Special Collections

Aerogram dated 10 March 1943

Manuscript lettercard including references to Cairo and Tripoli and a second 'Alamein' poem on which Jarmain has started to work.
The battle of Medenine was on the 6th March

Tags: Africa, Desert War, North African Campaign, Second World War, Tunisia, Tunisian Campaign, war, war poetry, Western Desert Campaign

Aerogram dated 11 January 1943: draft of poem 'Fear'

Manuscript lettercard from the Lybian desert including drafts of the poem 'Fear' and references to the battle of El Alamein, air raids and Tavistock in Devon.

Tags: Africa, Battle of El Alamein, Desert War, Devon, Libya, North African Campaign, Second World War, war, war poetry, Western Desert Campaign

Manuscript lettercard including references to Monty or Bernard Montgomery and the new direct air service from Tripoli he asked Churchill for his soldiers, the Eighth Army, one of the most famous formations of the British Army during World War Two.…

Tags: Africa, Churchill, Desert War, North African Campaign, Second World War, Tripoli, war, war poetry, Western Desert Campaign

Aerogram dated 13 November 1942: draft of poem 'Ring Plover at El Alemein [Alamein]'

Manuscript lettercard written after the battle of Al Alamein including a draft of the poem 'Ring Plover at El Alemein'.

Tags: Africa, Battle of El Alamein, desert, Desert War, Egypt, North African Campaign, Second World War, war, war poetry, Western Desert Campaign

Aerogram dated 13 October 1942: draft of poem 'Mirage'

Manuscript lettercard including a draft of the poem 'Mirage' and references to everyday life in the army camps.

Tags: Africa, desert, Desert War, Egypt, North African Campaign, Second World War, war, war poetry, Western Desert Campaign

Aerogram dated 16 December 1942: draft of poem 'Tobruk' and revisions of 'Sandbags' and 'For Alemein [Alamein]'

Manuscript lettercard from the Lybian desert including a draft of the poem 'Tobruk' and revisions to the poems 'Sandbags' and 'For Alemein'.

Tags: Africa, Battle of El Alamein, desert, Desert War, Libya, North African Campaign, Second World War, war, war poetry, Western Desert Campaign

Aerogram dated 18 December 1942: draft of poem 'Your Peace'

Manuscript lettercard from the Lybian desert including a draft of the poem 'Your Peace'.

Tags: Africa, desert, Desert War, Libya, North African Campaign, Second World War, war, war poetry, Western Desert Campaign

Aerogram dated 2 November 1942: draft of poems 'Tel El Eisa' and 'Sandbags'

Manuscript lettercard including a draft of two more poems to be included in the collection 'Poems in the Western desert': a revised version of 'Tel El Eisa' and 'Sandbags'.

Tags: Africa, Battle of El Alamein, desert, Desert War, Egypt, North African Campaign, Second World War, war, war poetry, Western Desert Campaign

Aerogram dated 22 October 1943: draft of poem 'Faith'

Manuscript air letter from Sicily about Jarmain's children and wife, including a draft of the poem ''Faith'.

Tags: Italian Campaign, Italy, Second World War, Sicily, war, war poetry

Aerogram dated 26 March 1943: draft of poems 'The Desert Army' and 'These Poems'

Manuscript lettercard including the poems 'The Desert Army' and 'These Poems', probably written from the Mareth line and sent from Medenine in Tunisia.

Tags: Africa, Battle of the Mareth Line, North African Campaign, Second World War, Tunisia, Tunisian Campaign, war, war poetry

Aerogram dated 29 May 1943: amendments to poems 'Tobruk' and 'Tel El Eisa'
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Manuscript air letter including alterations to the poems 'Tobruk' and 'Tel El Eisa'.

Tags: Africa, Algeria, North African Campaign, Second World War, war, war poetry

Aerogram dated 30 January 1943: draft of poem 'Sand'

Manuscript lettercard from Tripoli including a draft of the poem 'Sand' and references to his experience in Tripoli.

Tags: Africa, desert, Desert War, Libya, North African Campaign, Second World War, Somerset, Tripoli, war, war poetry, Western Desert Campaign

Aerogram dated 4 January 1943: draft of poem 'New Year 1943 Agheila'

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

Tags: Africa, desert, Desert War, Libya, North African Campaign, Sahara, Second World War, war, war poetry, Western Desert Campaign

Aerogram dated 4 November 1943

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'.

Content Advice: This letter contains offensive historical language and…

Tags: Italian Campaign, Italy, Second World War, Sicily, war, war poetry

Aerogram dated 8 December 1942: draft of poems 'For Alemein [Alamein]' and 'Soldiers' Prayer'

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

Tags: Africa, Battle of El Alamein, desert, Desert War, Libya, North African Campaign, Sahara, Second World War, war, war poetry, Western Desert Campaign

Airgraph dated 28 October 1942: amendment to poem 'Bivouac'

Manuscript letter mentioning the acceptance of some of Jarmain's work by the 'Daily Telegraph' and including an amendment to the poem 'Bivouac'.

Tags: Battle of El Alamein, Desert War, North African Campaign, Second World War, war, war poetry, Western Desert Campaign

Airgraph dated 9 October 1942: draft of poem 'Bivouac'

Manuscript letter including a draft of the poem 'Bivouac'.

Tags: Africa, desert, Desert War, Egypt, North African Campaign, Second World War, war, war poetry, Western Desert Campaign

Letter dated 11 October 1942: draft of poems 'Bivouac' and 'Mirage'

Manuscript letter including drafts of the poems 'Bivouac' and 'Mirage', Jarmain's reflections on his poetry and a structure for a book. Also providing an insight into the practicality of living in the desert, including sketches of his dugout, a…

Tags: Africa, desert, Desert War, Egypt, North African Campaign, Second World War, war, war poetry, Western Desert Campaign

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.

Tags: Africa, Battle of El Alamein, desert, Desert War, Libya, North African Campaign, Second World War, war, war poetry, Western Desert Campaign

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'.

Tags: Africa, Battle of El Alamein, Cyrenaica, desert, Desert War, Egypt, North African Campaign, Second World War, war, war poetry, Western Desert Campaign

Items (34 total)

Aerogram dated 10 March 1943

Aerogram dated 11 January 1943: draft of poem 'Fear'

Aerogram dated 12 March 1943

Aerogram dated 13 November 1942: draft of poem 'Ring Plover at El Alemein [Alamein]'

Aerogram dated 13 October 1942: draft of poem 'Mirage'

Aerogram dated 16 December 1942: draft of poem 'Tobruk' and revisions of 'Sandbags' and 'For Alemein [Alamein]'

Aerogram dated 18 December 1942: draft of poem 'Your Peace'

Aerogram dated 2 November 1942: draft of poems 'Tel El Eisa' and 'Sandbags'

Aerogram dated 22 October 1943: draft of poem 'Faith'

Aerogram dated 26 March 1943: draft of poems 'The Desert Army' and 'These Poems'

Aerogram dated 29 May 1943: amendments to poems 'Tobruk' and 'Tel El Eisa'
Extent 1 leaf

Aerogram dated 30 January 1943: draft of poem 'Sand'

Aerogram dated 4 January 1943: draft of poem 'New Year 1943 Agheila'

Aerogram dated 4 November 1943

Aerogram dated 8 December 1942: draft of poems 'For Alemein [Alamein]' and 'Soldiers' Prayer'

Airgraph dated 28 October 1942: amendment to poem 'Bivouac'

Airgraph dated 9 October 1942: draft of poem 'Bivouac'

Letter dated 11 October 1942: draft of poems 'Bivouac' and 'Mirage'

Letter dated 13 January 1943

Letter dated 14 November 1942