Thursday 28 July 2016

24th July 1895 ON THIS DAY IN RWF HISTORY


Robert Graves born, 1895


He joined up in 1914 and was sent, as an officer, to the 2nd Battalion. His war memoirs, Goodbye to All
That, like much of his war poetry, has never been out of print. He served with Siegfried Sassoon, Dr 
Dunn and Frank Richards. He became a renowned author and poet and died in 1985. His son David was
killed in action serving with the 1st Battalion in Burma in 1943 having been recommended for a VC.


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