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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.…
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 16 June 1943
Manuscript air letter including references to the Mareth line, the 'Desert Victory' and the difficulties of communicating by letters.
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 12 June 1943
Manuscript air letter from Algeria.
Letter dated 11 June 1943
Manuscript letter mentioning life in the Algerian training camp and some pictures of Djijielli and Chabet Gorgi in Algeria, Medenine in Tunisia, Leptis Magna in Libya, Sollum [Sallum] in Egypt.
Aerogram dated 10 June 1943
Manuscript letter from Algeria.
Aerogram dated 8 June 1943
Manuscript air letter including references to every day like in the camp on the North African coast, a shark and a collection of poems.
Aerogram dated 6 June 1943
Manuscript air letter from Algeria including references to every day like in the training camp.
Aerogram dated 3 June 1943
Manuscript air letter including references to every day like in the camp
Aerogram dated 4 June 1943
Manuscript air letter from Algeria about how the poet has changed by living in the desert during the war.
Letter dated 2 June 1943
Manuscript letter about his daugher's Christening.
Aerogram dated 31 May 1943
Manuscript air letter mentioning the Christening of his daughter and life in the camp in Algeria, North Africa.
Aerogram dated 29 May 1943: amendments to poems 'Tobruk' and 'Tel El Eisa'
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Manuscript air letter including alterations to the poems 'Tobruk' and 'Tel El Eisa'.
Letter dated 28 May 1943
Manuscript letter including a list of negatives of pictures taken in North Africa, with references to Djidjelli [Jijel], Kherratta and Setif in Algeria, Takrouna in Tunisia, Tripoli, Agheila and Leptis Magna in Libya.
Aerogram dated 27 May 1943
Manuscript air letter from the Mediterranean coast mentioning a possible promotion and an increased income.
Letter dated 22 May 1943
Manuscript letter from Major J Jarmain, describing life in the camp along the Mediterranean coast of North Africa.
Aerogram dated 21 May 1943
Manuscript lettercard describing life in the camp along the Mediterranean coast in North Africa, a change of battery, the cost of clothes and the Utility clothing scheme.
Letter dated 18 May 1943
Manuscript letter mentioning the arrival to the Mediterranean sea coast where the camp has been set, a description of the landscape, Devon, the Mareth line and a wounded soldier.
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…