Items (122 total)

  • Collection: Letters of John Jarmain

Manuscript air letter mentioning the Christening of his daughter and life in the camp in Algeria, North Africa.

Manuscript lettercard including a draft of the poem 'New Year, 1943, Agheila'' and references to the life in the desert with the army

Manuscript air letter from Algeria about how the poet has changed by living in the desert during the war.

Manuscript letter card mentioning spending some days of leave at Sparta with Bianca and her family, Messina, Stromboli and some of his poems, 'Tobruk' and 'Alamein'.

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Manuscript letter card mentioning Taormina and various entertainments planned before moving the camp to a different site. Concerts with local musicians, tea parties, a bean feast and dinner parties with dances, orchestra and cabaret.

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.]

Manuscript air letter from Sicily regarding income and taxes during war time. Posted from the Central Mediterranean Force.

Manuscript air letter from Algeria including references to every day like in the training camp.

Manuscript lettercard from Tunisia including references to his wife's life at home, life in the army and diseases.

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.

Manuscript lettercard probably written from Cyrenaica, Libya, including a draft of the poems 'For Alemein' and 'Soldiers' Prayer'.

Manuscript air letter about soldiers' income and taxes during the war.

Manuscript air letter including references to every day like in the camp on the North African coast, a shark and a collection of poems.

Manuscript letter card mentioning Jarmain's every day life in Sicily and the capitulation. Also including references to the local stores, cost of fabric and the benefits of living abroad for his daughter when learning a foreign language.

Manuscript letter card mentioning a parachute which has been sent to his wife and a bean feast with his battery including a concert party with a jazz band.

Manuscript letter including references to life in the desert, war and Rommel.
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