Patrick Shaw-Stewart

Patrick Houston Shaw-Stewart
Born(1888-08-17)17 August 1888
near Llanbedr, Merionethshire, Wales
Died30 December 1917(1917-12-30) (aged 29)
France
Cause of deathKilled in action
Resting placeMetz-en-Couture, France
MonumentsMemorial at Balliol College Chapel, Oxford
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
OccupationBanker
EmployerBarings Bank
Notable work"Achilles in the Trench" (poem)
Military career
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
Service years1914–1917
RankLieutenant commander
Unit63rd (Royal Naval) Division
ConflictsFirst World War

Patrick Houston Shaw-Stewart (17 August 1888 – 30 December 1917) was a British scholar and poet of the Edwardian era who died on active service as a battalion commander in the Royal Naval Division during the First World War. He is best remembered today for his "Achilles in the Trench", one of the best-known war poems of the First World War.

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