I lived from 1896-1918. I was from England, and am in the English category.
Jeffery Day (1896-1918) was one of the very few flyer-poets of World War 1.
Miles Jeffery Game Day (1896 - 1918) was an English war poet, killed in an air battle towards the end of World War I over the sea.
He was born in St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, and educated at Repton School. He joined the Royal Naval Air Service, being commissioned in 1914 and rising to an acting rank of flight-commander. He was awarded the D. S. C.. It is said that he wrote poetry whilst in the air.
Works
* Poems and Rhymes (1919)
Miles Jeffery Game Day (1896 - 1918) was an English war poet, killed in an air battle towards the end of World War I over the sea.
He was born in St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, and educated at Repton School. He joined the Royal Naval Air Service, being commissioned in 1914 and rising to an acting rank of flight-commander. He was awarded the D. S. C.. It is said that he wrote poetry whilst in the air.
Works
* Poems and Rhymes (1919)
My poetry
- A sudden roar, a mighty rushing sound,
A jolt or two, a smoothly sliding rise,70 lines, 2 comments
