Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)

Death: 1st September 1967
Location: St Andrew's Church, Mells, Somerset, England
Cause of death: Stomach Cancer
Photo taken by: Clive and Chris
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English poet, author and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches, and satirised the patriotic pretensions of those who, in Sassoon's view, were responsible for a vainglorious war.


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