The poet, Christian socialist and Anglican chaplain George Anketell Studdert Kennedy was attached to the Royal Fusiliers in June 1917 when they were fighting on the Messines-Wytschaete Ridge. He gave help and comfort to wounded and dying soldiers under almost impossible circumstances and handed out cigarettes. He was nick-named Woodbine Willie. He was born in Leeds on 27th June 1883 and lived until 8th March 1929 when he died on a lecture tour in Liverpool.
