Artist Soldiers in the Great War

[lady_branwyn]

Notable persons who served in World War 1--Art, Music, and Literature

Some of the entries on the list were a surprise. Poor H.H. Munro got himself killed in a spectacularly clueless fashion.

I also discovered that violinist Fritz Kreisler (famous for being not only a great musician but also a genuinely decent human being) wrote a war memoir entitled Four Weeks in the Trenches. It's an interesting narrative that provides a view that is less bitter than many, perhaps because he was invalided out so early in the war. He was badly wounded during an attack by Cossack cavalry, but he eventually recovered enough to continue his concert career.

Edit: Notable persons who served in World War 1--Stage and Screen

I wish I could search this site for more of these lists, but I can't use their search function since I am not a member. Rats.

Further edit: I joined the site, so if anyone is interested in seeing the lists of scientists, politicians, athletes, etc., just let me know and I will post the links.

Comments

[edoraslass.livejournal.com]

Gosh, there's a whole truckload of people there I didn't know served [Hugh Lofting and AA Milne!] although of course I suppose it makes sense - most European young men of an age did. And I certainly didn't know EM Forster was a contentious objector.

They forgot Walt Disney, though. He was an ambulance driver - I have a picture somewhere. Oh here 'tis

[lady-branwyn.livejournal.com]

Oh, nice photo!
I edited the entry to add a link for the list of screen and stage people, and I think they included Walt Disney in that section.
I was surprised by the number of men who volunteered even though they were in their 40s.
By the way, did you know that AFS, the student exchange organization, was originally the American Field Service, a volunteer ambulance service established to help the Allied war effort in France?

[fallingtowers.livejournal.com]

I didn't know this about the AFS, even though the company I work for used to have a charity project in support of their exchange programmes. Interesting.