Cover of Army of Death

Army of Death

by Charles Hamilton Sorley

Chapter 1 of 22 The Army of Death - Read by CB

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Running time
31 min
Language
English
Readers
CaprishaPage, Carol Box, Claudia Salto, David Lawrence, Drew Johnson and 17 others

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About this recording

Captain Sorley was among 16 Great War poets commemorated in Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner. The inscription was written by Wilfred Owen. It reads: "My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity."

This is regarded as one of Sorley's finest poems, and was discovered in his kit after his death. (Summary by Ruth Golding)