in the Close to-night -
Ten to
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- in helping the Arabs against the Turks during World War I. At 31
Lawrence was an international celebrity but, embittered by his country's
Middle East policies, he chose a life of obscurity and died at the age of 46 after a motorcycle
- in helping the Arabs against the Turks during World War I. At 31
Lawrence was an international celebrity but, embittered by his country's
Middle East policies, he chose a life of obscurity and died at the age of 46 after a motorcycle
- of the Arab people. After the outbreak of World
War I, he was assigned to intelligence as an Arabian expert. In 1916
he joined the forces of the Arabian sheik Feisal al Husayn. In The
Seven Pillars Lawrence describes his
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- serving with the Irish Guards in the
First World War in September 1915, brought Kipling great sorrow. It wasn’t
until the end of the war that Kipling finally acknowledged his son’s death.
He spent many years after the war in a
- serving with the Irish Guards in the
First World War in September 1915, brought Kipling great sorrow. It wasn’t
until the end of the war that Kipling finally acknowledged his son’s death.
He spent many years after the war in a
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- the first enlisted American
soldier to die in World War I. The following appeared in the
Evansville Courier , November 6, 1917:
WITH THE AMERICAN
ARMY IN FRANCE, NOV. 5 - (By the Associated Press) - A
small detachment of
- the first enlisted American
soldier to die in World War I. The following appeared in the
Evansville Courier , November 6, 1917:
WITH THE AMERICAN
ARMY IN FRANCE, NOV. 5 - (By the Associated Press) - A
small detachment of
- 37.5 million total casualties of the First World War
out of 65 million troops mobilised. Up to 10 million are said to
have died.
Original Material ©
Michael Duffy 2000-09,
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- poetry - and a classic
memoir of the First World War, Good-bye To All That (1929).
Graves began to write poetry whilst a student
at London's Charterhouse School, an interest continued throughout his life
and most
- poetry - and a classic
memoir of the First World War, Good-bye To All That (1929).
Graves began to write poetry whilst a student
at London's Charterhouse School, an interest continued throughout his life
and most
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- service in the French Army during the First World War.
Born on 17 May 1873 in
Asnières, Barbusse's early career saw him steer a course first as a
neo-Symbolist poet, publishing Pleureuses ( Mourners ) in 1895,
and then as a
- service in the French Army during the First World War.
Born on 17 May 1873 in
Asnières, Barbusse's early career saw him steer a course first as a
neo-Symbolist poet, publishing Pleureuses ( Mourners ) in 1895,
and then as a
- movement as a means of
stirring other writers Worldwide to address social and political affairs.
Eventually settling in the
Soviet Union as a communist, Barbusse died in Moscow while working on
Staline ( Stalin ) on 30 August 1935 aged
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