War Diary: Page 19
Page description
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War Diary: Page 19
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Author |
Thomas, Edward (1878-1917)
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Notes |
It's cold and wet. Thomas travels to Fosseux to pick up cash and gas helmets. Notes troops of turbaned Indians with ""Hun prisoners"" Laments doing office work whilst the troops go out to the trenches. Records the sound of artillery fire nearby and that the blast of 18-punders near his billet blow the mortar from ruins against the window linen. Discussed the wildlife.
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Item date |
20th February 1917 - 23rd February 1917
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Creation place |
Fosseux, France
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Page number |
18
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Total number of pages |
34
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Cataloguer |
Kate Lindsay and Everett Sharp
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Filename |
ETFAMDIA-09.jpg
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Digital repository | |
Item width |
76
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Item height |
132
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Collection ID |
Edward Thomas War Diary
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Repository name |
Thomas Family Private Collection
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Collection
Citation
“Edward Thomas: War Diary,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed April 19, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/1043.
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Document description
Title |
Edward Thomas: War Diary
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Author |
Thomas, Edward (1878-1917)
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Notes |
This is the private diary kept by Edward Thomas the last three months as a soldier. It is written in a small Walker's Back-Loop pocket-book, bound in pigskin and priced at two shillings. The cover and the pages are concaved and creased suggesting that he was carrying the diary when he was killed at an observation post on the 9th April 1917 by a shell blast during the opening barrage of the Battle of Arras.
The diary was given to his son Merfyn and rediscovered by his son Edward in 1970 amongst various papers and documents belonging to his father. |
Item date |
1st January 1917 - 8th April 1917
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Creation place |
England and France
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Item source | |
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Cataloguer |
Kate Lindsay and Everett Sharp
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Copyright |
The Edward Thomas Literary Estate
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Digital repository | |
Item width |
76
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Item height |
132
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Repository name |
Thomas Family Private Collection
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Citation
“Edward Thomas: War Diary,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed April 19, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/1043.