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Canada 1922 pamphlet poems H.V. Wrong, soldier KIA WW1 Somme 1916
Canada 1922 pamphlet poems H.V. Wrong, soldier KIA WW1 Somme 1916
Canada 1922 pamphlet poems H.V. Wrong, soldier KIA WW1 Somme 1916
Canada 1922 pamphlet poems H.V. Wrong, soldier KIA WW1 Somme 1916
Canada 1922 pamphlet poems H.V. Wrong, soldier KIA WW1 Somme 1916
Canada 1922 pamphlet poems H.V. Wrong, soldier KIA WW1 Somme 1916
Canada 1922 pamphlet poems H.V. Wrong, soldier KIA WW1 Somme 1916
Canada 1922 pamphlet poems H.V. Wrong, soldier KIA WW1 Somme 1916
Canada 1922 pamphlet poems H.V. Wrong, soldier KIA WW1 Somme 1916
Canada 1922 pamphlet poems H.V. Wrong, soldier KIA WW1 Somme 1916
Canada 1922 pamphlet poems H.V. Wrong, soldier KIA WW1 Somme 1916
Canada 1922 pamphlet poems H.V. Wrong, soldier KIA WW1 Somme 1916
Canada 1922 pamphlet poems H.V. Wrong, soldier KIA WW1 Somme 1916
Canada 1922 pamphlet poems H.V. Wrong, soldier KIA WW1 Somme 1916

Canada 1922 pamphlet poems H.V. Wrong, soldier KIA WW1 Somme 1916

$400.00 CAD

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Small volume of poetry by Harold Verschoyle Wrong (1891-1916), published posthumously in 1922. Wrong was killed in action during the First World War at the Battle of the Somme in France in 1916, and his body was never recovered. This collection of his verses was privately printed after his death by his brother as a memorial tribute, preserving the work of a promising young Canadian poet whose life was cut short by the war.

Provenance : University of Toronto

Label on front cover

VERSES
By
H. V. Wrong

Oxford

On inside page, personal dedication from Henry's father, i

Malcolm Wallace
From George W. Wrong

73 Walmer Road
June 18th 1928
The marriage date of my younger daughter

1916-1928 - Labuntur Anni! (ed. the years pass away?)

Malcolm William Wallace (1873-1960) at the University of Toronto, was one of the University's most prominent faculty members in the 1920s. During the 1920s he was both a senior English professor and, from 1928 onward, the chief academic officer (Principal) of University College. He was known as a scholar of English literature.

I felt the clouds and all around me mist,
Behind, the twilight, a great flame before
That pierced the thick-spun texture of the clouds;
Behind it cleared, the mist was all in front.
I stood upon a pinnacle....

DEATH

31 pages + covers

Softcover, pages printed on thick laid paper. Some toning

20 x 13 ½ cm

Harold Verschoyle Wrong (December 1, 1891 - July 1, 1916) was a Canadian poet who was killed in World War I. Wrong was born in Toronto, the 2nd son of Sophia (Hume) and George Mackinnon Wrong.

He attended Ridley College, St. Andrew’s College, and University College at the University of Toronto. Throughout his undergraduate years he played tennis, winning the university tennis championship in 1911 and captaining the team in 1912. He was also a member of the Historical Club (1911-1913), of the Classical Association of University College (1912-1913) and the Thirteen Club (1912-1913). He also wrote essays, short stories, and poems, some of which were published in the student literary journal, The Arbor. He graduated with a B.A. in 1913.

He then attended Christ Church, Oxford. When World War I broke out in 1914, he joined the Officers' Training Corps.

In December 1914 he was gazetted into the British Army. He was appointed 2nd Lieutenant with the 15th Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers, arriving in France on November 21, 1915 with his Battalion and serving with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders.

On Saturday, July 1, 1916, the opening day of the Battle of the Somme, Wrong's brigade attacked Thiepval. He was last seen crossing the German front line wounded in the hand. His body was never found,

He is commemorated by a plaque in Thiepval Cemetery.

After his death, his older brother Murray collected his poetry and published a volume, Verses, in Oxford in 1922.

 

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