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Strange meetings in tunnelling talk

‘Tunnelling for Victory in WW1’ was the title of a talk given by Robin Sanderson and Richard Crompton, for the Dunsden Owen Association on Tuesday, 9th October, 2018. Thanks to Joyce Reed for providing this review. Like their forebears, Robin and Richard are ‘tunnellers’, albeit metaphorically. The third talk of the DOA series saw a

Among Us: Indian Soldiers in the Great War

During the four year WWI centenary some may, like me, have had the opportunity to travel to Amiens in Northern France, and to the region of the Somme, there finding resonance with particular family histories. In March, this year, reflective walks through the central quarters of Amiens, including the cathedral square, with its magnificent, 13th

A review of the first in our centenary talks series

An excellent review by Audrey Gregory of the Friends of Reading Museum (FoRM) Book Group, looking forward to our next talk on Tuesday! Dunsden Owen Association Talks As the four-year commemoration of WW1 draws to a close in Autumn this year, the Dunsden Owen Association has chosen to mark this one hundredth anniversary with a

WW1 talks at Dunsden Village Hall

The Dunsden Owen Association has announced an exciting new series of talks to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the end of the first world war. They will be given in Dunsden recently re-furbished village hall, entrance £4 on the door including refreshments.   Suzanna Rose – Tuesday 10 July, 7.30pm From Shellshock to Post-traumatic Stress

Snowdrops at All Saints

This periodic event at All Saints Church, Dunsden provides a good opportunity to see inside the church where the young Wilfred Owen was assistant to the Rector. For more information see the church website. Sunday 18 February, 2018 Church Open Day, 10 am to 5pm Guided tours of the church and grounds Live music and

An invitation to France

Our friends in Ors would be pleased to welcome you at their annual commemoration of the death of Wilfred Owen, held each year on November 4th. Those that have been previously say that it’s a memorable and enjoyable occasion.

Exciting opportunity to hear new settings of Owen

Our events list contains details of a concert performance in London on October 8 of three Owen settings by local composer David Breeze.

‘The Send-Off’ – posted here for the victims of the Somme

Description at the Wilfred Owen Association   Down the close, darkening lanes they sang their way To the siding-shed, And lined the train with faces grimly gay. Their breasts were stuck all white with wreath and spray As men’s are, dead. Dull porters watched them, and a casual tramp Stood staring hard, Sorry to miss

Upcoming Events

Visit to Wilfred Owen ceremony at Ors, France

Ors, le Cambrai, Department du Nord, France

November 4, 2018

A Wilfred Owen Day in Dunsden

All Saints Church, Dunsden

November 10, 2018

From 2.30 to 5pm

Quakers, pacifism and the ‘war to end all wars’

Dunsden Village Hall, RG4 9QG

November 27, 2018

From 7.30pm

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The Dunsden Owen Association exists to celebrate the life and work of the First World War poet Wilfred Owen who lived in the village of Dunsden, South Oxfordshire from 1911–13.

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