A British poet, writer, and soldier. Known as one of the Georgian poets and Dymock poets, he is widely recognized for his series of war sonnets "1914," particularly "The Soldier." In the early stages of the First World War in Britain, he gained national popularity with his poems idealizing patriotism and self-sacrifice. At Cambridge University, he interacted with literary figures of the Bloomsbury Group, and before the war, he traveled across Europe, North America, and the South Pacific. Enlisting in the Royal Navy in 1914, he participated in the Antwerp Expedition and died of an infection at the age of 27 while en route to the Gallipoli Campaign.

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