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	[[File:Siegfried Sassoon by Glyn Warren Philpot 1917.jpeg\|thumb\|Siegfried Sassoon by [[Glyn Warren Philpot]]]]'''Siegfried Sassoon''' (1886–1967) was one of the major poets and writers whose work was formed by their experiences in the First World War.		[[File:Siegfried Sassoon by Glyn Warren Philpot 1917.jpeg\|thumb\|Siegfried Sassoon by [[Glyn Warren Philpot]]]]'''Siegfried Sassoon''' (1886–1967) was one of the major poets and writers whose work was formed by their experiences in the First World War.

	He was born in [[Matfield]], [[Kent]] and educated at Marlborough College (a [[public school]] in [[Marlborough]], [[Wiltshire]]) and at Clare College, [[Cambridge]], where he read history from 1905 to 1907, but left without a degree.		He was born in [[Matfield]], [[Kent]] and educated at Marlborough College (a [[public school]] in [[Marlborough]], [[Wiltshire]]) and at [[Clare College, Cambridge]], where he read history from 1905 to 1907, but left without a degree.

	He joined the army as an officer in the Sussex Yeomanry just before the start of the war in 1914, briefly met [[Rupert Brooke]] and made friends with [[Robert Graves]]. He distinguished himself by his exceptional courage in action and was awarded the Military Cross, but by 1917 he had become strongly opposed to the conduct of the war, and refused to return to the front from leave. Unusually he was not courtmartialled, but diagnosed with "neurasthenia" and send to Craiglockhart War Hospital near [[Edinburgh]], where he met [[Wilfred Owen]]. Both men returned to active service.		He joined the army as an officer in the Sussex Yeomanry just before the start of the war in 1914, briefly met [[Rupert Brooke]] and made friends with [[Robert Graves]]. He distinguished himself by his exceptional courage in action and was awarded the Military Cross, but by 1917 he had become strongly opposed to the conduct of the war, and refused to return to the front from leave. Unusually he was not courtmartialled, but diagnosed with "neurasthenia" and send to Craiglockhart War Hospital near [[Edinburgh]], where he met [[Wilfred Owen]]. Both men returned to active service.

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	In 1919 he became editor of the ''Daily Herald''.		In 1919 he became editor of the ''Daily Herald''.

	Sassoon had a succession of love affairs with men, including the landscape architectural and figure painter, draftsman and illustrator, ~~William Park "~~Gabriel" Atkin,<ref>Neil Miller, ''Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present'' page=96</ref> actor [[Ivor Novello]]; Novello's former lover, the actor [[Glen Byam Shaw]]; German aristocrat Prince Philipp of Hesse; the writer [[Beverley Nichols]]; an effete aristocrat, the Hon [[Stephen Tennant]].<ref name="glbtq">http://www.glbtq.com/literature/sassoon_s.html Tina Gianoulis, "Sassoon, Siegfried" ''glbtq.com'' 2005</ref> Only the last of these made a permanent impression, though Shaw remained his close friend throughout his life. In September 1931, Sassoon rented and began to live at Fitz House, [[Teffont Magna]], Wiltshire.<ref>Jean Moorcroft Wilson, ''Siegfried Sassoon: The Journey from the Trenches'' (2003), [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LO9KDzIYSZoC&pg=PA255#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 255.]</ref> In December 1933, to many people's surprise, he married Hester Gatty, who was many years his junior; this led to the birth of a child, something which he had long craved. However, the marriage broke down after World War II, Sassoon apparently unable to find a compromise between the solitude he enjoyed and the companionship he craved.		Sassoon had a succession of love affairs with men, including the landscape architectural and figure painter, draftsman and illustrator, [[Gabriel Atkin]],<ref>Neil Miller, ''Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present'' page=96</ref> actor [[Ivor Novello]]; Novello's former lover, the actor [[Glen Byam Shaw]]; the German aristocrat Prince Philipp of Hesse; the writer [[Beverley Nichols]]; an effete aristocrat, the Hon [[Stephen Tennant]].<ref name="glbtq">http://www.glbtq.com/literature/sassoon_s.html Tina Gianoulis, "Sassoon, Siegfried" ''glbtq.com'' 2005</ref> Only the last of these made a permanent impression, though Shaw remained his close friend throughout his life. In September 1931, Sassoon rented and began to live at Fitz House, [[Teffont Magna]], Wiltshire.<ref>Jean Moorcroft Wilson, ''Siegfried Sassoon: The Journey from the Trenches'' (2003), [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LO9KDzIYSZoC&pg=PA255#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 255.]</ref> In December 1933, to many people's surprise, he married Hester Gatty, who was many years his junior; this led to the birth of a child, something which he had long craved. However, the marriage broke down after World War II, Sassoon apparently unable to find a compromise between the solitude he enjoyed and the companionship he craved.

	Separated from his wife in 1945, Sassoon lived in seclusion at [[Heytesbury]] in [[Wiltshire]], although he maintained contact with a circle which included [[E M Forster]] and [[J R Ackerley]].		Separated from his wife in 1945, Sassoon lived in seclusion at [[Heytesbury]] in [[Wiltshire]], although he maintained contact with a circle which included [[E M Forster]] and [[J R Ackerley]].

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	He was born in [[Matfield]], [[Kent]] and educated at Marlborough College (a [[public school]] in [[Marlborough]], [[Wiltshire]]) and at Clare College, [[Cambridge]], where he read history from 1905 to 1907, but left without a degree.		He was born in [[Matfield]], [[Kent]] and educated at Marlborough College (a [[public school]] in [[Marlborough]], [[Wiltshire]]) and at Clare College, [[Cambridge]], where he read history from 1905 to 1907, but left without a degree.

	He joined the army as an officer in the ~~Suusex~~ Yeomanry just before the start of the war in 1914, briefly met [[Rupert Brooke]] and made friends with [[Robert Graves]]. He distinguished himself by his exceptional courage in action and was awarded the Military Cross, but by 1917 he had become strongly opposed to the conduct of the war, and refused to return to the front from leave. Unusually he was not courtmartialled, but diagnosed with "neurasthenia" and send to Craiglockhart War Hospital near [[Edinburgh]], where he met [[Wilfred Owen]]. Both men returned to active service.		He joined the army as an officer in the Sussex Yeomanry just before the start of the war in 1914, briefly met [[Rupert Brooke]] and made friends with [[Robert Graves]]. He distinguished himself by his exceptional courage in action and was awarded the Military Cross, but by 1917 he had become strongly opposed to the conduct of the war, and refused to return to the front from leave. Unusually he was not courtmartialled, but diagnosed with "neurasthenia" and send to Craiglockhart War Hospital near [[Edinburgh]], where he met [[Wilfred Owen]]. Both men returned to active service.

	In 1919 he became editor of the ''Daily Herald''.		In 1919 he became editor of the ''Daily Herald''.

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	Sassoon had a succession of love affairs with men, including the landscape architectural and figure painter, draftsman and illustrator, William Park "Gabriel" Atkin,<ref>Neil Miller, ''Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present'' page=96</ref> actor [[Ivor Novello]]; Novello's former lover, the actor [[Glen Byam Shaw]]; German aristocrat Prince Philipp of Hesse; the writer [[Beverley Nichols]]; an effete aristocrat, the Hon [[Stephen Tennant]].<ref name="glbtq">http://www.glbtq.com/literature/sassoon_s.html Tina Gianoulis, "Sassoon, Siegfried" ''glbtq.com'' 2005</ref> Only the last of these made a permanent impression, though Shaw remained his close friend throughout his life. In September 1931, Sassoon rented and began to live at Fitz House, [[Teffont Magna]], Wiltshire.<ref>Jean Moorcroft Wilson, ''Siegfried Sassoon: The Journey from the Trenches'' (2003), [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LO9KDzIYSZoC&pg=PA255#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 255.]</ref> In December 1933, to many people's surprise, he married Hester Gatty, who was many years his junior; this led to the birth of a child, something which he had long craved. However, the marriage broke down after World War II, Sassoon apparently unable to find a compromise between the solitude he enjoyed and the companionship he craved.		Sassoon had a succession of love affairs with men, including the landscape architectural and figure painter, draftsman and illustrator, William Park "Gabriel" Atkin,<ref>Neil Miller, ''Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present'' page=96</ref> actor [[Ivor Novello]]; Novello's former lover, the actor [[Glen Byam Shaw]]; German aristocrat Prince Philipp of Hesse; the writer [[Beverley Nichols]]; an effete aristocrat, the Hon [[Stephen Tennant]].<ref name="glbtq">http://www.glbtq.com/literature/sassoon_s.html Tina Gianoulis, "Sassoon, Siegfried" ''glbtq.com'' 2005</ref> Only the last of these made a permanent impression, though Shaw remained his close friend throughout his life. In September 1931, Sassoon rented and began to live at Fitz House, [[Teffont Magna]], Wiltshire.<ref>Jean Moorcroft Wilson, ''Siegfried Sassoon: The Journey from the Trenches'' (2003), [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LO9KDzIYSZoC&pg=PA255#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 255.]</ref> In December 1933, to many people's surprise, he married Hester Gatty, who was many years his junior; this led to the birth of a child, something which he had long craved. However, the marriage broke down after World War II, Sassoon apparently unable to find a compromise between the solitude he enjoyed and the companionship he craved.

	Separated from his wife in 1945, Sassoon lived in seclusion at Heytesbury in [[Wiltshire]], although he maintained contact with a circle which included [[E M Forster]] and [[J R Ackerley]].		Separated from his wife in 1945, Sassoon lived in seclusion at [[Heytesbury]] in [[Wiltshire]], although he maintained contact with a circle which included [[E M Forster]] and [[J R Ackerley]].

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	'''Siegfried Sassoon''' (1886–1967) was one of the major poets and writers whose work was formed by their experiences in the First World War.		[[File:Siegfried Sassoon by Glyn Warren Philpot 1917.jpeg\|thumb\|Siegfried Sassoon by [[Glyn Warren Philpot]]]]'''Siegfried Sassoon''' (1886–1967) was one of the major poets and writers whose work was formed by their experiences in the First World War.

	He was born in [[Matfield]], [[Kent]] and educated at Marlborough College (a [[public school]] in [[Marlborough]], [[Wiltshire]]) and at Clare College, [[Cambridge]], where he read history from 1905 to 1907, but left without a degree.		He was born in [[Matfield]], [[Kent]] and educated at Marlborough College (a [[public school]] in [[Marlborough]], [[Wiltshire]]) and at Clare College, [[Cambridge]], where he read history from 1905 to 1907, but left without a degree.

	He joined the army as an officer in the Suusex Yeomanry just before the start of the war in 1914, briefly met [[Rupert Brooke]] and made friends with [[Robert ~~Grave.s~~]]. He distinguished himself by his exceptional courage in action and was awarded the Military Cross, but by 1917 he had become strongly opposed to the conduct of the war, and refused to return to the front from leave. Unusually he was not courtmartialled, but diagnosed with "neurasthenia" and send to Craiglockhart War Hospital near [[Edinburgh]], where he met [[Wilfred Owen]]. Both men returned to active service.		He joined the army as an officer in the Suusex Yeomanry just before the start of the war in 1914, briefly met [[Rupert Brooke]] and made friends with [[Robert Graves]]. He distinguished himself by his exceptional courage in action and was awarded the Military Cross, but by 1917 he had become strongly opposed to the conduct of the war, and refused to return to the front from leave. Unusually he was not courtmartialled, but diagnosed with "neurasthenia" and send to Craiglockhart War Hospital near [[Edinburgh]], where he met [[Wilfred Owen]]. Both men returned to active service.

	In 1919 he became editor of the ''Daily Herald''.		In 1919 he became editor of the ''Daily Herald''.

	Sassoon had a succession of love affairs with men, including the landscape architectural and figure painter, draftsman and illustrator, William Park "Gabriel" Atkin,<ref>Neil Miller, ''Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present'' page=96</ref> actor [[Ivor Novello]]; Novello's former lover, the actor [[Glen Byam Shaw]]; German aristocrat [[Prince Philipp of Hesse]]; the writer [[Beverley Nichols]]; an effete aristocrat, [[~~the Hon~~ Stephen Tennant]].<ref name="glbtq">http://www.glbtq.com/literature/sassoon_s.html Tina Gianoulis, "Sassoon, Siegfried" ''glbtq.com'' 2005</ref> Only the last of these made a permanent impression, though Shaw remained his close friend throughout his life. In September 1931, Sassoon rented and began to live at Fitz House, [[Teffont Magna]], Wiltshire.<ref>Jean Moorcroft Wilson, ''Siegfried Sassoon: The Journey from the Trenches'' (2003), [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LO9KDzIYSZoC&pg=PA255#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 255.]</ref> In December 1933, to many people's surprise, he married Hester Gatty, who was many years his junior; this led to the birth of a child, something which he had long craved. However, the marriage broke down after World War II, Sassoon apparently unable to find a compromise between the solitude he enjoyed and the companionship he craved.		Sassoon had a succession of love affairs with men, including the landscape architectural and figure painter, draftsman and illustrator, William Park "Gabriel" Atkin,<ref>Neil Miller, ''Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present'' page=96</ref> actor [[Ivor Novello]]; Novello's former lover, the actor [[Glen Byam Shaw]]; German aristocrat Prince Philipp of Hesse; the writer [[Beverley Nichols]]; an effete aristocrat, the Hon [[Stephen Tennant]].<ref name="glbtq">http://www.glbtq.com/literature/sassoon_s.html Tina Gianoulis, "Sassoon, Siegfried" ''glbtq.com'' 2005</ref> Only the last of these made a permanent impression, though Shaw remained his close friend throughout his life. In September 1931, Sassoon rented and began to live at Fitz House, [[Teffont Magna]], Wiltshire.<ref>Jean Moorcroft Wilson, ''Siegfried Sassoon: The Journey from the Trenches'' (2003), [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LO9KDzIYSZoC&pg=PA255#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 255.]</ref> In December 1933, to many people's surprise, he married Hester Gatty, who was many years his junior; this led to the birth of a child, something which he had long craved. However, the marriage broke down after World War II, Sassoon apparently unable to find a compromise between the solitude he enjoyed and the companionship he craved.

	Separated from his wife in 1945, Sassoon lived in seclusion at Heytesbury in [[Wiltshire]], although he maintained contact with a circle which included [[E M Forster]] and [[J R Ackerley]].		Separated from his wife in 1945, Sassoon lived in seclusion at Heytesbury in [[Wiltshire]], although he maintained contact with a circle which included [[E M Forster]] and [[J R Ackerley]].
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'''Siegfried Sassoon''' (1886–1967) was one of the major poets and writers whose work was formed by their experiences in the First World War.

He was born in [[Matfield]], [[Kent]] and educated at Marlborough College (a [[public school]] in [[Marlborough]], [[Wiltshire]]) and at Clare College, [[Cambridge]], where he read history from 1905 to 1907, but left without a degree.

He joined the army as an officer in the Suusex Yeomanry just before the start of the war in 1914, briefly met [[Rupert Brooke]] and made friends with [[Robert Grave.s]]. He distinguished himself by his exceptional courage in action and was awarded the Military Cross, but by 1917 he had become strongly opposed to the conduct of the war, and refused to return to the front from leave. Unusually he was not courtmartialled, but diagnosed with "neurasthenia" and send to Craiglockhart War Hospital near [[Edinburgh]], where he met [[Wilfred Owen]]. Both men returned to active service.

In 1919 he became editor of the ''Daily Herald''.

Sassoon had a succession of love affairs with men, including the landscape architectural and figure painter, draftsman and illustrator, William Park "Gabriel" Atkin,<ref>Neil Miller, ''Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present'' page=96</ref> actor [[Ivor Novello]]; Novello's former lover, the actor [[Glen Byam Shaw]]; German aristocrat [[Prince Philipp of Hesse]]; the writer [[Beverley Nichols]]; an effete aristocrat, [[the Hon Stephen Tennant]].<ref name="glbtq">http://www.glbtq.com/literature/sassoon_s.html Tina Gianoulis, "Sassoon, Siegfried" ''glbtq.com'' 2005</ref> Only the last of these made a permanent impression, though Shaw remained his close friend throughout his life. In September 1931, Sassoon rented and began to live at Fitz House, [[Teffont Magna]], Wiltshire.<ref>Jean Moorcroft Wilson, ''Siegfried Sassoon: The Journey from the Trenches'' (2003), [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LO9KDzIYSZoC&pg=PA255#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 255.]</ref> In December 1933, to many people's surprise, he married Hester Gatty, who was many years his junior; this led to the birth of a child, something which he had long craved. However, the marriage broke down after World War II, Sassoon apparently unable to find a compromise between the solitude he enjoyed and the companionship he craved.

Separated from his wife in 1945, Sassoon lived in seclusion at Heytesbury in [[Wiltshire]], although he maintained contact with a circle which included [[E M Forster]] and [[J R Ackerley]].

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