Letter To Susan Owen

Item

Title

Letter To Susan Owen

Identifier

5384.cpd

Creator

Owen, Wilfred (1893-1918)

Abstract

Describes conditions in a billet behind the lines, notably the cold. Talks about being involved in a tear-gas attack. Lists a series of wants. Describes no man's land in detail, and ridicules pictures in the paper that pretend to convey conditions at the front. This is letter no. 481 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.

Date

19th January 1917

Date Created

1917-01-19

Spatial Coverage

2nd Manchester Regiment, near Serre, France

Source

Folio

Medium

Paper

Format

Pencil

Type

Letter

number of pages

6

Contributor

Jennifer Dunn

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive