Which famous writer lost his son in the war? It inspired him to write the line:

Siegfried Sassoon was a poet who served in the British Army during the war. The death of his friend, David Thomas, drove him to write a letter to his commanding officer in which he refused to return to duty. What happened to Sassoon because of this letter?

Sassoon's most famous war poem tells of how a soldier should advance slowly. What is this poem called?

Wilfred Owen was a friend of Sassoon's and probably the most famous of First World War poets. One of his poems, translates from which Latin phrase?

Owen was killed in action in 1918 when he was 25 years old. He was trying to cross the Sambre canal but was shot during the attempt. How long was it from the end of the war when Owen was killed?

W. N. Hodgson served as a lieutenant with the Devonshire Regiment during the war. He wrote poetry, which was published in 1916, under what pen-name?

The most often quoted lines from First World War poems is this: Which poet wrote these words?

The war poem was written by the Canadian soldier John McCrae. What did McCrae do for a living before the war?

Edward Thomas was a Welshman and an already-published writer before the war. He was killed only a few months after he arrived in France whilst doing what?

Isaac Rosenberg was a professional writer and artist. During the war he was assigned to a 'bantam battalion'. What was different about the soldiers in a bantam battalion?