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Jul 20, 2023 · Lieutenant Geoffrey Bache Smith (October 18th, 1894 - December 3rd, 1916 lo) was a friend of J.R.R. Tolkien. Tolkien and Smith attended King Edward's School in Birmingham together. Smith would also become one of the core members of the T.C.B.S., but not until after Vincent Trought 's death.
Geoffrey Smith. Although a relative latecomer to Tolkien’s TCBS group he was to become one of his closest friends. It was probably Smith’s interest in modern literature that influenced Tolkien’s poetic beginnings. The grave of Geoffrey Bache Smith
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Geoffrey Bache Smith (October 18, 1894 - December 3, 1916) was a close friend of J.R.R. Tolkien and a member of the Tea Club, Barrovian Society. He attended King Edward's School in Birmingham, as did Tolkien, Christopher Wiseman and the other members of the society, where he first became indulged in poetry. Smith would later attend Corpus Christi College in Oxford, while Tolkien went to nearby Exeter College.
In World War I, Smith served in the "3rd Salford Pals" of the Lancashire Fusiliers. He fought in the Battle of the Somme, at the end of which (in November 1916) he was severely wounded by enemy shrapnel, and died soon afterwards on December 3rd. Two years following, A Spring Harvest was published as a compilation of Smith's poems.
Smith is portrayed by Northern Irish actor Anthony Boyle in Dome Karukoski's 2019 biographical film Tolkien.
1.John Garth, Tolkien and the Great War, Part Three, "Castles in the Air", pg. 211
Jun 14, 2021 · Following the Great War (1914 – 1918), J.R.R. Tolkien edited the poetry collection A Spring Harvest (1918) by his close friend, Lieutenant Geoffrey Bache Smith (October 18, 1894 – December 3, 1916), who died of wounds from shrapnel while stationed on the Somme.
Nov 11, 2019 · Perhaps one of the main reasons for this oversight is because both Owen and Sassoon, though clearly talented poets in their own right, were in tune with the prevalent pacifist pro-Left and anti-patriotic political tendencies of the intellectual artistes and academics of the post-war period.
Feb 24, 2013 · Geoffrey, perhaps recognising the importance of strong allies, became friends with the French King Philip Augustus (Louis VII’s son). Philip made him a senschal of France. He died on the 19th August in Paris as the result of an accident that occurred during a tournament.
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Geoffrey, perhaps recognising the importance of strong allies, became friends with the French King Philip Augustus (Louis VII’s son). Philip made him a senschal of France. He died on the 19th August in Paris as the result of an accident that occurred during a tournament.
