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* '''[[17 February|February 17]]''' - [[Hilary Tolkien]] returns home.<ref>[[Hilary Tolkien]], [[Angela Gardner]] (ed.), ''[[Black & White Ogre Country]]'', page 50</ref> | |||
* '''[[28 June|June 28]]''' - The war officially ends, with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.<ref name="WP"/> | |||
* '''[[15 July|July 15]]''' - Tolkien is released from service.<ref name="Garth"/> | |||
* '''[[16 July|July 16]]''' - Tolkien is officially demobilized.<ref name="Garth"/> | |||
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Revision as of 12:41, 17 October 2019
- "Who battled have with bloody hands
Through evil times in barren lands,
To whom the voice of guns
Speaks and no longer stuns..." - ― Geoffrey Bache Smith, A Spring Harvest
J.R.R. Tolkien served in the British Army during World War I (or the "Great War"), most notably in the bloody Battle of the Somme. The earliest works of the Legendarium—collected in The Book of Lost Tales Part Two—were began during the conflict. The extent to which the war and Tolkien's experience of it are reflected in his written work is a matter of much interest in Tolkien scholarship.
Participants
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- Christopher Wiseman
- Robert Gilson†[1]
- G.B. Smith†[1]
- T.K. Barnsley†[1]
- Ralph Payton†[1]
Others
- C.S. Lewis[2]
- Hilary Tolkien[1]
- Hugo Dyson, wounded at Passchendaele[3]
Timeline
- See also Timeline of World War I at Wikipedia
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1919
- February 17 - Hilary Tolkien returns home.[4]
- June 28 - The war officially ends, with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.[5]
- July 15 - Tolkien is released from service.[1]
- July 16 - Tolkien is officially demobilized.[1]
External links
- J.R.R. Tolkien's army commission application
- Why World War One Is at the heart of Lord of the Rings by John Garth
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Colin Duriez, Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings, "People and Places in His Life"
- ↑ Hilary Tolkien, Angela Gardner (ed.), Black & White Ogre Country, page 50
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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