Anthem for Doomed Youth

Anthem for Doomed Youth!

I remember the late Trim poet Tommy Murray telling me that when he was growing up in the town there were still survivors from the first world war that had never recovered from their experiences in the trenches and could be seen staggering around. Today is the anniversary of the armistice in 1918. This poem is read by Sean Bean and loaded by 'eightynine Media'. It was written by Wilfred Owen in 1917. He did not survive the war and was killed in action on the 4th of November 1918.