Items (122 total)
- Collection: Letters of John Jarmain
Aerogram dated 10 August 1943
Manuscript air letter mentioning that his battery is still in Sicily but will have no part in the final phase of the campaign. Letter also including references to Tunis, Tripoli, Sousse and Sfax.
Aerogram dated 1 July 1943
Manuscript air letter including references to the potential copyright issues of publishing in the USA. Letters 109-113 were written on board of a ship waiting to set out for Sicily.
Aerogram dated 10 June 1943
Manuscript letter from Algeria.
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
The battle of Medenine was on the 6th March
Aerogram dated 11 February 1943
Manuscript lettercard from Tripoli including references to Churchill, his writing break and lilies.
Aerogram dated 11 January 1943: draft of poem 'Fear'
Manuscript lettercard from the Libyan desert including drafts of the poem 'Fear' and references to the battle of El Alamein, air raids and Tavistock in Devon.
Aerogram dated 12 July 1943
Manuscript air letter including references to incomes and finances during war time. The Allied invasion of Sicily had also began including the 51st Division which landed on the South East coast of Sicily.
Aerogram dated 12 June 1943
Manuscript air letter from Algeria.
Aerogram dated 12 March 1943
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.…
Aerogram dated 13 August 1943
Manuscript air letter from Sicily regarding income and taxes during war time.
Aerogram dated 13 November 1942: draft of poem 'Ring Plover at El Alemein [Alamein]'
Manuscript lettercard written after the battle of El Alamein including a draft of the poem 'Ring Plover at El Alemein'.
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.
Aerogram dated 14 June 1943
Manuscript air letter including references to the battle at Enfidaville in Tunisia, dinner parties at an hotel nearby the camp and nurses.
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…
Aerogram dated 15 October 1943
Manuscript letter card mentioning the moving of the camp site to a place with electricity and Bianca Scafidi and her story.
Aerogram dated 16 December 1942: draft of poem 'Tobruk' and revisions of 'Sandbags' and 'For Alemein [Alamein]'
Manuscript lettercard from the Libyan desert including a draft of the poem 'Tobruk' and revisions to the poems 'Sandbags' and 'For Alemein'.
Aerogram dated 16 July 1943
Manuscript air letter including references to life in the camp in Sicily, mentioning dust, his jeep and camouflage techniques.
Aerogram dated 16 June 1943
Manuscript air letter including references to the Mareth line, the 'Desert Victory' and the difficulties of communicating by letters.
Aerogram dated 16 September 1943
Manuscript letter card about Janet Susan, Jarmain's daughter.
Aerogram dated 17 October 1943
Manuscript letter card from Sicily.