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The British Aristocrat single work   poetry   war literature   "Lord Algernon Percy lying in bed,"
Issue Details: First known date: 1919... 1919 The British Aristocrat
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Notes

  • A poem about a badly wounded self-effacing British aristocrat who was awarded the Victoria Cross. The sentiments expressed in this poem are in contrast to the more depreciative view of the English officer class which was common in the Australian Army during World War I.

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon A Singing Soldier Tom Skeyhill , New York (City) : The Knickerbocker Press , 1919 Z1390959 1919 selected work poetry war literature New York (City) : The Knickerbocker Press , 1919 pg. 38-39
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