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  • History of War

    MUSEUMS & EVENTS

    Nov 29, 2018 4 minutes

    WILFRED OWEN 100

    DISCOVER EXHIBITIONS, INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES AND WALKS AS SHROPSHIRE COMMEMORATES ITS CELEBRATED WAR POET

    Although he was only 25 years old when he was killed in action in France on 4 November 1918, Wilfred Owen is today one of Britain’s most celebrated war poets. He served as a second lieutenant in the 2nd Manchester Regiment during World War I and was awarded the Military Cross for bravery. Owen was not just physically courageous but a talented writer whose haunting poems on the horrors of trench warfare have largely defined how the war is perceived today. His literary standing

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