Tolkien and World War I

[Kuruharan]

As today is the centennial anniversary of the start of World War I, I have been working today on a post drawing from Tolkien's letters and other writings about how his experiences helped shape his writings.

Alas, my save file became corrupted and I lost what I was working on.

So instead I mark the day by leaving a quote by him of what it was like when he left Edith to join the B.E.F.

Parting from my wife then ... it was like a death
-Taken from Tolkien and the Great War by John Garth