On Easter Monday, 1917, Edward Thomas volunteered to occupy a forward observation post on the Western Front. At 36 minutes and 12 seconds past seven o'clock in the morning, a shell landed close to him. It left no mark on his body, but the blast stopped his heart, and his pocket watch. The pocket watch has been one of the most poignant exhibits in the Imperial War Museum, and is kept in the Edward Thomas Collection, at Cardiff University Library.
Friday, 8 June 2007
Edward Thomas' Pocket Watch
On Easter Monday, 1917, Edward Thomas volunteered to occupy a forward observation post on the Western Front. At 36 minutes and 12 seconds past seven o'clock in the morning, a shell landed close to him. It left no mark on his body, but the blast stopped his heart, and his pocket watch. The pocket watch has been one of the most poignant exhibits in the Imperial War Museum, and is kept in the Edward Thomas Collection, at Cardiff University Library.
Wednesday, 9 May 2007
Wilfred Owen: Dulce et Decorum est
This is one of four manuscript versions of Wilfred Owen's seminal poem "Dulce et Decorum est" digitised for the First World War Digital Poetry Archive. The manuscript resides at The British Library (MS 43721).
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