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Wilfred Owen

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    Early Life

    He grew up religious and well educated, and was heavily influenced by Catholicism. Specifically, his mother would read the Bible to him and other novels. After school, he worked as a lay assistant to the Vicar of Dunsden
  • Birth

    Birth

    Wilfred Owen was born on the 18th of March, 1893 in Oswestry, Shropshire to parents Harriet and Thomas Owen.
  • Shellshock Diagnosis

    Shellshock Diagnosis

    After experiencing heavy fighting, he was diagnosed with Shellshock. He was transported to Craiglockhart War Hospital near Edinburgh in June 1917.
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    War

    Owen enlisted in WW1 in 1915. He was commissioned into the Manchester Regiment. After spending the remainder of the year training in England, he left for the Western front in January 1917.