Letter: To H.N. Howells.
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Letter: To H.N. Howells.
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Author |
Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)
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Notes |
Describes arriving in France / assumptions about being put in the front lines immediately, but now in reserve trenches / glad that Howells has a weak heart, and is not in France / thoughts about death, wounding, neurasthenia (mental illness) / possible outcomes of surviving the war / mentions a Welsh colleague ('E. Kemp') who he may not see again, and who he spent time with / looking at the sky, thinking of poetry, and hearing machinegun fire in a communication trench / praises fellow soldiers / describes the look of the villages in France.
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Item date |
June 1916
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Creation place |
La Gorgue
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Total number of pages |
5
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Cataloguer |
Alisa Miller
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Repository name |
The Ivor Gurney Archive
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Repository address line1 |
Gloucestershire Archives
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Repository address line2 |
Clarence Row, Alvin Street
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Repository address line3 |
Gloucester
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Repository address Zip code |
GL1 3DW
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Repository address country |
UK
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Collection
Citation
“Letter: To H.N. Howells.,” by Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937). First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 2, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/7592.
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