Letter To Susan Owen

Item

Title

Letter To Susan Owen

Identifier

5383.cpd

Creator

Owen, Wilfred (1893-1918)

Abstract

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'.

Date

16th January 1917

Date Created

1917-01-16

Spatial Coverage

2nd Manchester Regiment, Serre, France

Source

Folio

Medium

Paper

Format

Pen

Type

Letter

number of pages

6

Contributor

Jennifer Dunn

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive