Items (596 total)
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 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 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 5 August 1943
Manuscript air letter from Sicily regarding income and taxes during war time. Posted from the Central Mediterranean Force.
Aerogram dated 6 July 1943
Manuscript air letter.
Aerogram dated 6 June 1943
Manuscript air letter from Algeria including references to every day like in the training camp.
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 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 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 July 1943
Manuscript air letter about soldiers' income and taxes during the war.
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 8 September 1943
Manuscript letter card mentioning Jarmain's every day life in Sicily and the capitulation. Also including references to the local stores, cost of fabric and the benefits of living abroad for his daughter when learning a foreign language.
Aerogram dated 9 May 1943
Manuscript letter from Tunisia.
Aerogram dated 9 October 1943
Manuscript letter card mentioning a parachute which has been sent to his wife and a bean feast with his battery including a concert party with a jazz band.
Airgraph dated 10 December 1942
Manuscript letter
Airgraph dated 10 January 1943
Manuscript letter.
Airgraph dated 11 November 1942
Manuscript letter including references to life in the desert, war and Rommel.
Airgraph dated 11 October 1942
Manuscript letter
Airgraph dated 12 April 1943
Manuscript letter written while moving along the Tunisian coast towards Enfidaville, through Sfax and Sousse.
Airgraph dated 12 September 1942
Manuscript letter mentioning the difficulties of writing letters during war in the desert.