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Keith Douglas | |
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| Born | Keith Castellain Douglas 24 January 1920 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England |
| Died | 9 June 1944 (aged 24) near Bayeux, Normandy, German-occupied France |
| Resting place | Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery, Calvados, France[1] |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford |
Keith Castellain Douglas (24 January 1920 – 9 June 1944) was a poet and soldier noted for his war poetry during the Second World War and his wry memoir of the Western Desert campaign, Alamein to Zem Zem.[2] He was killed in action during the invasion of Normandy.
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