Items (122 total)
- Collection: Letters of John Jarmain
Letter dated 4 April 1943
Manuscript letter including references to the publication of the poems and royalties. Envelope also including a newscutting, a Christmas card and a couple of letters to John, some poems by Sarah Stailey: 'The Return of Persephone', 'Beware!',…
Airgraph dated 4 April 1943
Manuscript letter.
Aerogram dated 5 April [August] 1943
Manuscript air letter from Sicily regarding income and taxes during war time.
[Note: The letter is dated April, but the number allocated to this letter indicates that this is an error, and it was presumably written in August 1943.]
[Note: The letter is dated April, but the number allocated to this letter indicates that this is an error, and it was presumably written in August 1943.]
Aerogram dated 8 April 1943
Manuscript lettercard mentioning a battle and every day life in the desert including references to a jeep. Jarmain might be referring to the battle of the Mareth line or the attack at Wadi Akarit.
Airgraph dated 12 April 1943
Manuscript letter written while moving along the Tunisian coast towards Enfidaville, through Sfax and Sousse.
Letter dated 12 April 1943
Manuscript letter including references to bombing in Europe, troops advancing in the desert towards Tunis, Rommel and telephones.
Letter dated 16 April 1943
Manuscript letter mentioning life in the desert, an imminent battle, Misurata, and bee-eaters.
Aerogram dated 19 April 1943
Manuscript lettercard from Tunisia.
Aerogram dated 21 April 1943
Manuscript lettercard from Tunisia.
Airgraph dated 27 April 1943
Manuscript letter from Tunisia.
Letter dated 30 April 1943
Manuscript letter mentioning life in the army in Tunisia, the North African war, Tunis and ancient Carthage, Jerusalem, the film 'Desert Victory' by Boulting and the Bishop's Stortford's cinema, African birds.
Aerogram dated 6 May 1943
Manuscript lettercard from Tunisia including references to his wife's life at home, life in the army and diseases.
Airgraph dated 7 May 1943
Manuscript letter.
Aerogram dated 9 May 1943
Manuscript letter from Tunisia.
Aerogram dated 14 May 1943
Manuscript lettercard describing the difficulties of every day life in the camp in the mountains of North Africa, including references to a party held in their honour at the local village hotel, Tunis, Tobruk, Benghazi and the Eight Army. Storks and…
Letter dated 18 May 1943
Manuscript letter mentioning the arrival to the Mediterranean sea coast where the camp has been set, a description of the landscape, Devon, the Mareth line and a wounded soldier.
Aerogram dated 21 May 1943
Manuscript lettercard describing life in the camp along the Mediterranean coast in North Africa, a change of battery, the cost of clothes and the Utility clothing scheme.
Letter dated 22 May 1943
Manuscript letter from Major J Jarmain, describing life in the camp along the Mediterranean coast of North Africa.
Aerogram dated 27 May 1943
Manuscript air letter from the Mediterranean coast mentioning a possible promotion and an increased income.
Letter dated 28 May 1943
Manuscript letter including a list of negatives of pictures taken in North Africa, with references to Djidjelli [Jijel], Kherratta and Setif in Algeria, Takrouna in Tunisia, Tripoli, Agheila and Leptis Magna in Libya.