Items (590 total)
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'.
Aerogram dated 8 April 1943
Manuscript lettercard mentioning a battle and every day life in the desert including references to a jeep. Jarmain might be referring to the battle of the Mareth line or the attack at Wadi Akarit.
Aerogram dated 6 May 1943
Manuscript lettercard from Tunisia including references to his wife's life at home, life in the army and diseases.
Aerogram dated 6 June 1943
Manuscript air letter from Algeria including references to every day like in the training camp.
Aerogram dated 6 July 1943
Manuscript air letter.
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 5 April [August] 1943
Manuscript air letter from Sicily regarding income and taxes during war time.
[Note: The letter is dated April, but the number allocated to this letter indicates that this is an error, and it was presumably written in August 1943.]
[Note: The letter is dated April, but the number allocated to this letter indicates that this is an error, and it was presumably written in August 1943.]
Aerogram dated 4 October 1943
Manuscript letter card mentioning Taormina and various entertainments planned before moving the camp to a different site. Concerts with local musicians, tea parties, a bean feast and dinner parties with dances, orchestra and cabaret.
Aerogram dated 4 November 1943
Manuscript letter card mentioning spending some days of leave at Sparta with Bianca and her family, Messina, Stromboli and some of his poems, 'Tobruk' and 'Alamein'.
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Aerogram dated 4 June 1943
Manuscript air letter from Algeria about how the poet has changed by living in the desert during the war.
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
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 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.
Aerogram dated 3 June 1943
Manuscript air letter including references to every day like in the camp
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'.
Aerogram dated 28 September 1942
Manuscript lettercard including references to everyday life in the army in the desert near Cairo.
Aerogram dated 28 October 1943
Manuscript letter card from Sicily about war propaganda. Also including references to the Italian shops and his daughter.
Aerogram dated 27 May 1943
Manuscript air letter from the Mediterranean coast mentioning a possible promotion and an increased income.
Aerogram dated 26 September 1943
Manuscript letter card from Sicily mentioning a parade and a speech by Monty or Bernard Montgomery
Aerogram dated 26 March 1943: draft of poems 'The Desert Army' and 'These Poems'
Manuscript lettercard including the poems 'The Desert Army' and 'These Poems', probably written from the Mareth line and sent from Medenine in Tunisia.