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65893: Letter: To Vera Brittain

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posted on 2024-05-02, 15:10 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

Describes sitting in a dug-out / a German sniper / recent activities of British artillery / the experience of shelling / the set-up of his dugout / the shelling later on / the danger of stray bullets / the dangers of getting in and out of the trenches / having a bullet come past close to his head / officers' duties / the mud / amusing names for the various trenches / much love to Vera.

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Identifier

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Subject

Brittain, Vera (1893 - 197)

Creator

Leighton, Roland (1895-1915)

Date

12th April 1916 | 12th April 1916 12th April 1915

Date Created

12/04/1916

Spatial

France or Belgium

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Type

Letter | Letter

Pages

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Number of Pages

10

Contributor

Alisa Miller

Rights

The Vera Brittain Fonds, McMaster University Library / The Roland Leighton Literary Estate

Collection ID

The Vera Brittain Archive, Folder 1915 5-April120p1-p10 | The Vera Brittain Archive, Folder 1915 5-April120p1-p10 | The Vera Brittain Archive, Folder 1915 5-April120p1-p10 | The Vera Brittain Archive, Folder 1915 5-April120p1-p10 | The Vera Brittain Archive, Folder 1915 5-April120p1-p10 | The Vera Brittain Archive, Folder 1915 5-April120p1-p10 | The Vera Brittain Archive, Folder 1915 5-April120p1-p10 | The Vera Brittain Archive, Folder 1915 5-April120p1-p10 | The Vera Brittain Archive, Folder 1915 5-April120p1-p10 | The Vera Brittain Archive, Folder 1915 5-April120p1-p10

Repository Name

McMaster University, Mills Memorial Library, The William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections

Repository Address

1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L6, Canada

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive

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