He enlisted with the British Army as a second lieutenant in the 3rd Batt. Rifle Brigade in 1914, at the start of World War I, although over the maximum age of service. He served in France, where he was wounded in 1916 in the Battle of the Somme. He was received at Somerville Hospital in Oxford. He returned to the front, but died after being wounded by machine gun fire while leading an advance at Havrincourt. He was buried at Le Bucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension.[2]
Chesterton wrote an appreciation of Vernède for the school magazine, describing his death as "so heavy a loss for those of us who loved him" and called it "an addition or completion to that shining company of poets whose patriotism turned them into soldiers, and gave them a life and death more worthy of legend".[3]
His War Poems, And Other Verses was published in 1917 by William Heinemann.
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^Janet S. K. Watson (19 February 2004). Fighting Different Wars: Experience, Memory, and the First World War in Britain. Cambridge University Press. p. 43. ISBN978-0-521-83153-6.
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vernède, robert, ernest, vernède, 1875, april, 1917, english, poet, writer, remembered, poet, robert, ernest, vernède, english, poet, writer, remembered, poet, born, london, educated, paul, school, where, friend, chesterton, bentley, john, college, oxford, aft. Robert Ernest Vernede 1875 9 April 1917 1 was an English poet and writer now remembered as a war poet Robert Ernest Vernede an English poet and writer now remembered as a war poet He was born in London and educated at St Paul s School where he was a friend of G K Chesterton and E C Bentley and at St John s College Oxford After graduating he wrote novels and short stories He enlisted with the British Army as a second lieutenant in the 3rd Batt Rifle Brigade in 1914 at the start of World War I although over the maximum age of service He served in France where he was wounded in 1916 in the Battle of the Somme He was received at Somerville Hospital in Oxford He returned to the front but died after being wounded by machine gun fire while leading an advance at Havrincourt He was buried at Le Bucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension 2 Chesterton wrote an appreciation of Vernede for the school magazine describing his death as so heavy a loss for those of us who loved him and called it an addition or completion to that shining company of poets whose patriotism turned them into soldiers and gave them a life and death more worthy of legend 3 His War Poems And Other Verses was published in 1917 by William Heinemann See also edit nbsp Wikisource has original works by or about R E Vernede nbsp Poetry portal R V Vernede Index entry for Robert Vernede at Poets CornerReferences edit Janet S K Watson 19 February 2004 Fighting Different Wars Experience Memory and the First World War in Britain Cambridge University Press p 43 ISBN 978 0 521 83153 6 CWGC entry The New Monthly Magazine 1823 p 143 External links editWorks by R E Vernede at LibriVox public domain audiobooks nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title R E Vernede amp oldid 1146688344, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
