The Last Inspection: A story written during WW2, from a author that tragically died in it

He studied history at Aberystwyth and Manchester Universities before beginning a career as a teacher.

In 1940, despite his pacifism, he enlisted to serve in the Royal Engineers and later received a commission in the South Wales Borderers.

His first poetry collection ‘Raider’s Dawn’ was published in 1942 as was his short story collection ‘The Last Inspection’. Both brought him critical acclaim and an admiring audience.

Later that year he was posted to India where his conscience and morality wrestled with suffering and poverty that so was so evident all around him.

Alun Lewis died on the 5th March 1944 in Rakhine, Myanmar, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, that was officially declared accidental. He was 28.