Items (84 total)
Letter dated 12 February 1943
Manuscript letter from Tripoli including references to the scarcity of food supplies in the city due to the retreat of the German and Italian soldiers.
Aerogram dated 11 February 1943
Manuscript lettercard from Tripoli including references to Churchill, his writing break and lilies.
Letter dated 6 February 1943
Manuscript letter from Tripoli including the story of an Italian family, from Sicily, who had moved in Libya in 1912, after the Italo-Turkish war. The narration provides an insight in the recent history of the Libyan colony and in the current war as…
Letter dated 29 January 1943
Manuscript letter from Tripoli including references to his experience, an ordered list of the poems sent, a small sketch. Also mentioning helping an Italian family living in the city and local street sellers.
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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.
Letter dated 20 January 1943: draft of poem 'Leptis Magna'
Manuscript letter including a draft of the poem 'Leptis Magna', references to the journey through the desert along the Libyan coast up to Leptis Magna and the arrival to Tripoli, deliveries and mail. Also including some literary discussion of poetry,…
Airgraph dated 20 January 1943
Manuscript letter mentioning the desert.
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.
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.
Airgraph dated 10 January 1943
Manuscript letter.
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…