Leslie Coulson
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Leslie Coulson was an English journalist and a poet of the First World War.
Coulson was born in Kilburn, London, his father being a columnist for The Sunday Chronicle. Leslie and his brother attended boarding school in Norfolk, and Leslie then worked as a reporter on the Evening News. He joined the Royal Fusiliers in 1914 and saw service in Malta, Egypt and Gallipoli, before arriving at the Western Front in 1916.
Coulson was fatally wounded at the Battle of Le Transloy
, and died the next day. He is buried at the CWGC Grove Town Cemetery, Méaulte
.
His collected poems were published posthumously in 1917, edited by his father, and sold 10,000 copies in the first year. The best known of the poems is "Who Made the Law?"
Coulson was born in Kilburn, London, his father being a columnist for The Sunday Chronicle. Leslie and his brother attended boarding school in Norfolk, and Leslie then worked as a reporter on the Evening News. He joined the Royal Fusiliers in 1914 and saw service in Malta, Egypt and Gallipoli, before arriving at the Western Front in 1916.
Coulson was fatally wounded at the Battle of Le Transloy
Battle of Le Transloy
The Battle of Le Transloy was the final offensive mounted by the British Fourth Army during the 1916 Battle of the Somme.-Prelude:With the successful conclusion of the preceding Battle of Morval at the end of September, the Fourth Army of Lieutenant General Henry Rawlinson had finally captured the...
, and died the next day. He is buried at the CWGC Grove Town Cemetery, Méaulte
Méaulte
Méaulte is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:The commune is situated on the D329 road, some northeast of Amiens.-Population:-Personalities:...
.
His collected poems were published posthumously in 1917, edited by his father, and sold 10,000 copies in the first year. The best known of the poems is "Who Made the Law?"