Wilfred Owen wrote many moving letters to his mother during his service in World War One, and in them he describes his devastating experience of life on the Western Front. He also transformed this experience into remarkable poetry, which has spoken to audiences ever since. After heroic service as a second lieutenant in the Manchester Regiment, he was killed only a week before Armistice Day.
Listen to readings of Owen's poem 'The Sentry', and to extracts from a letter written to his mother in January 1917 by clicking on the images below.
