Born: Cir­ca Au­gust 1872, St. George Han­o­ver Square, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Died: Sep­tem­ber 19, 1954, Pres­teigne, Rad­nor­shire, Wales.

Son of J. Hun­ger­ford Ark­wright, John at­tend­ed Eton and Christ Church, Ox­ford, and was the New­di­gate Prize­man in 1895. He served as Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment for Her­e­ford (1900-1912), and as Chief Stew­ard of Her­e­ford, and was knighted in 1934. His works in­clude:

• The Su­preme Sa­cri­fice, and Other Po­ems in Time of War, 1919
• The Last Mus­ter

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1. O Val­iant Hearts