99 years ago today, a Parliamentary report featuring a letter from a British soldier appeared in the London Times.[1] The letter, entitled “A Soldier’s Declaration,” was written by the decorated war-hero and soldier poet, Second Lieutenant Siegfried L. Sassoon. It spoke vigorously against the continuation of The Great War, the most violent and bloody conflict the world had ever witnessed. In the letter, Sassoon vowed that he would no longer
participate in the violence, which had brought so much suffering on the individual soldier. This act was completely unique; throughout the entirety of the war, no
other soldier at the Front issued such a public protest. But what was it for? And why was it made?
