Those words graphically bring to life a terrifying gas attack on a British trench during the First World War. They’re from one of the most famous poems of the war, “Dulce et Decorum Est” by ...

But the First World War produced some of the most gifted ... wrote possibly one of the most famous pieces of war poetry, In Flanders Fields, while observing the scenes outside a dressing station ...

To help him cope, James wrote a short poem and kept it in his wallet ... 100 — a special feature to honour local men and women who fought during the First World War.