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Poppy Day date for Wilfred Owen musical

A Shropshire show by former Brookside actor Dean Sullivan has been given a plug on national radio by EastEnders star Barbara Windsor.


Event to celebrate Wilfred Owen’s life

A major event is being held in France to mark the renovation of the house where Shropshire-born war poet Wilfred Owen spent his last night before being killed in battle.


Wilfred Owen poetry plans for Oswestry

Bronze poems by Oswes- try's most famous son, Wilfred Owen, could be inst- alled in the town, if plans come to fruition


War poet Wilfred Owen’s Military Cross stolen

A Military Cross medal and cigarette case that belonged to war poet Wilfred Owen are believed to have been stolen.


Ceremony for naming of Oswestry town green after Wilfred Owen

The sounding of the Last Post and a release of doves of peace will be part of a poignant ceremony to mark the official naming of Oswestry’s town green after First World War poet Wilfred Owen.


Letter: A better way to honour Wilfred Owen’s generation?

Letter: With regard to the suggestion for a statue of Wilfred Owen in Oswestry, the place of his birth, I think that a bronze frieze or relief paneled plaque running the length of the wall of the Cambrian station building or on the low side wall of the platform at Coney Green, sited on the [...]


Wilfred Owen war poem is Prime Minister’s favourite

A poem by Shropshire-born war poet Wilfred Owen has been chosen by the Prime Minister as his favourite verse to commemorate this year’s National Poetry Day.


Oswestry town green named after war poet Wilfred Owen

Oswestry’s £170,000 town green has been named after Shropshire war poet Wilfred Owen, and, it is believed, it makes it the largest known memorial to one of the county’s best known sons.


Call for Oswestry monument to poet Wilfred Owen

A monument to Shropshire poet Wilfred Owen could be created in Oswestry after residents called for the town’s heritage to be celebrated.


Officials back renaming Oswestry green after Wilfred Owen

Shropshire officials believe re-naming Oswestry’s new £170,000 town green after the town’s most famous son could attract international appeal.


Video: New plaque at former home of war poet

A plaque has been erected outside the former Shrewsbury home of the First World War Poet Wilfred Owen. See our video for more.


New plaque tribute to war poet Owen

A new plaque has been unveiled at the former home of world-renowned Shropshire World War One poet Wilfred Owen.


Plaque to be placed on poet’s home

A plaque is to be unveiled on the former Shropshire home of World War One poet Wilfred Owen.


Celebrating Oswestry’s literary legends

An Oswestry man is putting Shropshire back on the literary map by staging a week-long festival celebrating his town’s most famous former resident, the First World War poet Wilfred Owen.


Project to commemorate war poet Owen

A major project is under way in northern France to commemorate a Shropshire war poet.


Business shuts after five months

A Shrewsbury tea shop, which was opened to mark the 90th anniversary of the death of World War I poet Wilfred Owen, has closed after just five months.

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