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His younger brother the Honourable Gerald William (Billy) Grenfell was killed in action on 30 July 1915, within a mile of where Julian had previously been fatally wounded. The death of both Julian and Billy was a dreadful blow to their mother Lady (Ethel) "Ettie" Desborough, who was haunted by bereavement for the rest of her life.
poem XLVI: 'The Death of the Zeppelin' by O. – refers to the defence mounted against the Zeppelins; poem XLVII: 'The Last Salute' by Robert Nichols – refers to the death of the Grenfell brothers; poem XLIX: 'R. B.' by Aubrey Herbert – a tribute to Rupert Brooke; poem LII: 'Goliath and David' by Robert Graves – a tribute to David Thomas [51]
Partial view of Poets' Corner The west wall of Poets' Corner. The first poet interred in Poets' Corner, Geoffrey Chaucer, owed his 1400 burial in the Abbey (in front of St. Benedict's Chapel) more to his position as Clerk of Works of the Palace of Westminster than to his fame as a writer.
May 26 – Julian Grenfell, English war poet, 27, killed at Ypres; July 30 – Gerald William Grenfell, English war poet, 25, killed in action; September 1 – August Stramm, German poet and playwright, 41, killed in action on the Eastern Front; October 13 – Charles Sorley, British poet, 20, shot in the head by a sniper, at the Battle of Loos ...
Robin Williams was one of Hollywood's greatest and funniest voices.Two year ago today, the Oscar winner tragically passed away. From sitcoms like "Mork and Mindy," to the touching and inspiring ...
Up The Line To Death: The War Poets 1914–1918 is a poetry anthology edited by Brian Gardner, and first published in 1964. It was a thematic collection of the poetry of World War I . [ 1 ]
As a stand-up comic, Robin Williams was among the quickest wits to ever work a rowdy comedy club. His mouth worked as fast as his manic mind; audiences sat up just to decipher the multi-pitched ...
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