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Byronic

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2. Some of which are still encrusted with the mud of the trenches.

Reply to theHandpuppet (Original post)

Mon Aug 4, 2014, 03:48 AM

Aug 2014

Siegfried Sassoon was a great man. He fought valiantly in the war (with almost insane bravery) and was admired by his men, and then fought against the war, with great dignity.

He convinced the great war poet Wilfred Owen to actually start writing about the war, mentored him, and urged him not to return to France - even claiming that he would 'stab Owen in the leg' to stop him going.

Siegfried 'Mad Jack' Sassoon was a giant.

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Siegfried Sassoon's WWI diaries published online [View all] theHandpuppet Aug 2014 OP

I've been thinking of this poem a lot recently: petronius Aug 2014 #1

Some of which are still encrusted with the mud of the trenches. Byronic Aug 2014 #2

One of my heroes as well. nt thucythucy Mar 2018 #3

Thanks for this link. nt thucythucy Mar 2018 #4

Suicide in the Trenches was always the one that gave me chills Abu Pepe Apr 2018 #5