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| Wilfred Owen
(1893 - 1918)
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| 1893 |
Born 18 March in Oswestry, Britain |
| 1895 |
Family moves to Birkenhead |
| 1906 |
Family moves to Shrewsbury, where Owen attends the Technical School |
| 1912 |
Fails the University of London's entrance exam |
| 1913 |
Appointed lay assistant to, Revd. Herbert Wigan, the vicar of Dunsden; Owen leaves the parish after they argue |
| 1913 |
Owen leaves the parish |
| 1914 |
Teaches English at the Berlitz school in Bordeaux |
| 1915 |
Enlists in September |
| 1916 |
Attends Officer's school in Essex, then joins the Manchester Regiment |
| 1917 |
Posted to France in January
March - Injured with concussion
April - Returns to front line
May - Diagnosed with shell-shock ('neurasthenia') and sent back to England
June - Meets Sigfried Sassoon while at Craiglockhart War Hospital near Edinburgh
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| 1918 |
June - Rejoins his regiment at Scarborough
August - Returns to France
October - Awarded the Military Cross for bravery at Amiens
Dies 4 November in a machine gun attack in Ors, France |
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