From War Hero to Peace Promoter

In 1917, Siegfried Sassoon defied military authority by refusing further service and condemning Britain's war aims, risking court-martial. On 13 July 1917 a thirty-year-old junior officer on leave from the Western Front arrived at London’s Euston Station, with its famous arch and great hall. Siegfried Sassoon was heading for Liverpool on a journey likely to end in his arrest. His destination was the headquarters of his battalion. A week earlier he had written to tell his commanding officer that