First World War Poetry Digital Archive

The Life of Wilfred Owen

Was Owen's life typical of the First World War Tommy? Created by Neil McLennan, Head of History at Tynecastle High School, Edinburgh.

Birth of Owen
War breaks out
Owen in 1914
Men Fill the Ranks
Recruitment Posters
Owen joins up
Owen transfers
Problems of trench life
Owen injured
Owen returned to Britain
Shell Shock
Dreams
Siegfried Sasson
Mental Cases
Treatment
Ergotherapy
Owen decorated
Owen given medal
Sambre Canal
Battle of Sambre Ors
Results of the Battle
How old were most World War One casualties?
11th November 1918

Credits

neil mclennan

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