F. W. (Frederick William) Harvey

Born on March 26, 1888, Frederick William "Will" Harvey was an English poet remembered above all for the poems he wrote during the First World War, including work composed while he was a prisoner of war in Germany. He became closely associated with Gloucestershire, a landscape and way of life that stayed central to his writing.

Harvey served in the war and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. His wartime experiences gave his poetry much of its emotional force, but readers have also long valued the gentleness, wit, and strong sense of place that run through his work.

He died on February 13, 1957. Today he is still read as a distinctive regional voice as well as a war poet, admired for writing that feels humane, musical, and deeply rooted in everyday England.