About William Hamilton
Lived 1896 – 1917 (aged 20–21). William Hamilton was a British poet and military personnel.
William Robert Hamilton (1891–12 October 1917) was a Scottish poet and First World War soldier. He was born in Dumfries, Scotland in 1891. He emigrated to South Africa where a portion of his education was at the South African College, Cape Town. He was killed on the Western Front in Flanders, Belgium in 1917 and is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, at the Tyne Cot British Cemetery and Memorial, at Ypres in Flanders, Belgium.
The reference to him reads:
Publications William Hamilton. Modern Poems. Oxford: B. H. Blackwell, 1917. 011648.eee.17 British Library William Hamilton. Moths and Fairies: A Play. 1912.
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Who was William Hamilton?
Scottish poet and First World War soldier
When was William Hamilton born?
William Hamilton was born in 1896 in Dumfries.
When did William Hamilton die?
William Hamilton died on 12 October 1917 in Flanders.
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William Hamilton was a poet and military personnel.
What nationality was William Hamilton?
William Hamilton was British.
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· DBpedia: William Hamilton (British Army officer)
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