4.7
Lyrik & dramatik
Geoffrey Bache Smith was born in Staffordshire on 18th October 1894.
He attended King Edward’s School, Birmingham at the same time as J.R.R. Tolkien, where they founded the literary “Tea Cup and Barovian Society”.
Geoffrey was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the 19th (Service) Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers, the ‘3rd Salford Pals’, and took part in the Battle of the Somme.
He was wounded by shrapnel on 29th November 1916 and died from his wounds on 3rd December 1916.
He was buried in Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, France.
© 2020 Portable Poetry (E-bok): 9781839675195
Utgivningsdatum
E-bok: 10 juni 2020
4.7
Lyrik & dramatik
Geoffrey Bache Smith was born in Staffordshire on 18th October 1894.
He attended King Edward’s School, Birmingham at the same time as J.R.R. Tolkien, where they founded the literary “Tea Cup and Barovian Society”.
Geoffrey was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the 19th (Service) Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers, the ‘3rd Salford Pals’, and took part in the Battle of the Somme.
He was wounded by shrapnel on 29th November 1916 and died from his wounds on 3rd December 1916.
He was buried in Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, France.
© 2020 Portable Poetry (E-bok): 9781839675195
Utgivningsdatum
E-bok: 10 juni 2020
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