Mr August Stramm

Most of the best-known World War I poets fought for Allies, but there were also several talented writers who served with the Central Pow...

Mr Rupert Brooke

Unlike many of his contemporaries, Rupert Brooke was already an established literary figure before he took up arms in World War I. The ha...

Mr Guillaume Apollinaire

While most World War I versifiers dwelled on the misery and toil of life in the trenches, avant-garde poet Guillaume Apollinaire often po...

Mr Alan Seeger

In August 1914, more than two and a half years before the United States entered World War I, poet Alan Seeger joined the French Foreign L...

Mr John McCrae

A doctor by trade, Canada’s John McCrae volunteered for World War I in 1914 and served as a brigade surgeon for an artillery unit. The fo...

Mr Wilfred Owen

Wilfred Owen only published five poems during his lifetime, but his harrowing descriptions of combat have since made him into one of the ...

The Queen of Aerial Gymnasts

During the golden age of the circus in the early 20th century, no star shone brighter than that of German-born aerialist Lillian Leitzel....

The World’s Greatest Bareback Rider

Trick riding and equestrian stunts were a fixture under the big top from its early days in the 18th century, but few riders ever became a...