Soldiers Don't Go Mad: A Story of Brotherhood, Poetry and Mental Illness During the First World WarSecond Lieutenant Wilfred Owen was twenty four years old when he was admitted to the newly established Craiglockhart War Hospital for treatment of shell shock. A nascent poet, trying to make sense of the terror he had witnessed, he read a collection of poems from a fellow officer, Siegfried Sassoon, and was impressed by his portrayal of the soldiers plight. One month later, Sassoon himself arrived at Craiglockhart, having refused to return to the