1. Mametz Wood Owen Sheers

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

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

9. Mametz Wood 1916

10. Mametz Wood now

13. Soldier’s sketch of Mametz

15. 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.

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

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