Mametz Wood Owen Sheers. Born in Wales, 1974 Writes poems and novels Interest in history A proud Welshman!

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Mametz Wood Owen Sheers

Born in Wales, 1974 Writes poems and novels Interest in history A proud Welshman!

Where is Mametz Wood? Northern France Somme Key links to WW1

Mametz Wood 1916

Mametz Wood now

Soldier’s sketch of Mametz

The story of the poem: Sheers describes the present day Mamtez Wood. As farmers plough the fields, they often discover bodies of WW1 soldiers. Sheers graphically describes the bodies / skeletons. Sheers reflects on how these men have been forgotten.

The poem makes us think about… Remembrance. ‘Forgetting’ those who died. The graphic, brutal nature of death in war.

Homework Create a fact file of ten key facts about the Battle of Mametz Wood.