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Saturday 27 April 2024
Ophelia George Mather (1883 - 1972) – British schoolteacher and poet
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Ophelia George Mather was born on 1st September 1883 in Derby, Derbyshire, UK. Her parents were George Henry Mather, a draper and tailor, ...
Saturday 6 April 2024
Mildred Huxley (? - ? ) - possibly British - no apparent link to Aldous Huxley
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While trying to find out if the author Aldous Huxley wrote any poems during the First World War, I discovered another female WW1 poet but c...
Tuesday 2 April 2024
Olive L. Gillespie (1889 - ?) - Canadian. A poem written in memory of her brother Fred Learn kia in France 1918
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With thanks to Dave Barlee for sending us this information. Dave says: “I’m doing some research on soldiers in Crouy British Cemetery and c...
Tuesday 30 January 2024
Eloise A. Skimings (1837 - 1921) – Canadian poet, author, newspaper columnist, musician, music teacher and composer
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With thanks to Historian Lizbet Tobin for finding this poet for us Born in Goderich, Ontario, Canada on 29th December 1837, Eloise’s paren...
Saturday 20 January 2024
Gladys L.H. Cromwell (1885 – 1919) – American poet and WW1 Red Cross worker
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With thanks to Yvonne Fenter for finding this poet and to Connie Ruzich for reminding me that I had not yet posted Yvonne’s findings. I wrot...
Saturday 21 October 2023
Barbara Euphan Todd (1890 – 1976) – British writer and poet best known for her ten books for children about a scarecrow called Worzel Gummidge.
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Barbara Euphan Todd was born in Arksey, near Doncaster, which was then in the West Riding of Yorkshire, UK on 9th January 1890. Her parents ...
Monday 16 October 2023
Mary E. Bond (1897 - 1988) – student poet of WW1
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With thanks to Historian Andrew Mackay for finding this poem and poet for us. Postcard with Mary's poem - sold in aid of WW1 soldiers...
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