Items (52 total)
Airgraph dated 23 October 1942
Manuscript letter.
Letter dated 18 October 1942
Manuscript letter including references to everyday life during leave in Alexandria and his description of the city.
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.
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…
Airgraph dated 9 October 1942: draft of poem 'Bivouac'
Manuscript letter including a draft of the poem 'Bivouac'.
Letter dated 28 September 1942
Manuscript letter including references to everyday life in the army, including meals, flies, in the desert near Cairo and Alexandria.
Aerogram dated 25 September 1942
Manuscript lettercard including references to everyday life in the army camps in the desert near Cairo.
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…
Airgraph dated 12 September 1942
Manuscript letter mentioning the difficulties of writing letters during war in the desert.
Letter dated 29 August 1942
Manuscript letter including references to everyday life in the army camps and three South African coins. Also mentioning receiving a cable or cablegram with news of his daughter's birth and wandering how the baby looks like.
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.
Airgraph dated 19 August 1942
Manuscript letter depicting life in a transit camp in the desert where the soldiers are learning the desert ways. Also including references to the food rations.