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As "Philip Edward Thomas poet-soldier" he is commemorated, alongside "Reginald Townsend Thomas actor-soldier died 1918", who is buried at the spot, and other family members, at the North East Surrey (Old Battersea) Cemetery.
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- Nature poetry, war poetry
- Nature, war
- Welsh
He is buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery at Agny in France (Row C, Grave 43), although he is commemorated with his brother in New Battersea (Morden) Cemetery.
- Morden, Greater London
- March 3, 1878
- Lambeth, London Borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England
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During his life, he had gone by the pen name of Edward Eastaway, and had six poems published under that name. Aside from those six, none of his other poems had been published prior to his death. He is buried in Agny Military Cemetery in France. Edward Thomas’s Grave.
Aug 13, 2012 · Thomas is buried in Agny military cemetery on the outskirts of Arras. He was survived by his wife Helen and three children, Bronwen, Merfyn and Myfanwy. Thomas did not live to see Poems (1917), published under his pseudonym, Edward Eastaway. In just under two years he had written over 140 poems.
He volunteered for service overseas and was sent to northern France, where he was stationed at Le Havre, Mondicourt, Dainville, and finally at Arras. On the first day of the battle at Arras, April 9, 1917, Thomas was killed by a shell blast. He was buried the following day in Agny military cemetery.
Jul 21, 2019 · death Killed in Action On Easter Monday, 9th April 1917, the first day of the Battle of Arras, Edward Thomas was standing next to the Beaurains Observation Post when a shell exploded nearby. Arras France Source:7151458 Source:5510975 9th April 1917. burial Agny Military Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Pas de Calais Agny Military Cemetery, Pas ...
As “Philip Edward Thomas poet-soldier” he is commemorated, alongside "Reginald Townsend Thomas actor-soldier died 1918", who is buried at the spot, and other family members, at the North East Surrey (Old Battersea) Cemetery.
