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Total number of records: 49

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war poetry, english49
world war, 1914-191845
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Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)4
Gardner, Brian2
Roucoux, Michel2
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)2
Blunden, Edmund1
Blunden, Edmund (1896-1974)1
Boderke, David1
Crawford, Fred D1
Goldensohn, Lorrie1
Great Britain. Army. Worcestershire Regiment. 2nd Battalion1

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PROUD, EDWARD LANCELOT

1914-1919, 1963-1968

Bound bible (1909); Prayer card, with photograph (nd); 6 photographs (1919, 1963-1968, nd); Framed photograph of Salonika reunion (nd); 5 framed medals (1906-1919); Issue of 'The Mosquito' (June 1954)...

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DAVISON, HILDA W

1914-1920

Fragment of glass from a ship bombed at Sunderland, 1 Apr 1916 (nd); Schoolchild's 'Eat Less Bread' campaign badge (nd); Manuscript poem 'The Day' by Henry Chappell, with biographical note (9 Sep 1914...

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SMITH, GEORGE H

1917-1919

Diary, with additional notes and verse (3 Apr 1917-14 Mar 1919).

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ILIFF, PHYLLIS CONSTANCE

1918-1921

Manuscript journal, dedicated to Philip Pemble (29 July 1918-21 Oct 1921); Compass, trinket and locket, with photograph of Philip Pemble (nd); 8 photographs (25 May-19 Aug 1918, nd); Published hymn 'T...

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BATES, LESLIE F.

1915-1919

Official papers relating to service in India (Dec 1915-Apr 1920); Church hymn sheet (Mar 1917); Bills and accounts (Oct 1917, nd); 2 manuscript poems 'Tadpoles' and 'Soup' (nd); Diary and notes relati...

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SPENCER, HERMANN

1914-1919

Photocopied poem 'Farewell, a parting of the ways' (nd); Photocopied typescript recollections by Helen Weston (sister) (nd); Photocopied obituary from 'The Beacon' [1919]; Photocopied memorial card fo...

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The bottom of the barrel (1918), or, Tanky Taylors war : a series of verses about events taken from the book

Taylor, F A J

c1984

Cover title: Tanky's war, or, a Privates eye view: a collection of verses on the Great War.

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DAVIES, ILLTYD

1914-1918

Book of postcards (1916-1917); Map of Dojran and surrounding region (18 Aug 1918); Typescript poem 'The Ballad of Ack One Hundred' by Slim Sawer (nd); Typescript recollections 'August 4th, 1914 - Bank...

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MULLINS, FRANCIS T

1914-1918

Discharge certificate (18 Oct 1918); Manuscript and typescript recollections 'What it was like to serve, 1914-1918' (Apr-Oct 1972); Manuscript poem 'The Pilgrims of the Night' by TB Clark, with note (...

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THORNTON, JOHN (JACK)

1910-1919

11 issues of Manchester Regiment magazine 'The Periscope', Vol.I, Nos. 5-8, 10-12, Vol. II, Nos. 1-3 and special edition 'Periscope Picture Gallery' (Feb-Dec 1917, nd); Group photograph (nd); Training...

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WOLTON, E D

1917-1918

2 bound volumes of photocopied manuscript letters, extracts, verse and recollections (nd); Souvenir booklet 'A Short History of the Suffolk Regiment' (nd); 2 Field Service postcards (nd); 2 East Angli...

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ORLEBAR, ERICA

1915-1917

Manuscript poem 'Home Thoughts from Abroad', by Lance Corporal F Dobson, 4th Battalion, Coldstream Guards, with photocopy (nd); Autograph and scrap album (1915-1917).

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