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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

Recording of musical setting of Deep Under Turfy Grass now online

Reading-based composer David Breeze’s setting of Wilfred Owen’s Dunsden poem ‘Deep Under Turfy Grass’ received its premiere in Woking last year. A studio recording has now been released and is available on SoundCloud. The song is performed by Nigel Evans-Thompson (Baritone) and Matthew Rickard (Piano). Recorded at University of Surrey, November 2015 by Robert Gilmour.

‘The life cycle’ at Coppid Hall, November 2015

This review by Joyce Reed was printed in the Issue 46 of The Bridge, newsletter of the Sonning & Sonning Eye Society. Held at Coppid Hall, Binfield Heath, with the generous support of Lord & Lady Phillimore, and presented by the Dunsden Owen Association, this inventive evening was admirably introduced by Jennifer Leach, to whose

Listen to Owen’s Deep Under Turfy Grass

At a Dunsden Owen Association event in November 2015 we were privileged to hear Professor Peter Pearson read Owen’s ‘Deep Under Turfy Grass’ which was written while he was in Dunsden. You can hear a recording of the poem here. Read more about the poem on the website of the Wilfred Owen Association.

New Patrons for DOA

We are delighted with the news that Lord and Lady Phillimore are now the Patrons of the Dunsden Owen Association. They have already supported us in many ways, and will continue to do so in their new role.

A busy weekend in November

November saw a flurry of events, all of which were very successful and engaging to the community. The WW1 and Dunsden exhibition in the Village Hall saw over 400 visitors, including some families of the village men whose names appear on the War Memorial. Children from Caversham Park Primary and Sonning Primary visited the exhibition,

Past Events

Snowdrops at All Saints

All Saints Church, Dunsden

10am to 5pm, Sunday 17 February

From Shellshock to Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

Dunsden Village Hall, RG4 9QG

July 10, 2018

From 7.30pm

Indian Soldiers in the First World War

Dunsden Village Hall, RG4 9QG

September 11, 2018

From 7.30pm

Tunnelling for victory in WW1

Dunsden Village Hall, RG9 4QG

October 9, 2018

From 7.30pm

Visit to Wilfred Owen ceremony at Ors, France

Ors, le Cambrai, Department du Nord, France

November 4, 2018

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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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