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65957: In Parenthesis (notes and unnumbered pages)

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posted on 2024-05-02, 14:26 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

Two manuscript maps of trenches in black ink drawn by David Jones. One shows the trenches in the southwest corner of Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme July 1916, one shows the whole wood with cross rides. That cross marks the various phases of the battle for Mametz Wood and line V, Y O and K is mentioned in 'In Parenthesis' (Part VII). |

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Manuscript map of trenches and cross-rides in black and green ink drawn by David Jones. showing the whole wood with cross rides. The cross rides mark the various phases of the battle for Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme in July 1916 and line V, Y, O and K is mentioned in 'In Parenthesis' (Part VII). Inscription includes: Montauban. Sheet 62 8 NE... Bde Major. 'At 615am the artillery barrage will lift...'
Manuscript map of trenches on the South West of Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme July 1916 in black ink drawn by David Jones. This includes Queens Nullah, White Trench and Cliff Trench which figures in 'In Parenthesis' and is the place from which David Jones' unit launched its attack. Inscription includes: Montauban. Sheet 62 8 NE... Bde Major. 'At 615am the artillery barrage will lift...'

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Identifier

6400.cpd | 6077.jpg | DJNLW_Box_3_LP1.9f2.jpg 6078.jpg | DJNLW_Box_3_LP1.9f3.jpg

Subject

Somme

Creator

Jones, David (1895-1974)

Date

1927 - 1933 | Jan-27

Date Created

01/01/1927 | 31/12/1933

Temporal Date

31/12/1933

Spatial

Pigotts, Buckinghamshire, England

Source

Folio

Medium

Paper

Format

Pen

Type

Drawing Miscellaneous

Pages

1, 2

Number of Pages

2

Contributor

Alisa Miller and Alun Edwards

Rights

The National Library of Wales / The David Jones Literary Estate

Collection ID

David Jones Papers Box 3 LP1/9 f.2 | David Jones Papers Box 3 LP1/9 f.3

Repository Name

National Library of Wales

Repository Address

Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales, SY23 3BU, UK

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive

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    The David Jones Collection

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