Art and Literature
The world wars were the breeding grounds for some of the most influential literature of the 20th century. Poems, plays, novels and journalism written during and about the wars remain some of the most well-known and well-studied works of the period. Many of the men and women who wrote them are commemorated by the CWGC. Tell us their stories.
Private Robert Hawkridge - A name in pencil, his name was on the last page of a YMCA booklet from 1917, "If I should Die"
Captain Albert Richards: The War Artist Who Parachuted into History
Lieutenant George Sainton Kaye Butterworth MC, 13th Bn., Durham Light Infantry
Lieutenant Wilfred Owen MC - War Poet
Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee Jr. - 'High Flight'
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