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Letter To Susan Owen

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AuthorOwen, Wilfred (1893-1918)
TitleLetter To Susan Owen
NotesDescribes the action at Savy Wood in the battle of St Quentin. Describes a shell exploding nearby which knocks him unconscious. It is this experience that results in his shell-shock. This is letter no. 505 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
Item Date25th April 1917
Creation placeA Coy., My Cellar, near St Quentin (Google Maps)
File typeCompound Object
Item sourceFolio
Item mediumPaper
Writing mediumPencil
ContentLetter
Repository nameHarry Ransom Center
Repository address
The University of Texas at Austin
21st and Guadalupe Streets
Austin
Texas
78712
USA
Repository URLhttp://www.hrc.utexas.edu
CataloguerJennifer Dunn
CopyrightThe Harry Ransom Center / The Wilfred Owen Literary Estate
Digital repositoryThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/5244