Wilfred Owen

Wilfed Owen was born on March 1893 in Oswestry,Shropshire,in England. He was the son of Tom and Susan Owen In 1897, the family moved to Birkenhead. His education began at the Birkenhead Institute and continued at the technical school in Shrewsbury. Owen displayed a keen interest in the arts at the very young age and his earliest experiment in poetry began at the age of 17. he failed to enter the University of London and worked as lay assistant to the RevHerbert Wigan at Dunsden.During the latter part of 1914 and early 1915 he became increasingly aware of the magnitude of the war. and joined the British Rifles. There he was badly shell shocked and evacuated to England hospital. It was in this hospital his literary energies increased. He was awarded the Military Cross for bravery for Amiens. But he was killed on the 14th of November while attemptin to lead his men across the Sambre.