Items (122 total)
Transcripts of the letters of John Jarmain
Transcripts of 120 letters of the poet John Jarmain to his wife Beryl, with whom he regularly corresponded after travelling to North Africa and South Italy during the Second World War. The letters are dated from 17 June 1942 to 04 November 1943.…
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.
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…
Content Advice: This letter contains offensive historical language and…
Aerogram dated 28 October 1943
Manuscript letter card from Sicily about war propaganda. Also including references to the Italian shops and his daughter.
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'.
Aerogram dated 18 October 1943
Manuscript letter card mentioning Collins, the publication of his poems, the preparation of another poem, life in the army and learning Italian in Sicily.
Content Advice: This letter contains offensive historical language and viewpoints, which…
Content Advice: This letter contains offensive historical language and viewpoints, which…
Aerogram dated 17 October 1943
Manuscript letter card from Sicily.
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 9 October 1943
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.
Aerogram dated 4 October 1943
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.
Letter dated 28 September 1943
Manuscript letter mentioning every day life in Sicily, a party at the camp site with members of a travelling concert party including a performance by Gracie Fields and another tea party held by local Italian aristocracy. Also including references to…
Aerogram dated 26 September 1943
Manuscript letter card from Sicily mentioning a parade and a speech by Monty or Bernard Montgomery
Aerogram dated 19 September 1943
Manuscript letter card mentioning Bianca and an Italian family met in Sicily and Jarmain's practicing Italian language.
Aerogram dated 16 September 1943
Manuscript letter card about Janet Susan, Jarmain's daughter.
Aerogram dated 8 September 1943
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.
Letter dated 5 September 1943
Manuscript letter mentioning every day life in Sicily and his having started another poem. Also including references to Messina, Castel Mola, his visit to Taormina and a Greek Theatre, Castiglione di Sicilia, Etna and the landscape.
Letter dated 27 August 1943
Manuscript letter mentioning every day life in Sicily, managing an abandoned luxury hotel and climbing Mount Etna, including sketches of the volcano. There are also references to Stromboli and Lipari volcanic islands, the strait of Messina, Tobruk…
Aerogram dated 19 August 1943
Manuscript letter card mentioning that the Sicily campaign is ended and his battery didn't take part in its final phase. Also including references to his time on the island and the South coast bombing stage of invasion.
Aerogram dated 13 August 1943
Manuscript air letter from Sicily regarding income and taxes during war time.
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.