Born in
Hexham, England, Wilfred Wilson Gibson was a friend of Siegfried
Sassoon and a close friend of Rupert Brooke. Prior to the war, Gibson
worked as a social worker in London's East End. He also published
poems in a number of Georgian poetry collections, and wrote a play,
Daily Bread, that was produced in 1910. Rejected four times
before finally enlisting as a private, Gibson served as an infantryman
on the Western Front. After the war, he continued writing poetry
and plays. His work centered around the impoverished conditions
of laborers in villages and industrial mills.
Born in
Hexham, England, Wilfred Wilson Gibson was a friend of Siegfried
Sassoon and a close friend of Rupert Brooke. Prior to the war, Gibson
worked as a social worker in London's East End. He also published
poems in a number of Georgian poetry collections, and wrote a play,
Daily Bread, that was produced in 1910. Rejected four times
before finally enlisting as a private, Gibson served as an infantryman
on the Western Front. After the war, he continued writing poetry
and plays. His work centered around the impoverished conditions
of laborers in villages and industrial mills.