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65906: Letter: To Vera Brittain

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posted on 2024-05-02, 15:11 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

Describes an enjoyable evening spent with fellow officers and a gramophone / the state of Roland Leighton's billet at present / possible upcoming battle / writing in a wood / a recent ride and the surrounding countryside / Vera Brittain writing more than he can to her / wishes to read some of her work from Oxford / thought vs. action / writing a poem.

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Identifier

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Subject

Brittain, Vera (1893 - 197)

Creator

Leighton, Roland (1895-1915)

Date

19th September 1915

Date Created

19/09/1915

Spatial

France

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Type

Letter | Letter

Pages

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Number of Pages

7

Contributor

Alisa Miller

Rights

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

Collection ID

The Vera Brittain Archive Folder 1915 15-September19p1-p2 | The Vera Brittain Archive Folder 1915 15-September19p1-p2 | The Vera Brittain Archive Folder 1915 15-September19p1-p2 | The Vera Brittain Archive Folder 1915 15-September19p1-p2 | The Vera Brittain Archive Folder 1915 15-September19p1-p2 | The Vera Brittain Archive Folder 1915 15-September19p1-p2 | The Vera Brittain Archive Folder 1915 15-September19p1-p2

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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