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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,

Shiplake primary pupils connect with Ors

Year 5 pupils at Shiplake C of E Primary proudly show off their letters to children at Ors primary, the village in Nord Pas de Calais, France with which Dunsden is forging a friendship link. The pupils learnt about Ors and Wilfred Owen who was buried in Ors village cemetery in 1918. The Shiplake pupils

Deep Under Turfy Grass by David Breeze & Outrider Anthems

New contemporary song setting by local composer David Breeze, for Wilfred Owen’s Dunsden poem Deep Under Turfy Grass. Written at Dunsden between October 1912 and June 1913 after Wilfred Owen assisted at the funerals of Alice Mary Allen and her four year old daughter Hilda Agnes who died in an accident on Dunsden Green. With

This is the all saints church where Dunsden Owen worked as an assistant to the vicar

All Saints Church, where Wilfred worked as assistant to the vicar

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Wilfred in Dunsden

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Vivian Rampton and his siblings outside Vivian Cottage

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Members travel to Ors, France for annual Owen commemorations

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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