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66269: Letter: To Marion Scott.

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posted on 2024-04-18, 14:48 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

Mentions receiving two new letters / John Masefield's 'By the Bierside' / discusses a new book by Rudyard Kipling / includes an addition to the 'Preface' of 'Severn and Somme' / includes a portion of 'Trees' / smoking pipes in the Music Room / wonders what is in store from tomorrow as the battalion goes back on 'Active Service' / feeling fit and well-fed at present / may include new verses in next letter / comments on the importance of letters / curses the war. |

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Envelope containing letter.
Mentions receiving two new letters / John Masefield's 'By the Bierside' / discusses a new book by Rudyard Kipling / includes an addition to the 'Preface' of 'Severn and Somme' / includes a portion of 'Trees' / smoking pipes in the Music Room / wonders what is in store from tomorrow as the battalion goes back on 'Active Service' / feeling fit and well-fed at present / may include new verses in next letter / comments on the importance of letters / curses the war.

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Identifier

7542.cpd | 6887.jpg | IG-41-93.jpg 6888.jpg | IG-41-93f1r.jpg 6889.jpg | IG-41-93f1v.jpg 6890.jpg | IG-41-93f2r.jpg 6891.jpg | IG-41-93f2v.jpg 6892.jpg | IG-41-93f3r.jpg 6893.jpg | IG-41-93f3v.jpg

Creator

Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)

Date

May-17

Date Created

01/05/1917

Temporal Date

31/05/1917

Spatial

Buire-au-Bois, France

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pencil

Type

Letter | Letter Poem within letter

Pages

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

Number of Pages

7

Contributor

Alisa Miller

Rights

The Ivor Gurney Archive, Gloucestershire Archives / The Ivor Gurney Estate

Collection ID

Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.93 | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.93.1r | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.93.1v | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.93.2r | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.93.2v | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.93.3r | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.93.3v

Repository Name

The Ivor Gurney Archive

Repository Address

Gloucestershire Archives, Clarence Row, Alvin Street, Gloucester, GL1 3DW, UK

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