Patrick Shaw-Stewart

Patrick Houston Shaw-Stewart
Born	(1888-08-17)17 August 1888 near Llanbedr, Merionethshire, Wales
Died	30 December 1917(1917-12-30) (aged 29) France
Cause of death	Killed in action
Resting place	Metz-en-Couture, France
Monuments	Memorial at Balliol College Chapel, Oxford
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford
Occupation	Banker
Employer	Barings Bank
Notable work	"Achilles in the Trench" (poem)
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1914–1917
Rank	Lieutenant commander
Unit	63rd (Royal Naval) Division
Battles / wars	First World War

Patrick Houston Shaw-Stewart (17 August 1888 – 30 December 1917) was a British scholar and poet of the Edwardian era who died on active service as a battalion commander in the Royal Naval Division during the First World War. He is best remembered today for his "Achilles in the Trench", one of the best-known war poems of the First World War.

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