cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2rlo.2
title: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon.

description: Apologises to Siegfried Sassoon for being so happy / admits fears regarding return to the line and active duty / announces upcoming book of poems entitled 'The Patchwork Quilt', a draft of which Robert Graves also includes with the letter, and a poem about the book / thanks Sassoon for a financial gift and details its uses / wishes Sassoon to be godfather to expected child / discusses bad soldier poets / wonders what friends are up to.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2tnt.2
title: Parted

description: Manuscript of poem in ink with corrections and notes in pencil in Siegfried Sassoon's hand. Signed 'Siegfried Sassoon'. Published in 'Picture-Show' (1919).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2xxf.2
title: Army Postcard W.3456 (2)

description: Reverse of postcard. Addressed to Officer in charge, Cavalry records, Yeo. Hussars at Fork. Supplies details of Colour Sergeant E Gass.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian5ms.2
title: Title Page

description: Included in a privately printed edition of 'Picture-Show' (1919), which contains poems and war photographs.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian62ds.2
title: Army Book 64, Soldier's Pay Book for Use on Active Service for Colour Sergeant E. L. Gass (1)

description: Front cover.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian66co.2
title: Army Book 64, Soldier's Pay Book for Use on Active Service for Colour Sergeant E. L. Gass (8)

description: Pages 12 and 13, including Will.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6cz4.2
title: Army Form B.218F, 'Young Men, Your Country Needs You!' (1)

description: Call for recruits by Kitchener.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6jiq.2
title: Inadequacy of recruits' training in 1917

description: British private served with 8th and 7th Bns Leicestershire Regt on Western Front, 1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6mav.2
title: Separation Allowance for Dependants of Soldiers

description: Gives details of allowances.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6mbd.2
title: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon.

description: Apologises to Siegfried Sassoon for being so happy / admits fears regarding return to the line and active duty / announces upcoming book of poems entitled 'The Patchwork Quilt', a draft of which Robert Graves also includes with the letter, and a poem about the book / thanks Sassoon for a financial gift and details its uses / wishes Sassoon to be godfather to expected child / discusses bad soldier poets / wonders what friends are up to.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6ook.2
title: Artillery Position

description: Photograph of an artillery position and gun with empty ammunition baskets, and a soldier in the background. Published in a privately printed edition of 'Picture-Show' (1919), which contains poems and war photographs.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6vo7.2
title: Soldiers labouring behind the front line

description: Kilted soldiers unloading duckboards and carrying them a short distance. Filmed bewteen Pozieres and Mouquet Farm.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian87zz.2
title: Army Book 64, Soldier's Pay Book for Use on Active Service for Colour Sergeant E. L. Gass (10)

description: Pages 16 and inside back cover, including history of inoculations.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian88ig.2
title: Description of scene and atmosphere of front line trenches on the Somme in 1917.

description: British private served with 8th and 7th Bns Leicestershire Regt on Western Front, 1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8aaw.2
title: Army Postcard W.3456 (1)

description: Addressed to Officer in charge, Cavalry records, Yeo. Hussars at Fork.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8abj.2
title: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon.

description: Comments on Siegfried Sassoon's wounds and the possibility of seeing a sister of Robert Graves' who is in Boulogne / includes ten lines of a poem later titled 'Letter to S. S. from Bryn-y-pin', included in 'The Patchwork Flag' and written anticipating Sassoon's death / reports of the sudden death from the flu and pneumonia of Nancy Nicholson's mother / comments on the potential for the end of the war and Graves' opinion of American war aims / plans for and concerns about buying and running a dairy farm in Sussex / potential for Sassoon to aid Graves and Nancy financially / alludes to a 'trench poem' written recently by Graves entitled 'The Leveller', included with the letter / comments that two years prior Graves was writing in Mametz Wood.  Contains also a letter to Sassoon from Bryn-y-pin on 9th July 1918.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8dd7.2
title: Army Form W.3455, Notification of Transfer to Class W, Army Reserve (2)

description: Reverse of form, 'Notice to Reservist'. Details for Colour Sergeant E. Gass, 2/1 Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8no3.2
title: Problems of rats: eating 'iron'  rations (basic issued food), size of rats and their feeding on dead bodies.

description: British private served with 12th Bn Middlesex Regt in GB and on Western Front, 1914-1915
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8vak.2
title: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon.

description: Mentions concern for Siegfried Sassoon and other friends in France / announces that Robert Graves and Nancy Nicholson are expecting a child / the setting of some songs for Graves by Ivor Novello / difficulty of coordinating military leaves in London / an upcoming exhibition in London by various artists including a drawing of Graves done by Eric Kennington / desire for Sassoon to avoid talking about his potential death and the dispersal of his assets / invitation for Sassoon to come and live with Nancy and Graves / plans for a home in Harlech / the potential for Wilfred Owen and someday Sassoon to be sent to Graves' battalion / Graves' improved relationship with Nancy.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8yoo.2
title: To Victory (By A Private Soldier At the Front)

description: Typescript of poem by Siegfried Sassoon published in 'The Times'. The poem was reprinted in 'The Old Huntsman' (1917).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand61e.2
title: Battalion-Relief

description: Published in a privately printed edition of 'Picture-Show' (1919), which contains poems and war photographs.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand9ij.2
title: Wraiths

description: Manuscript of poem in ink in Siegfried Sassoon's hand. This is a clean draft without corrections. Included in a bound volume belonging to Sassoon containing a collection of his poems and various watercolours, clippings and autographs. The poem was published in 'Picture-Show' (1919).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandkyq.2
title: Army Book 64, Soldier's Pay Book for Use on Active Service for Colour Sergeant E. L. Gass (3)

description: Pages 2 and 3.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandorh.2
title: Army Book 64, Soldier's Pay Book for Use on Active Service for Colour Sergeant E. L. Gass (7)

description: Pages 10 and 11.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandqcv.2
title: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon.

description: Apologises to Siegfried Sassoon for being so happy / admits fears regarding return to the line and active duty / announces upcoming book of poems entitled 'The Patchwork Quilt', a draft of which Robert Graves also includes with the letter, and a poem about the book / thanks Sassoon for a financial gift and details its uses / wishes Sassoon to be godfather to expected child / discusses bad soldier poets / wonders what friends are up to.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandqhy.2
title: Army Form B.2099, 'Recruits Wanted: The Terms of Service for the Various Corps'

description: Gives terms of service and standards of height, age, and chest measurement.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandvw1.2
title: Concert Party (Egyptian Base Camp)

description: Written at Kantara, Egypt in April 1918. Published in a privately printed edition of 'Picture-Show' (1919), which contains poems and war photographs.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandy7u.2
title: Describes how he was wounded on a trench raid

description: British private served with 12th Bn Middlesex Regt in GB and on Western Front, 1914-1915
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj4id.2
title: Butterflies

description: Manuscript of poem in ink in Siegfried Sassoon's hand. This is a clean draft without corrections. Included in a bound volume belonging to Sassoon containing a collection of his poems and various watercolours, clippings and autographs. The poem was published in 'Picture-Show' (1919).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjarj.2
title: Army Book 64, Soldier's Pay Book for Use on Active Service for Colour Sergeant E. L. Gass (9)

description: Pages 14 and 15.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjbct.2
title: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon.

description: Apologises to Siegfried Sassoon for being so happy / admits fears regarding return to the line and active duty / announces upcoming book of poems entitled 'The Patchwork Quilt', a draft of which Robert Graves also includes with the letter, and a poem about the book / thanks Sassoon for a financial gift and details its uses / wishes Sassoon to be godfather to expected child / discusses bad soldier poets / wonders what friends are up to.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjbhh.2
title: Combined Leave and Railway Ticket

description: Granting leave, no dates indicated. First-class ticket from Devizes Station to France.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjfyx.2
title: Army Book 64, Soldier's Pay Book for Use on Active Service for Colour Sergeant E. L. Gass (2)

description: Inside cover and page 1.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjll.2
title: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon.

description: Mentions concern for Siegfried Sassoon and other friends in France / announces that Robert Graves and Nancy Nicholson are expecting a child / the setting of some songs for Graves by Ivor Novello / difficulty of coordinating military leaves in London / an upcoming exhibition in London by various artists including a drawing of Graves done by Eric Kennington / desire for Sassoon to avoid talking about his potential death and the dispersal of his assets / invitation for Sassoon to come and live with Nancy and Graves / plans for a home in Harlech / the potential for Wilfred Owen and someday Sassoon to be sent to Graves' battalion / Graves' improved relationship with Nancy.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjo7a.2
title: Trench life. Shaving and washing in the trenches.

description: British private served with 12th Bn Middlesex Regt in GB and on Western Front, 1914-1915
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianolh.2
title: Moving loads in trenches

description: Trench junction at Martinpuich with infantry, some carrying boxes of grenades, moving up, possibly to the front line but more likely under training.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianpnv.2
title: A Mystic As Soldier

description: Manuscript of poem in pencil in Siegfried Sassoon's hand, inscribed 'SS'. Published in 'The Old Huntsman' (1917).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianuxa.2
title: Army Form W.3455, Notification of Transfer to Class W, Army Reserve (1)

description: Details for Colour Sergeant E. Gass, 2/1 Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianvrz.2
title: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon.

description: Apologises to Siegfried Sassoon for being so happy / admits fears regarding return to the line and active duty / announces upcoming book of poems entitled 'The Patchwork Quilt', a draft of which Robert Graves also includes with the letter, and a poem about the book / thanks Sassoon for a financial gift and details its uses / wishes Sassoon to be godfather to expected child / discusses bad soldier poets / wonders what friends are up to.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian21sq.2
title: Wrecked Dugout and Corpse

description: Photograph of a dugout with a partial view of a corpse at  its bottom. Published in a privately printed edition of 'Picture-Show' (1919), which contains poems and war photographs.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2clw.2
title: Leave Pass plus Ration Book for Soldier or Sailor

description: Stamped by the Royal Engineers.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2mqn.2
title: Insensibility

description: Drafted in October-November 1917 at Craiglockhart or in November 1917-January 1918 at Scarborough. Possibly revised at Ripon in April 1918. This is no. 147 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2o7k.2
title: Under the Wood

description: This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Under the Wood' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2st1.2
title: Preparation for occupying poorly draining, muddy trenches during late Autumn.

description: Men unwinding and removing their puttees and putting on rubber waders to prevent frostbite. Soldiers are 46th Canadian Infantry, near Pozieres.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2x87.2
title: Envelope of Letter Passed by the Censor, Letter to Mr William Hoyle

description: Letter to Mr William Hoyle of Wales, from Professor A Heim in Switzerland.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2xtm.2
title: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon.

description: Comments on Siegfried Sassoon's wounds and the possibility of seeing a sister of Robert Graves' who is in Boulogne / includes ten lines of a poem later titled 'Letter to S. S. from Bryn-y-pin', included in 'The Patchwork Flag' and written anticipating Sassoon's death / reports of the sudden death from the flu and pneumonia of Nancy Nicholson's mother / comments on the potential for the end of the war and Graves' opinion of American war aims / plans for and concerns about buying and running a dairy farm in Sussex / potential for Sassoon to aid Graves and Nancy financially / alludes to a 'trench poem' written recently by Graves entitled 'The Leveller', included with the letter / comments that two years prior Graves was writing in Mametz Wood.  Contains also a letter to Sassoon from Bryn-y-pin on 9th July 1918.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian62yc.2
title: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon.

description: Thanks Siegfried Sassoon for suggested alterations to pomes in  'The Patchwork Flag' / encourages Sassoon to contribute his own verses / discusses poetic style and Sassoon's expectations / Graves' reasons for writing as he does.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6786.2
title: Letter: To Edward Marsh

description: Disappointment over a lost letter containing first impressions of 'Georgian Poetry, 1913-1915' / discussion Robert Graves' opinion of poems and contributors / writes of his great admiration for the poet Charles Sorley's volume 'Malborough and Other Poems' / quotes from Sorley / duties as an instructor in Le Havre / discussing possible titles for a volume to be published by Harold Munro / verse style / potential for leave and coming to visit Marsh / introducing Marsh to friend Peter from Chaterhouse / desire to see a memoir by Marsh and the wish that Marsh' project of a 'Georgian Picture Book' will come off / the cold weather in France.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian684f.2
title: Active Service Envelope

description: Blank copy.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6bzt.2
title: Tank under power moves ponderously forward

description: A camouflaged Mark 1 'Female' tank filmed at Martinpuich.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6e6y.2
title: Insensibility

description: Drafted in October-November 1917 at Craiglockhart or in November 1917-January 1918 at Scarborough. Possibly revised at Ripon in April 1918. This is no. 147 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6fyb.2
title: Staged view of soldiers training for trench warfare

description: Irish troops in Martinpuich sector. A periscope may be seen on the parapet and an entrenching tool rests on the (rear wall) 'parados'. Troops squeeze past occupants in a cramped trench traverse.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6gg5.2
title: Dead Soldiers

description: Photograph of multiple dead soldiers lying in a muddy landscape. Published in a privately printed edition of 'Picture-Show' (1919), which contains poems and war photographs.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6l3l.2
title: HM and Allied Forces on Leave Day Ticket for London Transport

description: Punched as 3rd February.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6nte.2
title: Digging

description: This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Digging' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian7m8.2
title: Combined Leave and Railway Ticket

description: Granting leave from 4th July 1918. First-class ticket from Devizes Station to France.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8539.2
title: British Expeditionary Force (BEF) Postcard

description: Blank postcard.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8bvi.2
title: The End (After the blast of lightning from the east)

description: Rough workings of this poem. Probably begun in late 1916 in England, and continued in October-November 1917 at Craiglockhart or November 1917-January 1918 at Scarborough. This is no. 154 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8dfe.2
title: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon.

description: Comments on Siegfried Sassoon's wounds and the possibility of seeing a sister of Robert Graves' who is in Boulogne / includes ten lines of a poem later titled 'Letter to S. S. from Bryn-y-pin', included in 'The Patchwork Flag' and written anticipating Sassoon's death / reports of the sudden death from the flu and pneumonia of Nancy Nicholson's mother / comments on the potential for the end of the war and Graves' opinion of American war aims / plans for and concerns about buying and running a dairy farm in Sussex / potential for Sassoon to aid Graves and Nancy financially / alludes to a 'trench poem' written recently by Graves entitled 'The Leveller', included with the letter / comments that two years prior Graves was writing in Mametz Wood.  Contains also a letter to Sassoon from Bryn-y-pin on 9th July 1918.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8e4a.2
title: Field Service Postcard (1)

description: Addressed to Miss Carnes " Front of card showing address and Field Post Office mark of 5th August 1916.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8ijd.2
title: Aspens

description: This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Aspens' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8kys.2
title: Soldiers bringing up food to their comrades

description: Infantry walking along Bapaume Road, which is very muddy, carrying 'dixies' full of water and larger 'warm boxes'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8qzv.2
title: Preparing for battle, an early tank

description: Removing tarpaulin from a Mark 1 'Female' tank (in camouflage paint scheme). The tank is equipped with a roof-mounted grenade screen; the stowage bin on rear steering wheels is adorned with a lucky horseshoe.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8st2.2
title: Army Book 64, Soldier's Pay Book for Use on Active Service for Colour Sergeant E. L. Gass (4)

description: Pages 4 and 5.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8t81.2
title: Letter: To Edward Marsh

description: Disappointment over a lost letter containing first impressions of 'Georgian Poetry, 1913-1915' / discussion Robert Graves' opinion of poems and contributors / writes of his great admiration for the poet Charles Sorley's volume 'Malborough and Other Poems' / quotes from Sorley / duties as an instructor in Le Havre / discussing possible titles for a volume to be published by Harold Munro / verse style / potential for leave and coming to visit Marsh / introducing Marsh to friend Peter from Chaterhouse / desire to see a memoir by Marsh and the wish that Marsh' project of a 'Georgian Picture Book' will come off / the cold weather in France.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8zgm.2
title: Battalion-Relief / A Post Elizabethan Tragedy

description: Published in a privately printed edition of 'Picture-Show' (1919), which contains poems and war photographs. Siegfried Sassoon has also pasted a clipping of the poem 'A Post Elizabethan Tragedy' onto the page.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianaqc.2
title: Insensibility

description: Drafted in October-November 1917 at Craiglockhart or in November 1917-January 1918 at Scarborough. Possibly revised at Ripon in April 1918. This is no. 147 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand1nr.2
title: Defence Regulations, Billeting Authority card for Miss J. M. Price.

description: Front of card.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand365.2
title: Insensibility

description: Drafted in October-November 1917 at Craiglockhart or in November 1917-January 1918 at Scarborough. Possibly revised at Ripon in April 1918. This is no. 147 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand7cz.2
title: Tanks and barbed wire

description: Mark 1 'Female' tank advancing over low barbed wire entanglements. Tank is numbered 'A17', presumably named 'Oh I Say!' as there is similar film with this tank. Filmed at Auchonvillers.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand8i4.2
title: A Dream

description: This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'A Dream' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandgyr.2
title: To Leonide Massine In Cleopatra

description: Siegfried Sassoon has noted that the poem was composed at Lennel in October 1918. Published in a privately printed edition of 'Picture-Show' (1919), which contains poems and war photographs.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandjrl.2
title: Kilted troops go forward

description: Probably a staged advance of kilted troops over rough terrain.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandkxs.2
title: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon.

description: Thanks Siegfried Sassoon for suggested alterations to pomes in  'The Patchwork Flag' / encourages Sassoon to contribute his own verses / discusses poetic style and Sassoon's expectations / Graves' reasons for writing as he does.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandnot.2
title: Haymaking

description: This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Haymaking' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandra6.2
title: The Show

description: Drafted in November 1917 at Scarborough and revised in May 1918 at Ripon. This is no. 152 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianfju.2
title: Letter: To Edward Marsh

description: Disappointment over a lost letter containing first impressions of 'Georgian Poetry, 1913-1915' / discussion Robert Graves' opinion of poems and contributors / writes of his great admiration for the poet Charles Sorley's volume 'Malborough and Other Poems' / quotes from Sorley / duties as an instructor in Le Havre / discussing possible titles for a volume to be published by Harold Munro / verse style / potential for leave and coming to visit Marsh / introducing Marsh to friend Peter from Chaterhouse / desire to see a memoir by Marsh and the wish that Marsh' project of a 'Georgian Picture Book' will come off / the cold weather in France.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiangtf.2
title: Tanks and barbed wire

description: Mark 1 'Female' tank crossing a low barbed wire entaglement. Tank is numbered 'A17' and named 'Oh I Say!'.  A staged photograph showing the ability of tanks to cross barbed wire.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj1a8.2
title: Mental Cases

description: Rough working. Drafted in May 1918 at Ripon, revised in July 1918 at Scarborough. This is no. 163 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj3w6.2
title: Concert Party (Egyptian Base Camp) / The Blues At Lords

description: The poem 'Concert Party' was written at Kantara, Egypt in April 1918. Published in a privately printed edition of  'Picture-Show' (1919), which contains poems and war photographs. Siegfried Sassoon has also pasted a clipping of the poem 'The Blues At Lords' by 'Solly Sizzum' onto the page.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjcc4.2
title: Training for going 'over the top'

description: Because of the position of the camera this is probably a staged trench scene or troops under training. The troop are kilted, with bayonets fixed,and are viewed going 'over the top'. Notice that the Officers go over last. The trench is quite rough, but it has  wattle hurdle and wooden stake revetting at its rear. Filmed at Martinpuich.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjfxb.2
title: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon.

description: Thanks Siegfried Sassoon for suggested alterations to pomes in  'The Patchwork Flag' / encourages Sassoon to contribute his own verses / discusses poetic style and Sassoon's expectations / Graves' reasons for writing as he does.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjhhc.2
title: Soldier With Gun By a Soldier's Corpse

description: Photograph of a soldier with a gun standing over the body of a dead soldier. Published in a privately printed edition of 'Picture-Show' (1919), which contains poems and war photographs.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjjiu.2
title: The Brook

description: This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'The Brook' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjsy2.2
title: Two Soldiers' Corpses

description: Photograph of partially buried corpses. Published in a privately printed edition of 'Picture-Show' (1919), which contains poems and war photographs.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjvog.2
title: Haymaking

description: Second page of the poem. This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Haymaking' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems