Mametz Wood Owen Sheers Born in Wales, 1974 Writes poems and novels Interest in history A proud Welshman! Where is Mametz Wood? Northern France Somme Key links to WW1 Mametz Wood 1916 Mametz Wood now Soldiers sketch of Mametz The story of the poem: Sheers describes the present day Mamtez Wood. As farmers plough the fields, they often discover bodies of WW1 soldiers. Sheers graphically describes the bodies / skeletons. Sheers reflects on how these men have been forgotten. The poem makes us think about Remembrance. Forgetting those who died. The graphic, brutal nature of death in war. Homework Create a fact file of ten key facts about the Battle of Mametz Wood.