Wilfred Owen Association

...I passed most of the following days in a railway Cutting, in a hole just big enough to lie in, and covered with corrugated iron. My brother officer of B Coy, 2/Lt Gaukroger lay opposite in a similar hole. But he was covered with earth, and no relief will ever relieve him. [2/2]

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25 April 1917, Owen wrote:

For twelve days I did not wash my face, nor take off my boots, nor sleep a deep sleep. For twelve days we lay in holes, where at any moment a shell might put us out [...] I was blown in the air right away from the bank... [1/2]

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On 25th April 1911, Wilfred Owen wrote to his mother:

'I long to tell you of my good fortune in discovering the house (of Keats)–I will only say now that I saw it, and gaped at it (regardless of people in the window who became quite alarmed, I fancy)–to my heart's content.'

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You can now watch the recording of our 2025 birthday lecture, available on our YouTube channel. The lecture was delivered by Professor Elizabeth Vandiver on 'Wilfred Owen's Uriconium: the Site and the City' youtu.be/4a94RNjF6vY?...

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There is still time to register for this event, online tomorrow evening.

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The 2025 Wilfred Owen Birthday Lecture. March 18th, 7:30 to 9pm GMT. Online.

The 2025 Wilfred Owen Birthday Lecture, delivered by Professor Elizabeth Vandiver, will focus on Owen's interest in Roman material culture and the city of Uriconium, and will highlight the city's history and how it inspired Owen's poem, 'Uriconium: An Ode'.

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18th February 1915, Owen wrote to his mother:

All winter, all last year and longer I have read no poetry, nor thought poetically (at least not by act of will) [..] thus I have sown my wild oats, that my harvest of poppies may be the more abundant.

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"This afternoon is all blanketed in sea-fog, but it is not at all desolate but quite a cosy kind of fog. All the same Scarborough is a moribund place. I would rather the back of behind Edinburgh than all the Front of Scarboro'." - Wilfred Owen, 13th February 1918

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'My feet ached until they could ache no more, and so they temporarily died. I was kept warm by the ardour of Life within me [...] We were marooned on a frozen desert. There is not a sign of life on the horizon and a thousand signs of death.'

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4th February 1917, Owen wrote:

'I have no mind to describe all the horrors of this last Tour. But it was almost wusser than the first, because in this place my Platoon had no Dug-Outs, but had to lie in the snow under the deadly wind [...] only one of my party actually froze to death.'

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JPEG version of the ROYS call for papers. For a plaintext version please email help@ridingsofyorkshiresociety.co.uk

We're delighted to announce that this year's ROYS conference will be held at Scarborough Library, on Friday 6th June 2025.

We're seeking papers on any element of Yorkshire's past for the conference, now in its fourth year. Our full call for papers can be found below 👇

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An image advertising the Wilfred Owen Festival, March 15th - 23rd. There is also an image of the Wilfred Owen bronze statue by Tim Turner in Cae Glas Park, Oswestry. The statue is covered in a fine dusting of snow, and the park behind is also snow covered. A wreath of poppies is on the base of the statue.

The Wilfred Owen Festival will be taking place from 15th - 23rd March 2025, a celebration taking place in his birthplace of Oswestry. You can find out more at: www.wilfredowenfestival.co.uk

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