Person Open DS/UK/3412 Sassoon; Siegfried Loraine (8 September 1886-1 September 1967); CBE, MC; English poet, author, soldier Sassoon Siegfried Loraine 8 September 1886-1 September 1967 English poet, author, soldier Male

White Bisexual / Pansexual Siegfried Loraine Sassoon CBE MC was an English war poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches and satirised the patriotic pretensions of those who, in Sassoon's view, were responsible for a jingoism-fuelled war. Sassoon became a focal point for dissent within the armed forces when he made a lone protest against the continuation of the war in his "Soldier's Declaration" of 1917, culminating in his admission to a military psychiatric hospital; this resulted in his forming a friendship with Wilfred Owen, who was greatly influenced by him. Sassoon later won acclaim for his prose work, notably his three-volume fictionalised autobiography, collectively known as the "Sherston trilogy" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_Sassoon (2022) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHSkeyte 12/12/2012 RAHAKirkbride 3/9/2022 04ed2931-593b-4f70-98fb-9b8bb6bcfe45