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<p dir="ltr">Discusses feelings about the death of mutual friend Geoffrey Thurlow / its effect on mutual acquaintances / possibility of Vera Brittain caring for the severely wounded Victor Richardson / the difficulties of making her way home at this point in the war / a poem entitled 'In Memoriam' written by Vera Brittain for Geoffrey Thurlow / the irony of the timing of Geoffrey Thurlow's death in relation to Rupert Brooke and to Roland Leighton. |</p><p>File descriptions(s):</p><p>
Discusses feelings about the death of mutual friend Geoffrey Thurlow / its effect on mutual acquaintances / possibility of Vera Brittain caring for the severely wounded Victor Richardson / the difficulties of making her way home at this point in the war / a poem entitled 'In Memoriam' written by Vera Brittain for Geoffrey Thurlow / the irony of the timing of Geoffrey Thurlow's death in relation to Rupert Brooke and to Roland Leighton.<br>Poem written for Geoffrey Thurlow, included in the letter to Edward Brittain on 6 May 1917. The letter discusses feelings about the death of mutual friend Geoffrey Thurlow / its effect on mutual acquaintances / possibility of Vera Brittain caring for the severely wounded Victor Richardson / the difficulties of making her way home at this point in the war / a poem entitled 'In Memoriam' written by Vera Brittain for Geoffrey Thurlow / the irony of the timing of Geoffrey Thurlow's death in relation to Rupert Brooke and to Roland Leighton.<br>Envelope containing letter.</p>
The digitised Vera Brittain material may be used for educational purposes only and remains the copyright at all times of the Literary Executors for the Vera Brittain Estate, 1970 and The Vera Brittain Fonds, McMaster University Library. In any distribution or display of the material this acknowledgment must be clearly indicated.
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McMaster University, Mills Memorial Library, The William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections
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