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66274: Letter: To Marion Scott.

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posted on 2024-04-18, 14:51 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

Describes getting caught in a 'strafe' / in reserves / playing Bach / bored of war / mistakes in battle / the terrifying noise made by machine guns / mending wires / casualties from the strafe / watching the farmers make hay / includes a musical score for 'The Song the Signallers Sung' / very pleased because Ivor Gurney might be recommended for a DCM / mentions Robert Bridges writing about Lord Kitchener / poems for the 'Saturday Westminster' / intends to ask some questions of some officers', etc. behaviour when he is back in England.

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Identifier

7548.cpd | IG-41-26 | 6569.jpg | IG-41-26.jpg 6570.jpg | IG-41-26f1r.jpg 6571.jpg | IG-41-26f1v.jpg 6572.jpg | IG-41-26f2r.jpg 6573.jpg | IG-41-26f2v.jpg 6574.jpg | IG-41-26f3r.jpg 6575.jpg | IG-41-26f3v.jpg

Creator

Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)

Date

29th June 1916

Date Created

29/06/1916

Spatial

France

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pencil

Type

Letter | 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 41.26 | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.26.1r | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.26.1v | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.26.2r | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.262.v | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.26.3r | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.26.3v

Repository Name

The Ivor Gurney Archive

Repository Address

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

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