cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjjm.2
title: The Dying Soldier

description: Typescript of poem.  Included with letter to Gordon Bottomley mentioning still being in hospital but will likely be transferred to the trenches shortly / apologises for 'dreariness' of letter, but explains that the circumstances and experience of war makes it more difficult to write / discusses Gordon Bottomley' suggestions for alterations to 'The Unicorn' / has not incorporated changes to 'The Unicorn' as yet / is including instead various drafts, including a pencil draft of 'The Tower of Sculls'  and typescripts of 'Returning, we hear the larks', 'The Burning of the Temple' and 'The Dying Soldier'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjorq.2
title: The Hydra: January 1918

description: 'Who Is It?' / hospital gossip column.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjsbg.2
title: Training at the Etaples 'Bullring'.

description: British officer served with 2nd Bn Royal Scots Fusiliers on Western Front, 1916; served with  14th Bn Tank Corps on Western Front, 1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjvvc.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII Notes) carbon copy of the 1935 typescript

description: Carbon from the 1935 Typescript of the 'Notes' for Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' (about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianr8xx.1
title: Letter To Susan Owen

description: Discusses life in Bordeaux. The end of the letter mentions the ease of enlisting, the possible length of service, and the surprise at his decision to enlist in the British Army as opposed to the French forces. This is letter no. 370 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianstg.1
title: Letter To Susan Owen

description: Written from the Advanced Horse Transport Depot. Now back at rest in Abbeville, Owen describes his most recent tour of the Front Line. Heavy snow made the conditions almost intolerable, especially as his Platoon had to stay in no man's land. This event formed the basis for his poem 'Exposure'. Concludes by stating that he has to go on a Transport Course. In a 'P.S.' Owen alludes to a previous visit to Abbeville, and continues his description of the 'ugliness' of the Western Front. This is letter no. 482 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianuu4.2
title: Daughters of War

description: Pencil draft of poem.  Included in letter to Laurence Binyon discussing his suggestions for alterations to an unspecified poem, but explains that he cannot work on them where he is / suggests that Binyon send the poem to a newspaper, as the money paid for it would be helpful in the event of leave / weather very bad / what he has learned in the army / encloses pencil draft of 'Daughters of War' and asks for Binyon's opinion / discusses his opinion of Wilfred Gibson's book of verse 'Battle'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianuwd.2
title: Title page

description: Signed Edward Thomas/Steep/Petersfield/11.15
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianviy.1
title: Letter: To Edward Thomas.

description: Describes a visit to Petersfield to feed swans. Includes a drawing of a boat and human figures.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian25xd.1
title: War Diary: New Year's Eve

description: Description of Vera Brittain's reaction to Roland Leighton's death.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2edo.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) inserts

description: An insert to 'In Parenthesis' (Part VII), probably written after the final manuscript draft and before the typescripts versions. (Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' is about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2ml9.1
title: Letter To Leslie Gunston

description: Incomplete (and wrongly dated in 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'). Includes versions of 'Roundel'. Possibly written from the 13th Casualty Clearing Station, Gaily, France. This is letter no. 255 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2otl.2
title: Letter: To Unknown.

description: Asks unknown individual to use influence with Isaac Rosenberg's colonel to obtain leave from the trenches.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2ps4.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) inserts

description: An insert to 'In Parenthesis' (Part VII), probably written after the final manuscript draft and before the typescripts versions. (Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' is about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2pze.2
title: Notebook (Jan-Apr 1917)

description: Notebook belonging to Edmund Blunden containing notes on 11th Royal Sussex's duties in the Ypres sector. Details field and trench works to be carried out by the battalion, as well as instructions, communications, sketch maps and patrol reports. This page shows a list of letters written by Blunden.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2q45.2
title: Use of tanks in the Allied Offensive of August, 1918.

description: British officer served with 2nd Bn Royal Scots Fusiliers on Western Front, 1916; served with  14th Bn Tank Corps on Western Front, 1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2sjm.2
title: The Hydra: January 1918 Advertising Supplement

description: Advertisements for Edinburgh purveyors of leather goods, boots and printing and stationary.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2xuu.2
title: Daughters of War

description: Contains numerous pen and pencil alterations.  No complete manuscript of this poem is known to exist.  Isaac Rosenberg wrote numerous versions incorporating the criticisms of, in particular, Gordon Bottomley and Edward Marsh.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian44m.2
title: Tank operations at Bullecourt. Describes an incident where Officers had to stop infantry running away.

description: British officer served with 2nd Bn Royal Scots Fusiliers on Western Front, 1916; served with  14th Bn Tank Corps on Western Front, 1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian65f2.1
title: Letter To Colin Owen / With an Identity Disc

description: Talks about his plans for after the War, which involves keeping pigs and living in Kent. Includes a version of 'Sonnet - With an Identity Disc', an early version of 'To My Friend (with an Identity Disc)'. This is letter no. 498 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian67ms.1
title: War Diary: Monday December 27th.

description: Transcribed letter from Father A. B. Purdie to Mrs. Leighton describing the circumstances of her son Roland Leighton's death in France.  The letter was received on 2 January 1916, and Vera Brittain has copied it into her diary, along with a series of poems and extracted verses on death and remembrance.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian68w3.2
title: Dead Man's Dump

description: Copy of May 1917 version of poem in unknown hand.  No complete manuscript version of the poem exists.  The poem is informed by the fact that in January 1917 Isaac Rosenberg was transferred to the Royal Engineers, and worked at taking wire up to the line at night.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6bed.2
title: The Hydra: January 1918 Advertising Supplement

description: Advertisement for Edinburgh magazine printers / 'Advertisers' Map'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6npr.2
title: Dead Man's Dump
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6pbh.1
title: Letter To Colin Owen

description: Provides a vivid description of going over the top and crossing no man's land. Some of the imagery is repeated in his poem 'The Show' and used in Pat Barker's 'Regeneration'. Finishes with an elaborate pseudo-biblical parable. This is letter no. 510 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6r8n.2
title: Work of wiring parties.

description: British civilian worked at Woolwich Arsenal, London, GB, 1916-1917; NCO served as battalion gas instructor with 23rd Bn Middlesex Regt on Western Front, 1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6xl3.2
title: German troops reactions to tanks.

description: British officer served with 2nd Bn Royal Scots Fusiliers on Western Front, 1916; served with  14th Bn Tank Corps on Western Front, 1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6yic.2
title: The Hydra: January 1918 Advertising Supplement

description: Advertisements for Edinburgh purveyors of insurance and military equipment.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6yyd.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) inserts

description: An insert to 'In Parenthesis' (Part VII), probably written after the final manuscript draft and before the typescripts versions. (Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' is about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6z94.2
title: Notebook (Jan-Apr 1917)

description: Notebook belonging to Edmund Blunden containing notes on 11th Royal Sussex's duties in the Ypres sector. Details field and trench works to be carried out by the battalion, as well as instructions, communications, sketch maps and patrol reports. This page contains a record of wire put out by the 11th Royal Sussex between 11 and 15 April 1917.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6zz6.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) inserts

description: An insert to 'In Parenthesis' (Part VII), probably written after the final manuscript draft and before the typescripts versions. (Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' is about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian81qe.2
title: The Hydra: January 1918 Advertising Supplement

description: Advertisement for and photograph of Edinburgh photographers' establishment.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian81yj.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) inserts

description: An insert to 'In Parenthesis' (Part VII), probably written after the final manuscript draft and before the typescripts versions. (Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' is about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8bby.1
title: Letter To Susan Owen

description: Describes the action at Savy Wood in the battle of St Quentin. Describes a shell exploding nearby which knocks him unconscious. It is this experience that results in his shell-shock. This is letter no. 505 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8ded.2
title: Dead Man's Dump

description: Copy of May 1917 version of poem in unknown hand.  No complete manuscript version of the poem exists.  The poem is informed by the fact that in January 1917 Isaac Rosenberg was transferred to the Royal Engineers, and worked at taking wire up to the line at night.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8i9z.2
title: Notebook (Jan-Apr 1917)

description: Notebook belonging to Edmund Blunden containing notes on 11th Royal Sussex's duties in the Ypres sector. Details field and trench works to be carried out by the battalion, as well as instructions, communications, sketch maps and patrol reports. This page shows a draft report of work done by the 11th Royal Sussex from 16 January to 3 February 1917.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8iz1.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII Notes) carbon copy of the 1935 typescript

description: Carbon from the 1935 Typescript of the 'Notes' for Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' (about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8j8c.2
title: Training as gas instructor. Description of Rainham gas chambers.

description: British civilian worked at Woolwich Arsenal, London, GB, 1916-1917; NCO served as battalion gas instructor with 23rd Bn Middlesex Regt on Western Front, 1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8qej.2
title: The Hydra: January 1918 Advertising Supplement

description: Advertisement for Edinburgh purveyor of trench coats and clothing.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8spk.2
title: Dead Man's Dump

description: Copy of May 1917 version of poem in unknown hand.  No complete manuscript version of the poem exists.  The poem is informed by the fact that in January 1917 Isaac Rosenberg was transferred to the Royal Engineers, and worked at taking wire up to the line at night.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8tm7.1
title: Photograph of Edward Thomas and company of Hut 35 taken at Hare Hall Camp, Essex
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8umd.2
title: Conditions for crew inside a tank.

description: British officer served with 2nd Bn Royal Scots Fusiliers on Western Front, 1916; served with  14th Bn Tank Corps on Western Front, 1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianali.1
title: Letter To Susan Owen

description: Having rejoined his Regiment Owen discusses preparations prior to the battle at St Quentin. In a postscript he notes a lack of letters from his mother. This is letter no. 502 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianbsz.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) inserts

description: An insert to 'In Parenthesis' (Part VII), probably written after the final manuscript draft and before the typescripts versions. (Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' is about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand2dh.2
title: Notebook (Jan-Apr 1917)

description: Notebook belonging to Edmund Blunden containing notes on 11th Royal Sussex's duties in the Ypres sector. Details field and trench works to be carried out by the battalion, as well as instructions, communications, sketch maps and patrol reports. This page contains an intelligence report from the 11th Royal Sussex for 3/2/1917.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand2uz.2
title: The Hydra: January 1918 Advertising Supplement

description: Advertisements for Edinburgh purveyors of sporting equipment and musical instruments.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand2yo.1
title: War Diary: Thursday October 7th.

description: Discusses the difficulty of waiting to hear for news of Roland Leighton and of the war in general / Mrs. Brittain's concerns over Vera Brittain rushing into an engagement / the situation in the Balkans and in Greece and the prospect of a the scope of the war widening.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand7d4.1
title: War Diary: Monday September 27th.

description: Describes reactions to news of the Battle of Loos / Vera Brittain's concern for Roland Leighton and his mother.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandc38.1
title: Letter To Leslie Gunston / The Fates

description: Short letter describing night at Craiglockhart. Includes a draft of 'The Fates'. This is letter no. 531 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandk1t.2
title: Dead Man's Dump
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandkwa.1
title: Letter: Unknown Recipient.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandm9v.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) inserts

description: An insert to 'In Parenthesis' (Part VII), probably written after the final manuscript draft and before the typescripts versions. (Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' is about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandnsl.2
title: Notebook (Jan-Apr 1917)

description: Notebook belonging to Edmund Blunden containing notes on 11th Royal Sussex's duties in the Ypres sector. Details field and trench works to be carried out by the battalion, as well as instructions, communications, sketch maps and patrol reports. This page shows a 'Rough Eye Sketch of Crater 6 and Area 3/2/17'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandofb.2
title: Ground conditions in Ypres Salient, March 1918. Dangers of moving across duckboards and drowning in mud.

description: British civilian worked at Woolwich Arsenal, London, GB, 1916-1917; NCO served as battalion gas instructor with 23rd Bn Middlesex Regt on Western Front, 1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandrrn.1
title: Letter To Susan Owen

description: In rest after seeing action at the battle of St Quentin. Describes the casualties he witnessed and holding the line for four days. This is letter no. 503 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianfkw.2
title: Notebook (Jan-Apr 1917)

description: Notebook belonging to Edmund Blunden containing notes on 11th Royal Sussex's duties in the Ypres sector. Details field and trench works to be carried out by the battalion, as well as instructions, communications, sketch maps and patrol reports. This page contains a 'Report on Crater 6'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianfxj.1
title: Letter: To Merfyn Thomas.

description: Wishes Merfyn Thomas happy birthday / hopes to be able to be there for upcoming birthdays / a birthday gift of a book about slide rulers / a luncheon / having everything that he needs but some slippers and a pen refill / waiting to know about assignment at Codford / love to the family.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiangjx.2
title: The Hydra: January 1918 Advertising Supplement

description: Advertisement for Edinburgh cutlers and opticians and a restaurant.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj1rp.1
title: Letter To Susan Owen

description: Owen is back in the Casualty Clearing Station 'labelled Neurasthenia'. Describes the last days he saw action and the journey to the Clearing Station. This is letter no. 506 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj66b.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII Notes) carbon copy of the 1935 typescript

description: Carbon from the 1935 Typescript of the 'Notes' for Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' (about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj6dj.2
title: Notebook (Jan-Apr 1917)

description: Notebook belonging to Edmund Blunden containing notes on 11th Royal Sussex's duties in the Ypres sector. Details field and trench works to be carried out by the battalion, as well as instructions, communications, sketch maps and patrol reports. This page shows a draft report of work done by the 11th Royal Sussex from 16 January to 3 February 1917.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj6u4.2
title: The Hydra: January 1918 Advertising Supplement

description: Advertisment for Edinburgh bookshop with recommended reads.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjafi.2
title: Daily routine in front line trenches. Stand to, trench periscopes, duties at night.

description: British civilian worked at Woolwich Arsenal, London, GB, 1916-1917; NCO served as battalion gas instructor with 23rd Bn Middlesex Regt on Western Front, 1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjcdu.1
title: War Diary: Sunday August 22nd.

description: Describes visit to Roland Leighton's home at Lowestoft during his leave from France / visit to a trench with him/ poem written by Roland Leighton / discussions with his mother about their engagement / outings and conversations between Vera Brittain and Roland Leighton.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianje3u.2
title: Reactions of German civilians to British and German troops after the Armistice.

description: British stretcher bearer served with 1st Cavalry Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps on Western Front, 1915-1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjf1g.2
title: Daughters of War

description: Contains numerous pen and pencil alterations.  No complete manuscript of this poem is known to exist.  Isaac Rosenberg wrote numerous versions incorporating the criticisms of, in particular, Gordon Bottomley and Edward Marsh.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjfwf.1
title: The Queen's Garden

description: A fairy tale written for Edward and Helen Thomas' children.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjvso.2
title: Notebook (Jan-Apr 1917)

description: Notebook belonging to Edmund Blunden containing notes on 11th Royal Sussex's duties in the Ypres sector. Details field and trench works to be carried out by the battalion, as well as instructions, communications, sketch maps and patrol reports. This page contains an intelligence report from the 11th Royal Sussex for 3/2/1917.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjwcw.1
title: Letter To Leslie Gunston / The Wrestlers

description: Talks about forthcoming address to the 'Field Club'. Includes a partial draft of 'The Wrestlers'. This is letter no. 535 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianyt9.2
title: Dead Man's Dump

description: Copy of May 1917 version of poem in unknown hand.  No complete manuscript version of the poem exists.  The poem is informed by the fact that in January 1917 Isaac Rosenberg was transferred to the Royal Engineers, and worked at taking wire up to the line at night.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2671.2
title: Problems of lice and attempts at delousing. Washing and changing clothes.

description: British civilian worked at Woolwich Arsenal, London, GB, 1916-1917; NCO served as battalion gas instructor with 23rd Bn Middlesex Regt on Western Front, 1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian26dv.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) broadcast script, 1942

description: David Jones' poem 'In Parenthesis' was adapted for the wireless (radio) by Douglas Cleverdon and was scheduled to be broadcast on the BBC Home Service on Armistice Day 1939, but all schedules were cancelled after the outbreak of the Second World War. This shortened version was rehearsed in 1942 for broadcast on 10th November, but this too was cancelled to make way for the broadcast of Winston Churchill's 'The End of the Beginning' speech (delivered at The Lord Mayor's Luncheon, Mansion House, London November 10th 1942). The first performance had to wait until November 1946. (Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' is about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian27f.2
title: Preparing food in front line. Making tea. Tommy's cookers.

description: British civilian worked at Woolwich Arsenal, London, GB, 1916-1917; NCO served as battalion gas instructor with 23rd Bn Middlesex Regt on Western Front, 1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian28ve.2
title: The Hydra: January 1918 Advertising Supplement

description: Advertisements for Edinburgh purveyors of sporting equipment and cigarettes.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2cim.2
title: Training as gas instructor. Means of detecting and identifying gases. Gas alarms.

description: British civilian worked at Woolwich Arsenal, London, GB, 1916-1917; NCO served as battalion gas instructor with 23rd Bn Middlesex Regt on Western Front, 1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2dw.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) broadcast script, 1942

description: Title page and opening lines of David Jones' poem 'In Parenthesis' which was adapted for the wireless (radio) by Douglas Cleverdon and was scheduled to be broadcast on the BBC Home Service on Armistice Day 1939, but all schedules were cancelled after the outbreak of the Second World War. This shortened version was rehearsed in 1942 for broadcast on 10th November, but this too was cancelled to make way for the broadcast of Winston Churchill's 'The End of the Beginning' speech (delivered at The Lord Mayor's Luncheon, Mansion House, London November 10th 1942). The first performance had to wait until November 1946.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2e51.2
title: The Hydra: January 1918 Advertising Supplement

description: Advertisement for Edinburgh purveyor of regimental ashtrays.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2jcf.2
title: Over the Sacks

description: This 'story' offers an account of the opening days of 3rd Ypres, in Edmund Blunden hands. It was written shortly after the experience, and can be compared to 'The Crash of the Pillars' section of the memoir 'Undertones of War' (1928). This page describes the German fortifications.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2kpm.1
title: Letter To Leslie Gunston

description: Written from the Clarence Gardens Hotel, Scarborough. Provides a critical account of Gunston's volume of poetry, 'The Nymph'. This is letter no. 564 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2pc6.1
title: War Diary: Saturday July 3rd.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2prx.2
title: Dead Man's Dump

description: Encloses poem 'Dead Man's Dump' / explains amendments to a version of sent previously.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2vtj.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) broadcast script, 1942

description: David Jones' poem 'In Parenthesis' was adapted for the wireless (radio) by Douglas Cleverdon and was scheduled to be broadcast on the BBC Home Service on Armistice Day 1939, but all schedules were cancelled after the outbreak of the Second World War. This shortened version was rehearsed in 1942 for broadcast on 10th November, but this too was cancelled to make way for the broadcast of Winston Churchill's 'The End of the Beginning' speech (delivered at The Lord Mayor's Luncheon, Mansion House, London November 10th 1942). The first performance had to wait until November 1946. (Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' is about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian64e6.1
title: Letter To Susan Owen

description: Talks of a dinner engagement. Includes a sketch of hairstyles. Mentions that Sassoon values his poetry and in a postscript requests the return on his manuscripts. This is letter no. 545 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.