Wilfred Owen

  • Birth

    Wilfred Owen was born in Plas Wilmot near Oswestry in Shropshire, into a family of English and Welsh descent.
  • 1913

    Owen taught for a year in Bordeaux at the Berlitz School of Languages
  • 1915

    Owen enlisted in the British army
  • 1918

    he was decorated for bravery
  • Death

    he was killed in a machine gun attack just seven days before the armistice
  • 1920

    Dulce et Decorum est was published