Items (626 total)
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 12 June 1943
Manuscript air letter from Algeria.
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 16 June 1943
Manuscript air letter including references to the Mareth line, the 'Desert Victory' and the difficulties of communicating by letters.
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 6 July 1943
Manuscript air letter.
Aerogram dated 8 July 1943
Manuscript air letter about soldiers' income and taxes during the war.
Letter dated 8 July 1943
Manuscript letter.
Aerogram dated 12 July 1943
Manuscript air letter including references to incomes and finances during war time. The Allied invasion of Sicily had also began including the 51st Division which landed on the South East coast of Sicily.
Aerogram dated 16 July 1943
Manuscript air letter including references to life in the camp in Sicily, mentioning dust, his jeep and camouflage techniques.
Aerogram dated 23 July 1943
Manuscript air letter including references to life in the camp in Sicily.
Aerogram dated 24 July 1943
Manuscript air letter including references to his battery having been in Sicily since the invasion began, his life on board of the ship during the sea journey to Italy, Mount Etna, landscape and Syracuse.
Letter dated 31 July 1943
Manuscript letter from Sicily.
Aerogram dated 5 August 1943
Manuscript air letter from Sicily regarding income and taxes during war time. Posted from the Central Mediterranean Force.
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.
Aerogram dated 13 August 1943
Manuscript air letter from Sicily regarding income and taxes during war time.
Aerogram dated 16 September 1943
Manuscript letter card about Janet Susan, Jarmain's daughter.
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.
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…
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…