Items (55 total)
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
Letter dated 31 December 1942: draft of poems 'Soldiers' Prayer' and 'For Alemein [Alamein]'
Manuscript letter including drafts of the poems 'Soldiers' Prayer' and 'For Alemein' and references to the life in the desert with the army.
Airgraph dated 26 December 1942
Manuscript letter from Libya, mentioning air raids.
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.
Airgraph dated 19 December 1942
Manuscript letter.
Aerogram dated 18 December 1942: draft of poem 'Your Peace'
Manuscript lettercard from the Libyan desert including a draft of the poem 'Your Peace'.
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'.
Airgraph dated 14 December 1942
Manuscript letter
Airgraph dated 10 December 1942
Manuscript letter
Letter dated 9 December 1942
Manuscript letter including references to the battle of El Alamein, the life in the desert, birds, his finances, banks, hotels and Cairo. Also discussing good books including mentions of James Elroy Flecker, Thomas Hardy, Virginia Woolf, 'A…
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'.
Airgraph dated 5 December 1942
Manuscript letter including references to life in the desert.
Airgraph dated 26 November 1942
Manuscript letter including references to Tobruk and the following journey through the desert and the Nile. John Jarmain and his anti-tank unit were probably somethere between Tobruk and Mersa Brega.
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 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'.
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'.
Airgraph dated 11 November 1942
Manuscript letter including references to life in the desert, war and Rommel.
Letter dated 9 November 1942: draft of poem 'Orchids'
Manuscript letter written after the battle of Al Alamein including a draft of the poem 'Orchids/Song in the Desert' and references to the battle and the retreat of the Germans and Italians.
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'.
Letter dated 28 October 1942: draft of poem 'Tel El Eisa'
Manuscript letter including a draft of the poem 'Tel El Eisa' and references to life in the desert near El Alamein and the battle field. Also mentioning the publication of some of his work in the 'Daily Telegraph'.