Items (122 total)
- Collection: Letters of John Jarmain
Letter dated 25 June 1944
Copy of letter from France mentioning the effect of war on the French landscape. The letter was written the night before John Jarmain was killed at Saint Honorine la Chardonne.
Letter dated 22 May 1943
Manuscript letter from Major J Jarmain, describing life in the camp along the Mediterranean coast of North Africa.
Letter dated 21 March 1943
Manuscript letter discussing about the poems 'Yone May', 'For Alemein [Alamein]', 'Orchids', 'Sand' and including references to Capetown, Tripoli and a scheme including Italian speaking interpreters, Churchill, jobs options after the end of the war,…
Letter dated 21 July 1942: draft of poems 'Sleeping on Deck', 'Flying Fishes' and 'Yone May'
Manuscript letter including the poems 'Sleeping on Deck', 'Flying Fishes' and 'Yone May' and references to his life in the army and Capetown.
Letter dated 21 February 1943
Manuscript letter from Tripoli mentioning the poem 'Soldier's Prayer', the difficulty to express in writing how it feels like being a soldier, their alienation and homesickness.
Letter dated 21 August 1942
Manuscript letter including references to everyday life in the army training camps in the desert, flies, heat, lack of privacy and then life in the local villages, Cairo, a military parade for Wiston Churchill and a sketch.
Letter dated 20 January 1943: draft of poem 'Leptis Magna'
Manuscript letter including a draft of the poem 'Leptis Magna', references to the journey through the desert along the Lybian coast up to Leptis Magna and the arrival to Tripoli, deliveries and mail. Also including some literary discussion of poetry,…
Letter dated 2 June 1943
Manuscript letter about his daugher's Christening.
Letter dated 19 November 1942
Manuscript letter including references to the life in the desert, the Sahara desert, with flies and dust storms and Benghazi, Libya.
Letter dated 19 December 1942
Manuscript letter including references to the life in the desert with the army, Libya, Alexandria, supplies and postal service and Cape Town.
Letter dated 18 October 1942
Manuscript letter including references to everyday life during leave in Alexandria and his description of the city.
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.
Letter dated 18 July 1942
Manuscript letter providing an insight into aspects of his life on board of the troopship.
Letter dated 17 June
Manuscript letter describing Jarmain’s train journey from Aldershot to Liverpool Docks and his embarkation on the liner SS Duchess of Richmond in the 242 Anti-Tank battery, 61st Anti-Tank Regiment.
Letter dated 16 April 1943
Manuscript letter mentioning life in the desert, an imminent battle, Misurata, and bee-eaters.
Letter dated 14-15 September 1942
Manuscript letter including references to everyday life in the army camps and the difficulty of describing it to people in England, the desert near Cairo and dust storms. Also mentioning the regret of missing out the early time with his newly born…
Letter dated 14 November 1942
Manuscript letter from the desert including references to the war news and reports of battles and life in the desert. Also discussing his poetry and the poems 'Soldiers' Prayer' and 'Orchids'.
Letter dated 13 January 1943
Manuscript letter including references to the life in the desert, the army, aircraft and spitfires, RAF and US AAF, El Alamein.
Letter dated 12 February 1943
Manuscript letter from Tripoli including references to the scarcity of food supplies in the city due to the retreat of the German and Italian soldiers.
Letter dated 12 April 1943
Manuscript letter including references to bombing in Europe, troops advancing in the desert towards Tunis, Rommel and telephones.