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DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2tm2.2
title: Letter: To David Jones notifying rejection of his application to join the Artists Rifles (November 1914).

description: Follow-up to letter of 17th September 1914 to David Jones to in response to his application for enlistment in the Artists Rifles, London Welsh Territorial Battalion /instructs Jones that his application has been denied on the grounds that he has a 'deficient chest measurement'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian5hq.1
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/bodleian66a8.1
title: Letter: To Edward Marsh / It's a Queer Time

description: Offers Edward Marsh consolations over the death of his friend the poet Rupert Brooke / describes sleeping through a barrage but being awoken by a lark / includes the poem 'It's a Queer Time' / objections to new attachment system in the army, which has separated Robert Graves from his original battalion / apologises for the quality of the poetry and having sent it to Marsh / tells Marsh that he will be moving up the trenches closer to the German lines shortly.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6c6y.1
title: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon.

description: Discusses being removed from the register for Gibraltar duty, but likelihood of being posted to Egypt / rumors about the 1st Battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers having been selected to quell a mutiny amongst Dominion soldiers near Etaples / Siegfried Sassoon's mental health and his opinion on the war / discusses Sassoon's concerns over how Robert Graves has characterised Sassoon's objections to the war / desire for a statement of definite war aims / the state of the battalion in France / recent death of fellow officers and men / Edmund Gosse's article mentioning Graves and Sassoon in the 'Edinburgh Review' / the dedication to 'Georgian Poetry' / visit to Rhyl in Wales.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6diu.1
title: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon

description: Includes with letters proofs of 'Fairies and Fusiliers' / discusses having been cleared for garrison service abroad / his medical condition and having requested to be sent after one month for service in Egypt / novel 'The Loom of Youth' by Alec Waugh, and Edmund Gosse's reaction to it / a visit to London and meeting with Heinemann, Robert Graves' publisher along with Edward Marsh, etc. / the likelihood of 'Fairies and Fusiliers' being a success / having met and opinion of the Sitwells (Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell) / approval of Siegfried Sassoon's doctor W. H. R. Rivers / hopes that Sassoon is feeling better and that both will get back to poetry writing.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6f3x.2
title: Letter: To Colin Hughes (March 1971).

description: David Jones thanks Colin Hughes for his letter and photographs of Capel y Ffin [Capel-y-ffin] / mentions the effect of the weather on the flow of the River Honddu / comments on Hughes' deductions about the model for the 'In Parenthesis' character Piers Dorian Isambard Jenkins / expresses astonishment that only one of B Company's officers was killed or wounded in the assault on Mametz Wood in July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme / discusses the relative casualties among officers and other ranks / describes the fighting in the wood and the difficulty of giving, receiving, and following orders under fire which may have led to the disorderly falling-back [at Strip Trench] / mentions that a 'Mr Trevor' from 'In Parenthesis' was based on an actual B Company lieutenant and that the physical appearance though not the actions of the 'green-gilled corporal' of 'In Parenthesis' was based on a real corporal with pendulous red ears / describes his own memories of Mametz Wood in 1916, and the difficulty of remembering exact sequences / 'In Parenthesis' not an accurate account of the events but typical of them / discusses the influence of Sir Henry Newbolt's 'Vitae Lampada' on the account in 'In Parenthesis' of a very English looking and English-voiced young officer urging his troops to remember their nationality. Jones notes that the letter was begun on 24th March 1971, but was not posted until 7th April 1971. The letter is in black ink with notes and annotations in red and blue ink.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6gfz.2
title: Letter: To Colin Hughes (March 1971).

description: David Jones thanks Colin Hughes for his letter and photographs of Capel y Ffin [Capel-y-ffin] / mentions the effect of the weather on the flow of the River Honddu / comments on Hughes' deductions about the model for the 'In Parenthesis' character Piers Dorian Isambard Jenkins / expresses astonishment that only one of B Company's officers was killed or wounded in the assault on Mametz Wood in July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme / discusses the relative casualties among officers and other ranks / describes the fighting in the wood and the difficulty of giving, receiving, and following orders under fire which may have led to the disorderly falling-back [at Strip Trench] / mentions that a 'Mr Trevor' from 'In Parenthesis' was based on an actual B Company lieutenant and that the physical appearance though not the actions of the 'green-gilled corporal' of 'In Parenthesis' was based on a real corporal with pendulous red ears / describes his own memories of Mametz Wood in 1916, and the difficulty of remembering exact sequences / 'In Parenthesis' not an accurate account of the events but typical of them / discusses the influence of Sir Henry Newbolt's 'Vitae Lampada' on the account in 'In Parenthesis' of a very English looking and English-voiced young officer urging his troops to remember their nationality. Jones notes that the letter was begun on 24th March 1971, but was not posted until 7th April 1971. The letter is in black ink with notes and annotations in red and blue ink.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6hpo.2
title: Effects of cold and frostbite.

description: In 1914 a private of the London Regt, later served as officer with 208th Coy Machine Gun Corps in GB and on Western Front, 1916-1917; present during Christmas truce, 12/1914
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6ijm.2
title: Routine in the trenches. Describes the early morning 'stand to'.

description: British NCO served as machine gunner with 7th Bn Dorsetshire Regt in GB, 1915-1916; served with 6th Bn Dorsetshire Regt on Western Front, 1917-1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6jzm.2
title: Letter: To Edward Marsh

description: Discusses difficulty of writing at present / having received newest volume of 'Georgian Poetry' / likes and dislikes / back in the trenches / increasingly terrible conditions / feeling weak / asks what has happened to Edward Marsh's 'Memoir' of Rupert Brooke's life.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6ksz.2
title: The Hydra: May 1918

description: Continues 'A Day's Fishing' by 'H. H. A.'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6tog.2
title: The Hydra: December 1917

description: Continues 'A Pair of Trousers: A Golfing Story' by J. B. Salmond.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6vab.2
title: Letter: To Edward Marsh

description: Describes being back in the trenches after a brief rest / writing by candlelight / being almost to busy to write poetry but intends to forward on some verses / having taken time while having a rest to sketch / no further news on 'Georgian Poetry' / possible but unresolved ideas for a new poem / includes a few lines.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6z6s.2
title: The Hydra: May 1918

description: Continues 'Germany Before the War' by 'Cantab'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian86pl.2
title: Organisation of ration parties and distribution of rations.

description: British NCO served as machine gunner with 7th Bn Dorsetshire Regt in GB, 1915-1916; served with 6th Bn Dorsetshire Regt on Western Front, 1917-1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8765.1
title: Letter: To Edward Marsh
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian88zx.2
title: Letter: To Edward Marsh

description: Discusses family putting pressure on Edward Marsh and, in so doing, Isaac Rosenberg to request being moved away from the front lines / having requested a transfer to the Jewish Battalion in Mesopotamia for the climate / reaction to the latest volume of 'Georgian Poetry' / confusion about where to send letters and concern that he has not heard from Marsh following his most recent one.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8cuz.2
title: German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, 1917.

description: In 1914 a private of the London Regt, later served as officer with 208th Coy Machine Gun Corps in GB and on Western Front, 1916-1917; present during Christmas truce, 12/1914
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8hsp.2
title: The Hydra: May 1918

description: Begins 'A Day's Fishing' by 'H. H. A.'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8i67.2
title: The Hydra: May 1918

description: Concludes 'The Challenge of the Mountains' by 'R. B. W.' / poem entitled 'Obsession' by M. Callandar-Rule / begins 'Germany Before the War' by 'Cantab'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8k3q.2
title: Letter: To David Jones notifying receipt of his application to join the Artists Rifles (September 1914).

description: Letter from Rees V Jones, Assistant Secretary, Recruiting Office, London Welsh Territorial Battalion, notifying David Jones of the receipt of his application to join the Artists Rifles / includes an invitiation to attend an upcoming meeting that will include a speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at Queen's Hall.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8nas.2
title: Letter: To Edward Marsh

description: Describes being back in the trenches after a brief rest / writing by candlelight / being almost to busy to write poetry but intends to forward on some verses / having taken time while having a rest to sketch / no further news on 'Georgian Poetry' / possible but unresolved ideas for a new poem / includes a few lines.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8pot.2
title: The Hydra: December 1917

description: Begins 'A Pair of Trousers: A Golfing Story' by J. B. Salmond.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8xjx.2
title: Routine of day in the trenches. Describes box periscopes and bayonet periscopes.

description: British NCO served as machine gunner with 7th Bn Dorsetshire Regt in GB, 1915-1916; served with 6th Bn Dorsetshire Regt on Western Front, 1917-1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8zfp.2
title: Letter: To Colin Hughes (March 1971).

description: David Jones thanks Colin Hughes for his letter and photographs of Capel y Ffin [Capel-y-ffin] / mentions the effect of the weather on the flow of the River Honddu / comments on Hughes' deductions about the model for the 'In Parenthesis' character Piers Dorian Isambard Jenkins / expresses astonishment that only one of B Company's officers was killed or wounded in the assault on Mametz Wood in July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme / discusses the relative casualties among officers and other ranks / describes the fighting in the wood and the difficulty of giving, receiving, and following orders under fire which may have led to the disorderly falling-back [at Strip Trench] / mentions that a 'Mr Trevor' from 'In Parenthesis' was based on an actual B Company lieutenant and that the physical appearance though not the actions of the 'green-gilled corporal' of 'In Parenthesis' was based on a real corporal with pendulous red ears / describes his own memories of Mametz Wood in 1916, and the difficulty of remembering exact sequences / 'In Parenthesis' not an accurate account of the events but typical of them / discusses the influence of Sir Henry Newbolt's 'Vitae Lampada' on the account in 'In Parenthesis' of a very English looking and English-voiced young officer urging his troops to remember their nationality. Jones notes that the letter was begun on 24th March 1971, but was not posted until 7th April 1971. The letter is in black ink with notes and annotations in red and blue ink.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianbyy.2
title: The Hydra: May 1918

description: Continues 'Germany Before the War' by 'Cantab'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand8za.2
title: The Hydra: May 1918

description: Concludes installment of 'Evolving Edinburgh' by 'A. J. B.' / begins 'The Challenge of the Mountains' by 'R. B. W.'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand9ha.2
title: Letter: To David Jones, includes a chit from 1915 on the use of respirators and smoke helmets, (November 1968).

description: Letter from W R Owen praising David Jones's work, and enclosing a chit from 1915 included in soldiers's pay books instructing them on the use of respirators and smoke helmets / Owen claims that he and Jones spent an afternoon in the Tate Gallery, London, together, contemplating works by William Blake, and that Jones's poem, 'In Parenthesis', has always meant a great deal to him.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandaeh.2
title: Description of enlisting in London in 1914.

description: In 1914 a private of the London Regt, later served as officer with 208th Coy Machine Gun Corps in GB and on Western Front, 1916-1917; present during Christmas truce, 12/1914
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandfqc.1
title: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon.

description: Describes reasons for revising the dedication to 'Fairies and Fusiliers' / promotions and logistical movements of friends in the army / new officer recruits under Robert Graves' charge / concerned about Siegfried Sassoon's state of mind and companions at Craiglockhart War Hospital / mentions Alec Waugh's 'Loom of Youth' / will send photographs / logistics of returning proofs for 'Fairies and Fusiliers' / duties at camp and fatigue.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandh7o.2
title: The Hydra: December 1917

description: Illustrated cover of 'The Hydra' for December 1917 showing a 'Hydra' attacking a soldier, flanked by two nurses.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandj37.1
title: The Patchwork Flag

description: A Typescript of 38 examples of war and children's verses, with Robert Graves' manuscript corrections.  Compiled with Nancy Nicholson.  Sent also to Edward Marsh.  Contains one two-sided leaf of a manuscript comments by Siegfried Sassoon, dated 21st August (1918)" Not published after Graves received criticism both from Sassoon And Robert Ross.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandjny.2
title: Letter: To Colin Hughes (January 1971).

description: David Jones thanks Colin Hughes for a card from 5th January [1971] and for his ongoing 'research' / confirms Malory's Morte d'Arthur as the source for the phrase 'and on the morn Elias the captain came' [the adjutant in 15 RWF was actually called Capt Elias] / explains that in 'In Parenthesis' quotations from past literature etc. have a correspondence with actual events / discusses at length the choice of names he gave 'Mr Jenkins', the young subaltern in his battalion: Piers Dorian Isambard Jenkins / Wilde's play Picture of Dorian Gray one source/the Catholic chaplain in his battalion, Father Deiniol Hughes MC, whom Jones encountered in 1917 near the Yser Canal model for the Father Larkin of 'In Parenthesis' / had been in touch with Captain Fitzsimmons of the battalion who was at school with Fr Hughes and could have elaborated on this but was now dead / Fr Hughes always with his men even in battle / inspiration for the phrase 'why is Father Larkin talking to the dead' in 'In Parenthesis' / Written in black ink with notes in purple and black ink.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandsc9.2
title: The Hydra: December 1917

description: Concludes poem entitled 'Break of Day' by Siegfried Sassoon.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandvg2.1
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/bodleiandycf.2
title: Letter: To Edward Marsh

description: Discusses family putting pressure on Edward Marsh and, in so doing, Isaac Rosenberg to request being moved away from the front lines / having requested a transfer to the Jewish Battalion in Mesopotamia for the climate / reaction to the latest volume of 'Georgian Poetry' / confusion about where to send letters and concern that he has not heard from Marsh following his most recent one.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj3ge.1
title: The Chalk Pit
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj5qn.1
title: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon.

description: Wishes that Siegfried Sassoon could have attended Robert Graves' wedding to Nancy Nicholson / being productive in Wales / Alec Waugh as an admirer of Sassoon's and having a volume of poetry upcoming / Sassoon's likelihood of being sent back to the line / Graves' intention to pursue a posting to Ireland / Graves' opinion that Sassoon would be much better in Palestine / having introduced Wilfred Owen to Edward Marsh and to Scott Moncrieff after reading a poem of the former's in 'The Nation'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj8qe.2
title: Problems of journey to front line, Le Transloy on the Somme, 1917. Moving from communication trench, to the reserve line, to the support line, to the front line, and on to the fire steps.

description: British NCO served as machine gunner with 7th Bn Dorsetshire Regt in GB, 1915-1916; served with 6th Bn Dorsetshire Regt on Western Front, 1917-1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjjzf.2
title: The Hydra: May 1918

description: Continues 'Evolving Edinburgh' by 'A. J. B.'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjk7k.2
title: The Hydra: December 1917

description: Poem entitled 'Exerts from the Hospital Rubaiyat' by C. Wakelin Scott.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjncl.2
title: The Hydra: December 1917

description: Begins 'A Christmas Message' comforting patients on being away from home for the holidays.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjoc1.2
title: Letter: To Edward Marsh

description: Discusses family putting pressure on Edward Marsh and, in so doing, Isaac Rosenberg to request being moved away from the front lines / having requested a transfer to the Jewish Battalion in Mesopotamia for the climate / reaction to the latest volume of 'Georgian Poetry' / confusion about where to send letters and concern that he has not heard from Marsh following his most recent one.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjrnh.2
title: Letter: To Colin Hughes (March 1971).

description: David Jones thanks Colin Hughes for his letter and photographs of Capel y Ffin [Capel-y-ffin] / mentions the effect of the weather on the flow of the River Honddu / comments on Hughes' deductions about the model for the 'In Parenthesis' character Piers Dorian Isambard Jenkins / expresses astonishment that only one of B Company's officers was killed or wounded in the assault on Mametz Wood in July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme / discusses the relative casualties among officers and other ranks / describes the fighting in the wood and the difficulty of giving, receiving, and following orders under fire which may have led to the disorderly falling-back [at Strip Trench] / mentions that a 'Mr Trevor' from 'In Parenthesis' was based on an actual B Company lieutenant and that the physical appearance though not the actions of the 'green-gilled corporal' of 'In Parenthesis' was based on a real corporal with pendulous red ears / describes his own memories of Mametz Wood in 1916, and the difficulty of remembering exact sequences / 'In Parenthesis' not an accurate account of the events but typical of them / discusses the influence of Sir Henry Newbolt's 'Vitae Lampada' on the account in 'In Parenthesis' of a very English looking and English-voiced young officer urging his troops to remember their nationality. Jones notes that the letter was begun on 24th March 1971, but was not posted until 7th April 1971. The letter is in black ink with notes and annotations in red and blue ink.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjvax.2
title: The Hydra: May 1918

description: Continues 'The Challenge of the Mountains' by 'R. B. W.'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiankl8.2
title: The Hydra: December 1917

description: Concludes 'A Pair of Trousers: A Golfing Story' by J. B. Salmond.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianoud.2
title: Letter: To Edward Marsh

description: Upset at lack of letters from friends / rumors of changes in the government / feeling low / desire to be in England, even briefly / would like to meet Gordon Bottomley / discusses some recent poems, including Wilfred Wilson Gibson's 'Battle' / wonders if government changes will effect Edward Marsh.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianpmr.2
title: Letter: To Colin Hughes (July 1971).

description: Postmarked envelope for David Jones's letter of 26th July 1971.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianq1w.2
title: Daily routine of trench warfare. Distribution of rations.

description: British NCO served as machine gunner with 7th Bn Dorsetshire Regt in GB, 1915-1916; served with 6th Bn Dorsetshire Regt on Western Front, 1917-1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianxr2.2
title: Letter: To Edward Marsh

description: Discusses difficulty of writing at present / having received newest volume of 'Georgian Poetry' / likes and dislikes / back in the trenches / increasingly terrible conditions / feeling weak / asks what has happened to Edward Marsh's 'Memoir' of Rupert Brooke's life.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian28ft.2
title: Army Number Card

description: Reverse of card showing David Jones's army number, '1086', in the London Welsh Regiment / marked with number '22579'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2am3.2
title: Letter: To Edward Marsh

description: Describes being back in the trenches after a brief rest / writing by candlelight / being almost to busy to write poetry but intends to forward on some verses / having taken time while having a rest to sketch / no further news on 'Georgian Poetry' / possible but unresolved ideas for a new poem / includes a few lines.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2bt2.2
title: The Hydra: December 1917

description: Begins short-story entitled 'In Half An Hour' by Cockburn Harvey.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2db7.2
title: Postcard: To David Jones.

description: Reverse of postcard from PO Savings Bank, London to David Jones regarding retrieval of his army account book.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2h9p.2
title: Describes receiving Haig's Order of the Day, May, 1918.

description: British seaman served as with Anson Bn Royal Naval Div in GB, Gallipoli and on Western Front, 1914-1917
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2jx9.2
title: The Hydra: May 1918

description: Continues review of a recent classical music concert by 'Gong'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2n2d.2
title: Army Number Card

description: Reverse of card showing David Jones's army number, '1086', in the London Welsh Regiment / marked with number '22579'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2s78.2
title: Purple

description: Drafted in September 1916 in England, revised in October-November 1917 at Craiglockhart or in November 1917-January 1918 at Scarborough. This is no. 114 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2t4z.2
title: The Hydra: 7th July 1917
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2wkw.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/bodleian61yx.2
title: The Hydra: December 1917

description: Installment of 'Topical Tales, No. 1, The Prodigal Sub' by 'J. R.'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian69n.2
title: Description of Christmas truce, 1914. Conversation with German officer.

description: In 1914 a private of the London Regt, later served as officer with 208th Coy Machine Gun Corps in GB and on Western Front, 1916-1917; present during Christmas truce, 12/1914
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6bgq.2
title: Autumnal

description: Drafted earlier, but revised in October-November 1917 at Craiglockhart or in November 1917-January 1918 at Scarborough. This is no. 103 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6gm1.1
title: Sedge-Warblers

description: This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Sedge Warblers (cancelled version)' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6izz.2
title: The Hydra: December 1917

description: Concludes 'Panic in the Night' by Philip Macer-Wright / poem entitled 'Supplication' by M. Callandar-Rule.