68669: On A Working-Party

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posted on 2024-04-24, 14:30 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

Typescript of poem in blue ink. This is a clean draft without corrections. Published in 'The Old Huntsman' (1917). Possibly inspired by Siegfried Sassoon's experiences with a working party near Festubert in 1916.

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9837.cpd | SSCUL20_Add.7973_S_77p2.jpg | 9624.jpg | SSCUL19_Add.7973_S_77p1.jpg 9625.jpg | SSCUL20_Add.7973_S_77p2.jpg

Creator

Sassoon, Siegfried (1886-1967)

Date

1916 to 1917

Date Created

31/12/1911

Temporal Date

30/12/1913

Spatial

Unknown

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Typescript

Type

Poem | Poem

Pages

1, 2

Number of Pages

Contributor

Alisa Miller

Rights

Cambridge University Library / The Siegfried Sassoon Literary Estate

Collection ID

MS Add. 7973/S/77 | MS Add. 7973/S/77

Repository Name

Cambridge University Library

Repository Address

Department of Manuscripts, West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DR, UK

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Keywords

First World War Poetry Digital Archive World War One Poems

Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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