War Diary: Page 16
Page description
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War Diary: Page 16
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Author |
Thomas, Edward (1878-1917)
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Notes |
Discusses his battalions movement towards the front line on the Arras Road, the landscape shows more evidence of the war as Thomas notes the shell holes, trenches, graveyards, and the sounds of artillery fire and shell blasts in the distance. Thomas laments not going on trench Reconnaissance, instead censoring men's letters.
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Item date |
9th February 1917 - 12th February 1917
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Creation place |
Arras, France
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Page number |
15
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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-25.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 March 29, 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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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 March 29, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/1043.