Wednesday 30 January 2019

Thomas Carnduff (1886 - 1956) - Irish Poet

Known as "The Shipyard Poet", Irish WW1 poet Thomas Carnduff (1886 – 1956) was born in Belfast on 30th January 1886.  

In WW1 Thomas joined the Young Citizens’ Volunteers and then the Royal Engineers. He was posted to the Western Front where he took part in the Battles of Messines and Ypres.

Thomas was featured in the exhibition of Poets, Writers, Artists & Nurses, Arras, Messines, Passchendale & More, 1917 which was held at the Award-winning Wilfred Owen Story in Argyle Street, Birkenhead, Wirral, UK, CH41 6AE in 2017.   The WOS has unfortunately closed down.



Find out more about Thomas here:
http://www.cairnduffandcarnduff.website/thomas_carnduff.html

http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/c/Carnduff_T/life.htm