Where did wilfred Owen come from?

Answer 1

Wilfred Owen served most of his military service in England. After enlisting in the Artists' Rifles Officers' Training Corps (1915) he spent seven months at Hare Hall Camp in Essex. He was then commissioned to the Manchester Regiment and sent to the front line in France. He managed to fall into a shell hole and suffer concussion, get blown into the air by a trench mortar and spent a number of days in a place called Savy Wood laid out on an embankment. Not long after he was diagnosed with shell shock and sent to Edinburgh. Towards the end of 1917 he was deemed fit for light regimental duties and sent to Scarborourgh. In March 1918 he was sent to the Northern Command Depot at Ripon. At the very end of 1918 he was sent back to the front line. On October 1, 1918 he led his troops into battle just outside the village of Joncourt. One week before the war ended Owens was shot and killed.

Answer 2

Wilfred Owen was born in Oswestry, England in 1893. He grew up in Shropshire and later attended schools in Birkenhead and Shrewsbury. Owen is best known for his World War I poetry, which reflects his experiences as a soldier on the Western Front.

Answer 3

Wilfred Owen was born in Oswestry in 1893 till 1918.

Answer 4

Wilfred Owen comes from Oswestry, Shropshire, UK.

Answer 5

France