cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6c9x.1
title: Letter from Private Charles Green

description: Final letter home from Private Charles Green to his mother: he was killed a few days after this was written. The letter thanks his mother for a parcel received, requests some additional items, and talks about the practical consequences of the extreme cold the soldiers have to deal with. It is accompanied by a printed transcript.

Part of a collection relating to Charles Green, who served as a machine gunner with the 7th Battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment, and was killed on 8th February 1917, in the Somme area of France.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6fba.2
title: Robecq - Minsterworth

description: Carbon copy of a typescript prepared by Marion Scott, with Ivor Gurney's corrections in pencil.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6re2.2
title: The Swift

description: Drafted at Dunsden in early summer 1912. Revised at Bordeaux in June-August 1915 and again in August 1917 at Craiglockhart. This is no. 89 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6sz3.2
title: Diary of Benjamin Lloyd, Royal Artillery (59)

description: Diary of Benjamin Lloyd of the Royal Artillery, covering the whole war period, beginning in June 1914 and ending in March 1919, and including the Battle of the Somme. The diary details military movement and activities, engagement with the enemy, Christmas celebrations, coming home on leave, the end of the war, etc. It may possibly have been copied out from the originals after the war. Benjamin Lloyd was gassed during the war, but survived and later went on to serve in the Second World War as RMQS. The diary was deposited by his daughter.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6x5h.2
title: The Swift

description: Drafted at Dunsden in early summer 1912. Revised at Bordeaux in June-August 1915 and again in August 1917 at Craiglockhart. This is no. 89 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6z7m.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Envelope containing letter.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian7fd.1
title: Programme of War Memorial Dedication, relating to William Hugh Owen(s)

description: Editor's Comment:
Programme of the War Memorial dedication of the Welsh Calvinist Methodist Church, Princes Road, Liverpool. 

Private 102159 William Hugh Owens, 237th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), killed in action 6th October 1917, is buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery, grave reference LIX. D. 5.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian85tu.1
title: Telegram concerning coffin of the Unknown Warrior

description: In November 1920 Mr David John Williams of the Brunswick Ironworks received a telegram from the Minister of Works requesting his presence in London and was given the Commission for the Ironwork for the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior. 

The ceremony was going to take place on the 11th November in Westminster Abbey. Mr Williams had to design and attach the handles to the coffin, which was made from English Oak from the forest at Hampton Court Palace. He also designed the iron bands that bound the coffin and antique hammered the plaque that was to be attached to the top of the coffin. He worked for two days and nights to make these.

The coffin left England in November for the journey across the Channel to France where the remains of an unknown serviceman had been selected for burial. The body, in a teal casket, was placed in the coffin and brought to London, first on the destroyer HMS Verdun and then by train from Dover to Victoria Station. The procession made its way via the Mall to Whitehall where it paused for the unveiling of the Cenotaph.

At the Abbey the coffin passed through a guard of honour of holders of the Victoria Cross and was buried in the Abbey in the presence of a vast congregation, headed by the King and Queen. 

Mr Williams received this letter from the Minister of Works thanking him for his excellent workmanship.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian879q.1
title: Report of a speech on demobilization made by Prime Minister Lloyd George

description: Report of part of a speech made by Prime Minister Lloyd George about demobilization, urging patience, stressing the need to maintain a military presence until a firm settlement has been reached (because "although the fighting has stopped, the war is not over"), and saying that recent demonstrations and marches will delay demobilization rather than speeding it up. The document is signed by "H. Johnson  Captain, officer Commanding 492 Agricultl Coy. Labour Corps."
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian87pa.2
title: The Swift

description: Drafted at Dunsden in early summer 1912. Revised at Bordeaux in June-August 1915 and again in August 1917 at Craiglockhart. This is no. 89 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8gbd.2
title: Diary of Benjamin Lloyd, Royal Artillery (58)

description: Diary of Benjamin Lloyd of the Royal Artillery, covering the whole war period, beginning in June 1914 and ending in March 1919, and including the Battle of the Somme. The diary details military movement and activities, engagement with the enemy, Christmas celebrations, coming home on leave, the end of the war, etc. It may possibly have been copied out from the originals after the war. Benjamin Lloyd was gassed during the war, but survived and later went on to serve in the Second World War as RMQS. The diary was deposited by his daughter.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8i7x.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Includes 'To England: A Note' / not much to do as a signaller / describes writing under attack / quotes the poet John Masefield on Shakespeare / includes a musical score entitled 'Sea Symphony' / the state of the dugout and hygiene at the front / pipes and sunsets / Milton / quotes an unknown poem / describes just escaping from a strafe / German vs. English explosives / instructions regarding a parcel from Marion Scott / the courage and humour of the men / pleasure over a trench journal, the 'Somewhere in France Gazette' / loss of a friend to hospital / things starting to 'move' regarding Russian, etc. / Bach / aeroplanes and a musical score / poppies.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8jer.2
title: The Swift

description: Drafted at Dunsden in early summer 1912. Revised at Bordeaux in June-August 1915 and again in August 1917 at Craiglockhart. This is no. 89 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8kbu.2
title: Passionate Earth

description: Manuscript draft in pen in Ivor Gurney's hand.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8u5y.2
title: The Swift

description: Drafted at Dunsden in early summer 1912. Revised at Bordeaux in June-August 1915 and again in August 1917 at Craiglockhart. This is no. 89 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianbb.1
title: Laventie Front

description: Typescript with pen alterations in unknown hand. Prepared by Marion Scott, and possibly amongst those poems submitted to and rejected by the firm Sidgwick and Jackson in 1922. An alternative version of the poem entitled 'Laventie' with substantial differences was prepared for publication by Edmund Blunden.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand252.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Includes 'To England: A Note' / not much to do as a signaller / describes writing under attack / quotes the poet John Masefield on Shakespeare / includes a musical score entitled 'Sea Symphony' / the state of the dugout and hygiene at the front / pipes and sunsets / Milton / quotes an unknown poem / describes just escaping from a strafe / German vs. English explosives / instructions regarding a parcel from Marion Scott / the courage and humour of the men / pleasure over a trench journal, the 'Somewhere in France Gazette' / loss of a friend to hospital / things starting to 'move' regarding Russian, etc. / Bach / aeroplanes and a musical score / poppies.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand7jf.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Includes 'To England: A Note' / not much to do as a signaller / describes writing under attack / quotes the poet John Masefield on Shakespeare / includes a musical score entitled 'Sea Symphony' / the state of the dugout and hygiene at the front / pipes and sunsets / Milton / quotes an unknown poem / describes just escaping from a strafe / German vs. English explosives / instructions regarding a parcel from Marion Scott / the courage and humour of the men / pleasure over a trench journal, the 'Somewhere in France Gazette' / loss of a friend to hospital / things starting to 'move' regarding Russian, etc. / Bach / aeroplanes and a musical score / poppies.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandeu9.2
title: Diary of Benjamin Lloyd, Royal Artillery (64)

description: Diary of Benjamin Lloyd of the Royal Artillery, covering the whole war period, beginning in June 1914 and ending in March 1919, and including the Battle of the Somme. The diary details military movement and activities, engagement with the enemy, Christmas celebrations, coming home on leave, the end of the war, etc. It may possibly have been copied out from the originals after the war. Benjamin Lloyd was gassed during the war, but survived and later went on to serve in the Second World War as RMQS. The diary was deposited by his daughter.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandhr4.2
title: Diary of Benjamin Lloyd, Royal Artillery (57)

description: Diary of Benjamin Lloyd of the Royal Artillery, covering the whole war period, beginning in June 1914 and ending in March 1919, and including the Battle of the Somme. The diary details military movement and activities, engagement with the enemy, Christmas celebrations, coming home on leave, the end of the war, etc. It may possibly have been copied out from the originals after the war. Benjamin Lloyd was gassed during the war, but survived and later went on to serve in the Second World War as RMQS. The diary was deposited by his daughter.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiando13.2
title: The Swift

description: Drafted at Dunsden in early summer 1912. Revised at Bordeaux in June-August 1915 and again in August 1917 at Craiglockhart. This is no. 89 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandq8k.1
title: Letter from Maj. Gen. Headlam to Winston Churchill, Minister of Munitions

description: The letter came from a House clearance of someone related to Gen. Headlam.

Editor's Comment:
Letter from Major General Royal Artillery John E. W. Headlam to Winston Churchill, newly appointed (16th July 1917) Minister of Munitions, giving an appreciation of the supply situation, particularly as regards concrete. 

In Central Registry slip, with tabulated 'Allotment of Artillery to Corps, Second Army, 4th October 1917'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiands1p.2
title: Diary of Benjamin Lloyd, Royal Artillery (62)

description: Diary of Benjamin Lloyd of the Royal Artillery, covering the whole war period, beginning in June 1914 and ending in March 1919, and including the Battle of the Somme. The diary details military movement and activities, engagement with the enemy, Christmas celebrations, coming home on leave, the end of the war, etc. It may possibly have been copied out from the originals after the war. Benjamin Lloyd was gassed during the war, but survived and later went on to serve in the Second World War as RMQS. The diary was deposited by his daughter.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandu3k.2
title: Robecq - Minsterworth

description: Carbon copy of a typescript prepared by Marion Scott, with Ivor Gurney's corrections in pencil.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandxmy.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) early manuscript draft

description: Early manuscript draft of Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' (about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianfi7.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Includes 'To England: A Note' / not much to do as a signaller / describes writing under attack / quotes the poet John Masefield on Shakespeare / includes a musical score entitled 'Sea Symphony' / the state of the dugout and hygiene at the front / pipes and sunsets / Milton / quotes an unknown poem / describes just escaping from a strafe / German vs. English explosives / instructions regarding a parcel from Marion Scott / the courage and humour of the men / pleasure over a trench journal, the 'Somewhere in France Gazette' / loss of a friend to hospital / things starting to 'move' regarding Russian, etc. / Bach / aeroplanes and a musical score / poppies.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj65e.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Includes 'To England: A Note' / not much to do as a signaller / describes writing under attack / quotes the poet John Masefield on Shakespeare / includes a musical score entitled 'Sea Symphony' / the state of the dugout and hygiene at the front / pipes and sunsets / Milton / quotes an unknown poem / describes just escaping from a strafe / German vs. English explosives / instructions regarding a parcel from Marion Scott / the courage and humour of the men / pleasure over a trench journal, the 'Somewhere in France Gazette' / loss of a friend to hospital / things starting to 'move' regarding Russian, etc. / Bach / aeroplanes and a musical score / poppies.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj93l.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) early manuscript draft

description: Early manuscript draft of Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' (about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianja17.2
title: The Swift

description: Drafted at Dunsden in early summer 1912. Revised at Bordeaux in June-August 1915 and again in August 1917 at Craiglockhart. This is no. 89 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjb8r.1
title: Memorial Plaque of William Hugh Owen(s)

description: Memorial Plaque sent to the mother of William Hugh Owen(s), and polished by her every day. 

Editor's Comment:
Memorial plaque in wooden frame. 

Private 102159 William Hugh Owens, 237th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), killed in action 6th October 1917, is buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery, grave reference LIX. D. 5.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjcj1.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Includes 'To England: A Note' / not much to do as a signaller / describes writing under attack / quotes the poet John Masefield on Shakespeare / includes a musical score entitled 'Sea Symphony' / the state of the dugout and hygiene at the front / pipes and sunsets / Milton / quotes an unknown poem / describes just escaping from a strafe / German vs. English explosives / instructions regarding a parcel from Marion Scott / the courage and humour of the men / pleasure over a trench journal, the 'Somewhere in France Gazette' / loss of a friend to hospital / things starting to 'move' regarding Russian, etc. / Bach / aeroplanes and a musical score / poppies.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjimh.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) early manuscript draft

description: Early manuscript draft of Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' (about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjkru.2
title: Diary of Benjamin Lloyd, Royal Artillery (56)

description: Diary of Benjamin Lloyd of the Royal Artillery, covering the whole war period, beginning in June 1914 and ending in March 1919, and including the Battle of the Somme. The diary details military movement and activities, engagement with the enemy, Christmas celebrations, coming home on leave, the end of the war, etc. It may possibly have been copied out from the originals after the war. Benjamin Lloyd was gassed during the war, but survived and later went on to serve in the Second World War as RMQS. The diary was deposited by his daughter.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjn1z.2
title: Diary of Benjamin Lloyd, Royal Artillery (63)

description: Diary of Benjamin Lloyd of the Royal Artillery, covering the whole war period, beginning in June 1914 and ending in March 1919, and including the Battle of the Somme. The diary details military movement and activities, engagement with the enemy, Christmas celebrations, coming home on leave, the end of the war, etc. It may possibly have been copied out from the originals after the war. Benjamin Lloyd was gassed during the war, but survived and later went on to serve in the Second World War as RMQS. The diary was deposited by his daughter.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjx3r.2
title: The Day of Victory

description: Published copy of Ivor Gurney's poem, written on Armistice Day, 11 November 1918.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianphd.2
title: Twigworth Vicarage

description: The poem appears within a letter to John Haines.  Thanks J.W. Haines for his criticism / agrees with him on 'The Stone-Breaker' and explains what he intended with it / discusses H.N. Howells / Walter de la Mare's 'The Listener' / desires a good talk about books and a walk around Gloucester / a lovely sky / attractive bits around St Albans, including the abbey / discusses 'Beauty' as a general topic / includes 'Girl's Song'  (later published as 'The Tryst (To W. M. C.)' ) / 'Fire in the Dusk' / 'Solace of Men' / 'Hidden Tales' / 'Omens' / 'De Profundis' / 'Mangel-Hoeing' / 'From the Window' / 'Twigworth Vicarage'. The date given is from Haines's annotation of the date upon which the letter was received.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianr2lq.1
title: Crucifix Corner

description: Typescript with pen alterations in unknown hand prepared by Marion Scott, and possibly amongst those poems submitted to and rejected by the firm Sidgwick and Jackson in 1922. Multiple versions of the poem survive.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianr8lv.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) early manuscript draft

description: Early manuscript draft of Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' (about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiansg8.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) early manuscript draft

description: Early manuscript draft of Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' (about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian26su.2
title: The Swift

description: Drafted at Dunsden in early summer 1912. Revised at Bordeaux in June-August 1915 and again in August 1917 at Craiglockhart. This is no. 89 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian29cn.1
title: Field Service postcard sent by Eben Morris

description: Private 200614 Eben Morris, M.M., 1st/4th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, was killed in action 6th April 1918, aged 22. The son of John and Jane Ann Morris, he is buried in Martinsart British Cemetery.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2bjf.2
title: Diary of Benjamin Lloyd, Royal Artillery (69)

description: Diary of Benjamin Lloyd of the Royal Artillery, covering the whole war period, beginning in June 1914 and ending in March 1919, and including the Battle of the Somme. The diary details military movement and activities, engagement with the enemy, Christmas celebrations, coming home on leave, the end of the war, etc. It may possibly have been copied out from the originals after the war. Benjamin Lloyd was gassed during the war, but survived and later went on to serve in the Second World War as RMQS. The diary was deposited by his daughter.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2c9g.2
title: The Swift

description: Drafted at Dunsden in early summer 1912. Revised at Bordeaux in June-August 1915 and again in August 1917 at Craiglockhart. This is no. 89 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2e1z.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Copies out a poem from the 'Times Literary Supplement' and another entitled 'To the Fallen', inscribed 'E.S.', but signs the verse 'I.B.G.' / notes the arrival of a parcel / describes being under attack / hopes Marion Scott is well / H.N. Howell's work / describes the opening moves of a large 'advance' / lines crossed out / list of items for a parcel / setting poems to music / Elgar's setting of 'To the Fallen' / the 'softening' of the sergeant-major / civilian-soldiers and musician-soldiers / the beauty of the valley of the Somme / the 'Soldiers' Motto' / a green envelope / Bach / the vista from where he sits, compared to England / Keats / 'Deborah'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2ky.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Copies out a poem from the 'Times Literary Supplement' and another entitled 'To the Fallen', inscribed 'E.S.', but signs the verse 'I.B.G.' / notes the arrival of a parcel / describes being under attack / hopes Marion Scott is well / H.N. Howell's work / describes the opening moves of a large 'advance' / lines crossed out / list of items for a parcel / setting poems to music / Elgar's setting of 'To the Fallen' / the 'softening' of the sergeant-major / civilian-soldiers and musician-soldiers / the beauty of the valley of the Somme / the 'Soldiers' Motto' / a green envelope / Bach / the vista from where he sits, compared to England / Keats / 'Deborah'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2m8g.1
title: The Old City (Gloucester)

description: Typescript prepared by Marion Scott. Another draft of the poem appears in a previous notebook. This version was included in in P.J. Kavanagh's 'Ivor Gurney: Collected Poems' (2004). Manuscript drafts of the poem exist in letters from Ivor Gurney to Marion Scott dating from 15 July and 22 July 1917.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2mf7.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) early manuscript draft

description: Early manuscript draft of Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' (about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2nln.1
title: First Time In ['The Captain addressed us...']

description: Typescript prepared by Marion Scott, and possibly amongst those poems submitted to and rejected by the firm Sidgwick and Jackson in 1922. Multiple versions of the poem survive. The version shown here was included in P.J. Kavanagh's 'Ivor Gurney: Collected Poems' (2004).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2pwv.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Copies out a poem from the 'Times Literary Supplement' and another entitled 'To the Fallen', inscribed 'E.S.', but signs the verse 'I.B.G.' / notes the arrival of a parcel / describes being under attack / hopes Marion Scott is well / H.N. Howell's work / describes the opening moves of a large 'advance' / lines crossed out / list of items for a parcel / setting poems to music / Elgar's setting of 'To the Fallen' / the 'softening' of the sergeant-major / civilian-soldiers and musician-soldiers / the beauty of the valley of the Somme / the 'Soldiers' Motto' / a green envelope / Bach / the vista from where he sits, compared to England / Keats / 'Deborah'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2s4.2
title: The Swift

description: Drafted at Dunsden in early summer 1912. Revised at Bordeaux in June-August 1915 and again in August 1917 at Craiglockhart. This is no. 89 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian64wv.2
title: Diary of Benjamin Lloyd, Royal Artillery (67)

description: Diary of Benjamin Lloyd of the Royal Artillery, covering the whole war period, beginning in June 1914 and ending in March 1919, and including the Battle of the Somme. The diary details military movement and activities, engagement with the enemy, Christmas celebrations, coming home on leave, the end of the war, etc. It may possibly have been copied out from the originals after the war. Benjamin Lloyd was gassed during the war, but survived and later went on to serve in the Second World War as RMQS. The diary was deposited by his daughter.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian65hl.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) early manuscript draft

description: Early manuscript draft of Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' (about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian68ly.1
title: 1914-1915 Star of Eben Morris

description: Medal with ribbon.

Private 200614 (earlier 7551) Eben Morris, M.M., 1st/4th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, was killed in action 6th April 1918, aged 22. The son of John and Jane Ann Morris, he is buried in Martinsart British Cemetery.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6cpf.2
title: The Swift

description: Drafted at Dunsden in early summer 1912. Revised at Bordeaux in June-August 1915 and again in August 1917 at Craiglockhart. This is no. 89 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.