cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianqb9.2
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/bodleianql5.1
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Feels ashamed about a previous 'grumbling' letter / thanks Marion Scott for her letters, and for help with his songs / glad that she like recent verses, and is including more / describes writing at the front / H.N. Howells / music / a photograph / books and requesting the 'Penny Poets' / availability of bread / desire for a salad and fresh food / describes a machine gun with a musical score / the infantry's taste in songs / a poem by John Masefield / the military situation / running in to acquaintances / wonders what Scott will think of new poems / the 'intellectual exercise' of writing verse and letters in war / a packet received by a fellow soldier from a girl / musing about what the girl is like / F.W. Harvey in a newspaper / requests a volume by John Masefield / includes 'Strange Service'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianr2xy.1
title: Postcard of Alexandria

description: Postcard of Alexandria sent home by Dr Blore, probably after evacuation from Gallipoli.

Part of a collection relating to the service of Dr W.R. Blore M.C. RAMC, including his letters home, his notebooks from his service as a doctor at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, and on the Western Front - as well as his sleeping bag and many other artefacts including a photo of Blore outside his dugout at Suvla Bay.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianr8p7.2
title: A Tear Song

description: Probably drafted at Scarborough, in November 1917-January 1918. Revised January-March 1918. This is no. 145 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianrpt.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Thanks Marion Scott for a parcel / asks after her family / describes existing at the front / trying to appreciate being at the front / the French war loan / a lovely wood / London and friends / the loveliness of autumn.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiansx4.1
title: Wrist watches

description: One of these watches is probably the one that Dr Blore wore when he bathed in the water in Egypt, when it stopped working. The event is recorded in his letters as well as requests for another wrist watch to be sent to him.

Part of a collection relating to the service of Dr W.R. Blore M.C. RAMC, including his letters home, his notebooks from his service as a doctor at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, and on the Western Front - as well as his sleeping bag and many other artefacts including a photo of Blore outside his dugout at Suvla Bay.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiantdd.2
title: The Dead-Beat

description: Begun on 22 August 1917 at Craiglockhart; eight lines were included (and probably adapted for) Owen's editorial in The Hydra no. 10 (1 September 1917). The poem was revised in March-May 1918 at Ripon. This is no.146 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianto.1
title: Postcard of Alexandria

description: Postcard sent by Dr Blore, probably after the evacuation of Gallipoli.

Part of a collection relating to the service of Dr W.R. Blore M.C. RAMC, including his letters home, his notebooks from his service as a doctor at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, and on the Western Front - as well as his sleeping bag and many other artefacts including a photo of Blore outside his dugout at Suvla Bay.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian27e3.2
title: The Dead-Beat

description: Begun on 22 August 1917 at Craiglockhart; eight lines were included (and probably adapted for) Owen's editorial in The Hydra no. 10 (1 September 1917). This copy is dated September 1917. The poem was revised in March-May 1918 at Ripon. This is no.146 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2hg6.1
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Hopes that Marion Scott's health is improving / Ivor Gurney is at present in camp at a hospital having his 'spectacles and teeth mended' / enjoys her letters / attending lectures / discusses best friend and fellow poet F.W. Harvey and his presumed death (it later became known that he was taken as a prisoner) / thoughts of Bach / desires Scott's opinion of his setting of John Masefield's 'For the Fallen' / relative quietness of the sector / proofs and corrections / the moods in England and France / predicting the end of the war.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2hwy.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/bodleian2ml8.2
title: Cartoons from the diary of John George Shellard who served with the London Regiment in the First World War. (4)

description: My great grandfather's brother John Shellard was a talented artist and he kept a diary in which he drew cartoons of what he experienced in the First World War.  

Editor's Comment:
1. 'We were only at ANZAC to be shot at'.
2. '1. Mesopotamian Soldier before leave in India; 2. Same soldier after leave'.
3. 'A ringside gathering waiting for the Boxing Contest held on board the Transport "Menominee" at sea. 
4. 'Palestine, the "Un"Holyhand'.

Gunner 90562 John G. Shellard, Royal Field Artillery.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2mr5.1
title: New Testament of Edward Watson

description: John Porter's great uncle (brother of his maternal grandfather) was Serjeant 2110 Edward Ernest Watson, 1/4th (Royal Fusiliers) Bn. London Regiment. He was killed on the Somme on 9th September 1916 and his name is on the Thiepval Memorial. 

This was his pocket New Testament.

Editor's Comment:
New Testament: 'The Soldier's | "Quiet Moments" Bible | Reading | in the New Testament.' (London: Army Scripture Readers Society). The pencilled inscription suggests that Sjt. Watson served for a time in the 2/4th Bn. of the same regiment. 

The 1/4th Bn., as part of 56th (London) Division, were taking part in the Battle of Ginchy, the fifth phase of the Battle of the Somme.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2qjn.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Thanks Marion Scott for a parcel received on Christmas Day / describes a hunting excursion / thanks her for reaction to a verse / discusses her book / the feeling in the army / rumours of peace / the Scots / asks for a few items / asks after Scott's cook / books / Robert Burns and a musical score / assures that he is not ill / discusses Henry Newbolt / Walt Whitman / a symphony / quotes a poem by W.B. Yeats from memory / discusses colour / hopes that Scott is not worrying too much about the soldiers.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian39d.2
title: The Strong Thing

description: Comments on the length between letters / discussions of a Peace Conference / tramping around in the mud / includes 'To An Unknown Lady' / 'The Strong Thing' / discusses Scots who have recently joined the regiment / possibility of leave and spending a few days in London.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian4jc.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Thanks Marion Scott for a parcel received on Christmas Day / describes a hunting excursion / thanks her for reaction to a verse / discusses her book / the feeling in the army / rumours of peace / the Scots / asks for a few items / asks after Scott's cook / books / Robert Burns and a musical score / assures that he is not ill / discusses Henry Newbolt / Walt Whitman / a symphony / quotes a poem by W.B. Yeats from memory / discusses colour / hopes that Scott is not worrying too much about the soldiers.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian659a.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/bodleian65d3.1
title: Diary of Dr W. Roy Blore

description: This is a small pocket notebook, the diary of Dr W. Roy Blore  from embarkation from Britain in July 1915 en route for the Dardanelles campaign. Pages 15-19 record the landings at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, and the rest deals with the everyday life and work of the RAMC there, including the evacuation, [the family believe that Blore was the last RAMC officer to leave that part of Gallipoli] and ongoing life in Egypt until February or March 1916.

Also part of this collection are all Blore's letters home, his notebooks from his service as a doctor at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, and on the Western Front - as well as his sleeping bag and many other artefacts including a photo of Blore outside his dugout at Suvla Bay.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian65yq.2
title: Cartoons from the diary of John George Shellard who served with the London Regiment in the First World War. (2)

description: My great grandfather's brother John Shellard was a talented artist and he kept a diary in which he drew cartoons of what he experienced in the First World War.  

Editor's Comment:
1. 'We were only at ANZAC to be shot at'.
2. '1. Mesopotamian Soldier before leave in India; 2. Same soldier after leave'.
3. 'A ringside gathering waiting for the Boxing Contest held on board the Transport "Menominee" at sea. 
4. 'Palestine, the "Un"Holyhand'.

Gunner 90562 John G. Shellard, Royal Field Artillery.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian66qy.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Thanks Marion Scott for a parcel received on Christmas Day / describes a hunting excursion / thanks her for reaction to a verse / discusses her book / the feeling in the army / rumours of peace / the Scots / asks for a few items / asks after Scott's cook / books / Robert Burns and a musical score / assures that he is not ill / discusses Henry Newbolt / Walt Whitman / a symphony / quotes a poem by W.B. Yeats from memory / discusses colour / hopes that Scott is not worrying too much about the soldiers.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6g1.1
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Thanks Marion Scott for recent letters / discusses H.N. Howells and his work / compares it to 'Time and the Soldier', which he includes / also includes 'Influences' / wonders how many poems a collected volume of his own work will need / discusses being cold / Francis Ledwidge's poems and newspapers' reaction to them / Lawrence Binyon's verses / Bach / Ernest Walker's opinion of Ivor Gurney's songs / includes 'Poor Folk' / the ending of his 'soft job' / things to look forward to back in England.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6pl8.1
title: Family history notes for Harold Collins

description: Part of a collection relating to Harold Collins, East Yorks regiment, later of the RAF.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6w3j.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/bodleian6w5.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) early manuscript draft

description: Early manuscript draft of Part VII of 'In Parenthesis'. his page shows a drawing by David Jones of a woman's face. (Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' is about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6wzw.1
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Includes more verses / notes that the battalion is on the move / hopes that Marion Scott's health is good / includes 'Spring 1917 Rouen' / 'Spring Rouen May 1917', labelled as a 'Continuation' but with a slightly different title to the former.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6xea.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Envelope containing letter.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian82q5.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Thanks Marion Scott for a parcel received on Christmas Day / describes a hunting excursion / thanks her for reaction to a verse / discusses her book / the feeling in the army / rumours of peace / the Scots / asks for a few items / asks after Scott's cook / books / Robert Burns and a musical score / assures that he is not ill / discusses Henry Newbolt / Walt Whitman / a symphony / quotes a poem by W.B. Yeats from memory / discusses colour / hopes that Scott is not worrying too much about the soldiers.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8bl6.1
title: Reconnaissance notes from training exercise

description: Part of a collection relating to Harold Collins, East Yorks regiment, later of the RAF.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8c3h.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/bodleian8cb8.1
title: War's Bright Embers

description: A folio entitled 'War's Bright Embers'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8f9u.2
title: The Dead-Beat

description: Begun on 22 August 1917 at Craiglockhart; eight lines were included (and probably adapted for) Owen's editorial in The Hydra no. 10 (1 September 1917). The poem was revised in March-May 1918 at Ripon. This is no.146 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8fyg.2
title: Cartoons from the diary of John George Shellard who served with the London Regiment in the First World War. (1)

description: My great grandfather's brother John Shellard was a talented artist and he kept a diary in which he drew cartoons of what he experienced in the First World War.  

Editor's Comment:
1. 'We were only at ANZAC to be shot at'.
2. '1. Mesopotamian Soldier before leave in India; 2. Same soldier after leave'.
3. 'A ringside gathering waiting for the Boxing Contest held on board the Transport "Menominee" at sea. 
4. 'Palestine, the "Un"Holyhand'.

Gunner 90562 John G. Shellard, Royal Field Artillery.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8ueu.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Thanks Marion Scott for a parcel received on Christmas Day / describes a hunting excursion / thanks her for reaction to a verse / discusses her book / the feeling in the army / rumours of peace / the Scots / asks for a few items / asks after Scott's cook / books / Robert Burns and a musical score / assures that he is not ill / discusses Henry Newbolt / Walt Whitman / a symphony / quotes a poem by W.B. Yeats from memory / discusses colour / hopes that Scott is not worrying too much about the soldiers.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianal6.2
title: Cartoons from the diary of John George Shellard who served with the London Regiment in the First World War. (3)

description: My great grandfather's brother John Shellard was a talented artist and he kept a diary in which he drew cartoons of what he experienced in the First World War.  

Editor's Comment:
1. 'We were only at ANZAC to be shot at'.
2. '1. Mesopotamian Soldier before leave in India; 2. Same soldier after leave'.
3. 'A ringside gathering waiting for the Boxing Contest held on board the Transport "Menominee" at sea. 
4. 'Palestine, the "Un"Holyhand'.

Gunner 90562 John G. Shellard, Royal Field Artillery.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianarm.1
title: Diary of Dr W. Roy Blore

description: This is a small pocket notebook, the diary of Dr W. Roy Blore from embarkation from Britain in July 1917 en route for the Western Front. It deals with the everyday life and work of the RAMC there, and ends soon after the Armistice 11 November 1918.

In a torn out insert is a draft that Major Blore wrote which commends the bravery of 2nd Lt. T. Geraghty, 6th E. Yorks. regiment - when the advanced dressing station, Vermelles was struck by a shell and caught fire on 13 March 1918.

Also part of this collection are all Blore's letters home, his notebooks from his service as a doctor at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, as well as his sleeping bag and many other artefacts including a photo of Blore outside his dugout at Suvla Bay.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiancgi.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) early manuscript draft

description: Early manuscript draft of Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' entitled 'Invenimus eam in Campis silvae'.  This image shows the title page '[L]uminol' of Part VII. (Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' is about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiancmm.1
title: Letter: To Mrs Voynich

description: Writes to tell Mrs Voynich that it is his 27th birthday / thanks her for some chocolates she has sent and for her help with French vocabulary / says that he intends to take a walking trip of the country after the war, if possible / praises French courtesy and the beauty of their buildings / reports that the men sometimes speak badly of the towns, but only because there are no cinemas / inquires after Mrs Voynich's health and London / the possible pleasures of living away from one's friends / reports that he has managed not to be hurt, and that mentally he is feeling calmer / the disappearance of one of his friends in battle / discusses a book of poetry entitled 'Spirit of Man' / includes a draft of the poem 'Serenity' / discusses the serious and grand nature of living through this particular part of history.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand6cb.1
title: Bank book of 2nd Lt. Harold Collins, "in account with Cox and Co. 16 Charing Cross, SW"

description: Part of a collection relating to Harold Collins, East Yorks regiment, later of the RAF.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandari.1
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: A poem that received a fee / worried that it is 'old-fashioned' / having received a volume by Lawrence Binyon / Schubert and Schumann and setting poetry to music / thanks Marion Scott for help with poems / discusses W.B. Yeats' poetry / mentions the poet John Masefield / includes 'Song'  ['Only the wanderer'] / discusses a parcel / includes 'West Country' / strafing / wants to read some of the Belgian poet Emile Verhaeren's verse / wants to know if a collected volume of his poems would compare to his friend F.W. Harvey's / the state of the war.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandbhb.1
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Dated 'Wednesday 12th' (?). Hopes Marion Scott's health is well / discusses various reviews of his music and poems in 'The Sunday Times' and the 'Telegraph' / the poet F.W. Howells / Scott's articles /  the progress of the war / deaths in his battalion / the poet W. W. Gibson's volume 'Friends' / discussing Shakespeare, etc. in France / includes the poem 'Dust', from the 'Hospital Pictures' series.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandbmn.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/bodleiandcci.2
title: Photographs and Documents relating to William Simper, erroneously listed dead (1)

description: Lance Corporal 41829 William Alfred George Simper, 10th Bn. Essex Regiment:

Initially his parents were informed that he had died, but then were told of his whereabouts: in Hospital Auxiliare 101 in Rennes, France. He was wounded in the thigh and buttock by shrapnel, believed caused by French artillery, and was nursed in a French convent by nuns.  
About 40 years later the quality of the 1918 french surgery was highly praised in a British hospital. Bill Simper went on to have a family of his own, serve as a surveyor with the Civil Defence in WW2 and ultimately died in September 1975, some 57 years after the first announcement of his death. 

Also some Christmas cards from his two brothers, Bert and Harold, both serving with the 6th Division.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandczc.1
title: Demobilisation Certificate
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjeu3.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Comments on the length between letters / discussions of a Peace Conference / tramping around in the mud / includes 'To An Unknown Lady' / 'The Strong Thing' / discusses Scots who have recently joined the regiment / possibility of leave and spending a few days in London.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjhci.1
title: Letter requesting bounty for service of 2nd Lt. Harold Collins

description: Letter to the army records office requesting bounty for 2nd Lt. Harold Collins, East Yorks regiment attached to the RAF, for service the Royal Engineers. Reply in the affirmative is written on the back of the letter.

Part of a collection relating to Harold Collins, East Yorks regiment, later of the RAF.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjmlz.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) early manuscript draft

description: Early manuscript draft of Part VII of 'In Parenthesis'.This page includes a full-body sketch by David Jones of a man wearing a hat, suit and spectacles, and carrying a walking stick.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjmr9.1
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Discusses changes to poems / 'Gloucester Lad' / an anthology of poems from the publishers Sidgwick and Jackson / the quality of the 'War Poets', including Rupert Brooke, F.W. Harvey, Lawrence Binyon, W. W. Gibson and G. K. Chesterton / more verses to come  includes 'Purple and Black' / 'Song and Pain' / beautiful moments in war / a new friend / includes a musical score of 'We've been happy...' / friends from college / Shakespeare's sonnets.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjphi.1
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Discusses music composed by Ivor Gurney / verses by Scott / requests a parcel containing matches / Mark Twain / Scott's health / being in front-line trenches in a 'soft' sector / the weather and landscape / enjoying work as a signaller / news of Russia and the war's near end? / being cold / naval news / requests books to exchange / the possibility of Scott sending a parcel / itemizes reactions to the war and experience in the army / creates a musical score to mimic sound of a shell / discusses his book ('Severn and Somme') and poems / thanks Scott for having sent a copy of the 'Times Literary Supplement' / describes the site of an airplane flying over the trenches.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjpmp.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/bodleianjskr.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Comments on the length between letters / discussions of a Peace Conference / tramping around in the mud / includes 'To An Unknown Lady' / 'The Strong Thing' / discusses Scots who have recently joined the regiment / possibility of leave and spending a few days in London.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjwc9.2
title: Photographs and Documents relating to William Simper, erroneously listed dead (2)

description: Lance Corporal 41829 William Alfred George Simper, 10th Bn. Essex Regiment:

Initially his parents were informed that he had died, but then were told of his whereabouts: in Hospital Auxiliare 101 in Rennes, France. He was wounded in the thigh and buttock by shrapnel, believed caused by French artillery, and was nursed in a French convent by nuns.  
About 40 years later the quality of the 1918 french surgery was highly praised in a British hospital. Bill Simper went on to have a family of his own, serve as a surveyor with the Civil Defence in WW2 and ultimately died in September 1975, some 57 years after the first announcement of his death. 

Also some Christmas cards from his two brothers, Bert and Harold, both serving with the 6th Division.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjwzn.1
title: Officer's commission (Harold Collins, 2nd Lt. 4th Batt. East Yorkshire regiment)

description: Part of a collection relating to Harold Collins, East Yorks regiment, later of the RAF.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian26ab.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Envelope containing letter.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2as.2
title: Scots

description: Includes 'Scots'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2i2k.1
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Worried about Marion Scott's health / setting John Masefield's 'By the Bierside' to music / a cartoon in 'Punch' / receiving letters from friends / reading / requests for parcels / fear of death and sickness vs. fear of death in battle / thank friends for letters and 'ask them when the war will be over' / books / Shelley / changes in the war / describes battle / the weather / French poets and the war / having time to play and write music / a small fragment of verse beginning 'The careless writer...'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2ioa.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).