Like so many others in the British Army, Wilfred Owen was killed in battle but his poetry remains an enduring legacy of his thoughts and emotions about the war – raging against armchairs generals but in praise of those who actually fought at the front. Wilfred Owen was born on March 18 th 1893 in Oswestry, Shropshire.He was the eldest of four children; he had two brothers, Harold and Colin, and a sister, Mary.ilfred Owen became one of the most famous war poets of World War One.