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DOI: 10.5287/bodleiangvw.2
title: Letter: To Margaret Blunden.

description: Letter from Edmund Blunden to his mother Margaret. He writes describing returning to the battalion after signalling practice / apologizes for having failed to write before / hopes to be able to continue sending cheques / recent German advances / beginning a diary, accidently / meeting T. L. Wright Housey, a friend from school, who assures him that London has not been destroyed by zeppelin raids / jokes about little brothers and sisters and their wasting money on sweets and recent photographs sent from Plymouth by Margaret / reports no leave as yet / reading Frank Morris's 'The Pit' / discusses music and recent damage to some battalion gramaphone records / a sultry night / wishing for some ale.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianino.2
title: Parted

description: Manuscript of poem in ink, signed in pencil by Siegfried Sassoon. Published in 'Picture-Show' (1919).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj259.2
title: The Nation: 15th June 1918

description: Page 284, showing 'Hospital Barge' and 'Futility'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj3y5.2
title: War Diary: Tuesday August 4th.

description: Discusses German and French declarations of war / implications of total war / Sir Edward Grey's speech in Parliament / possible enlistment of untrained volunteers / Germany's declaration of war on Belgium / enlistment of acquaintances in the reserves and implications for their families.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj51h.2
title: War Diary: Monday August 30th.

description: Contains long copy of Roland Leighton letter containing his opinion of Edward Brittain's situation with his CO and prospects for transfer to France / the scene at Victoria upon Embarkation / Vera Brittain's opinion of Roland Leighton's extreme sensitivity to women.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj6tx.2
title: The Watch on the Rhine: 3rd July 1919 (3)

description: Final Issue of the 2nd Corps Newspaper. Page 3, prose and one poem.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj7jp.2
title: Postcard To Leslie Gunston (2)

description: Responds to Gunston's criticism of his poetry. Thanks him for a cheque. Postmark reads 12th February 1918. This is no. 589 in ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj9gh.2
title: The Hydra: 18th August 1917

description: Drawing entitled 'Outwhiskered' / review of recent concert / results of golf / bowling / fishing.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjcxs.2
title: The Watch on the Rhine: 3rd July 1919 (1)

description: Final Issue of the 2nd Corps Newspaper. Page 1, prose.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjl4u.1
title: The Imperfect Lover

description: Manuscript in ink in Siegfried Sassoon's hand with corrections in ink and pencil. Published in 'Picture-Show' (1919).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjoui.2
title: The Grey Brigade and Richmond Camp News: 11th December 1915 (6)

description: Issue 32. Page 6, extract from play, illustrations, advertisements.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjrx6.2
title: War Diary: Friday August 7th.

description: Discusses reactions to sinking of the H. M. S. 'Amphion' / the siege of Liege / the family response to Edward Brittain's enlistment.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjrye.2
title: Letter: To Charlotte Blunden.

description: Letter from Edmund Blunden to his sister Charlotte ('Lottie' or 'Loggia'). Writes that he has sent money, and wants Charlotte to ask him immediately if she needs more in the future / asks after the situation, and if she is being provided for in Plymouth / bad weather and mud at the front / the battalion doctor contracting trench fever and having been replaced / letters from home discussing events at Christ's Hospital.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjy84.2
title: Postcard To Leslie Gunston (2)

description: Postcard of Hut 6a, Artists' Rifles at Hare Hall Camp, Gidea Park. Owen thanks Gunston for a book. This is no. 395 in ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjzgp.2
title: The Hydra: 1st September 1917

description: Photograph of Craiglockhart War Hospital / 'The Hydra' Table of Contents.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiannwi.2
title: The Hydra: 1st September 1917

description: Advetisements for Edinburgh purveyors of jewelry and officers' clothing.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiano8a.2
title: The Grey Brigade and Richmond Camp News: 20th November 1915 (2)

description: Issue 31. Page 2, prose, book review, journal review including three poems, advertisements.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianote.2
title: War Diary: Tuesday August 4th.

description: Discusses German and French declarations of war / implications of total war / Sir Edward Grey's speech in Parliament / possible enlistment of untrained volunteers / Germany's declaration of war on Belgium / enlistment of acquaintances in the reserves and implications for their families.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianr8hz.2
title: The Hydra: 18th August 1917

description: Photograph of and advertisement for Edinburgh photographer's establishment.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian237o.1
title: To Any Dead Officer (who left School for the Army in 1914)

description: Manuscript of poem in ink in Siegfried Sassoon's hand with corrections. Published in 'Counter-Attack and Other Poems' (1918). The poem was also issued as a reprint in pamphlet form by 'The Cambridge Magazine' in August 1917.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian28ax.2
title: Edmund Blunden, Siegfried Sassoon and Dennis Silk

description: Photograph of Edmund Blunden, Siegfried Sassoon and Dennis Silk listening to a test match on the wireless at Heytesbury House in Wiltshire.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian29ia.2
title: The Hydra: 1st September 1917

description: Advertisement for Edinburgh purveyors of cigarettes / 'Advertisers' Map' .
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2d6z.2
title: Edmund Blunden in a War Cemetary

description: Photograph of Edmund Blunden in a war cemetary in Belgium, taken by his daughter Margi Blunden on a visit in 1965. They stayed at Skindles Hotel in Poperinghe. Blunden spent time there during a relatively quiet period in the sector in the first half of 1917 leading up to the battle of Passchendaele, and again in August of the same year.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2dat.2
title: War Diary: Friday December 25th.

description: Discusses Christmas day services and presents.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2ebh.2
title: Die Wochenschau: 2nd January 1915 (13)

description: Issue 1 of German Kriegsnummer. Page 13, illustration.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2hjj.1
title: Letter: To Robert Nichols.

description: Manuscript in ink with corrections. Published in 'Picture-Show' (1919). Included in a letter to Robert Nichols. Comments on a previous letter from Robert Graves / wishes to change places, to have some quiet to write poetry / comments on a poem of Nichols published in 'The Nation / mentions Robert Graves's work / describes a walk through an orchard / discusses Wilfred Owen's poetry and time spent together at Craiglockhart War Hospital / includes the poem 'I Stood With the Dead'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2n6s.2
title: 'Undertones of War', Annotated 1st Edition

description: Page 219 of 'XXI: The Crash of Pillars' section from a first edition of 'Undertones of War' (1928). This section describes Ypres and the battle at Passchendaele where Edmund Blunden was stationed with the 11th Royal Sussex between December 1916 and December 1917. The volume was written, apart from the help of a few maps, entirely from memory while Blunden was teaching in Tokyo between 1924 and 1927. Annotations in Blunden's hand added later at an unknown date. He writes, 'I remember him saying, he must have his Clock', and draws a diagram of his and his fellow officers' positions within the pillbox.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2sll.2
title: The Watch on the Rhine: 3rd July 1919 (4)

description: Final Issue of the 2nd Corps Newspaper. Page 4, prose.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2trd.2
title: War Diary: Monday December 14th.

description: Describes Edward Brittain's Christmas leave / Vera Brittain going to have her photograph taken to exchange with Roland Leighton / attending a charity variety show at the theatre in aid of the soldiers / Vera Brittain's views on nursing as possible employment.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2vw9.2
title: The Hydra: 1st September 1917

description: Advertisements for Edinburgh purveyors of shortbread and glasses.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian61u7.2
title: Owen's Application for Admission to an Officer Cadet Unit (2)

description: Owen's application for a commission in the army for the period of the war.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6827.2
title: The Hydra: 1st September 1917

description: Concludes article on the Field Club / bowling notice / golfing results / provisions for tennis/ includes poem entitled 'Dreamers' by 'S. S.' (Siegfried Sassoon).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6bfe.2
title: The Watch on the Rhine: 3rd July 1919 (5)

description: Final Issue of the 2nd Corps Newspaper. Page 5, prose and illustration.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6fzu.2
title: War Diary: Friday December 18th.

description: Discusses bombardment of Scarborough and Hartlepool / an outing with Maurice Ellinger and his health and prospects.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6jh.1
title: Limitations

description: Manuscript of poem in ink in Siegfried Sassoon's hand with corrections. Published in 'Picture-Show' (1919).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6lmw.2
title: The Hydra: 1st September 1917

description: Advertisements for Edinburgh purveyors of military equipment for officers and photographic equipment.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6uot.1
title: The Redeemer

description: Manuscript of poem in ink in Siegfried Sassoon's hand with corrections. Published in 'The Old Huntsman' (1917). This is Siegfried Sassoon's first front-line poem, describing working parties at and near Festubert.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6w83.1
title: Postcard: To A. T. Bartholomew.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6ycv.2
title: Die Wochenschau: 2nd January 1915 (10)

description: Issue 1 of German Kriegsnummer. Page 10.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian81cw.2
title: Die Wochenschau: 2nd January 1915 (1)

description: Issue 1 of German Kriegsnummer. Page 1 with illustration.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian83kr.2
title: War Diary: 2nd Manchesters

description: War diary covering 11-14 November 1918. Describes Armistice.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian85u8.2
title: The Hydra: 1st September 1917

description: Advertisement for Edinburgh purveyors of sporting equipment.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8e23.2
title: The Hydra: 1st September 1917

description: Continues note on the Field Club.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8kz4.2
title: War Diary: Monday December 14th.

description: Describes Edward Brittain's Christmas leave / Vera Brittain going to have her photograph taken to exchange with Roland Leighton / attending a charity variety show at the theatre in aid of the soldiers / Vera Brittain's views on nursing as possible employment.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8lov.1
title: Break of Day

description: Page proof of poem with corrections in ink in Siegfried Sassoon's and Edward Marsh's hands. Published in 'Counter-Attack and Other Poems' (1918).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8qf2.2
title: The Watch on the Rhine: 3rd July 1919 (2)

description: Final Issue of the 2nd Corps Newspaper. Page 2, two poems and prose.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8ru3.2
title: Owen's Application for Admission to an Officer Cadet Unit (4)

description: Owen's application for a commission in the army for the period of the war.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8xv8.2
title: Poetical Notes
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8yzf.2
title: 'Undertones of War', Annotated 1st Edition

description: Page 220 of 'XXI: The Crash of Pillars' section from a first edition of 'Undertones of War' (1928). This section describes Ypres and the battle at Passchendaele where Edmund Blunden was stationed with the 11th Royal Sussex between December 1916 and December 1917. The volume was written, apart from the help of a few maps, entirely from memory while Blunden was teaching in Tokyo between 1924 and 1927. Annotations in Blunden's hand added later at an unknown date. He draws a diagram of headquarters, and writes, 'The H. Q. was, as H. J. White tells me, a pillbox with an inner apartment. The shell entered the narrow doorway at the moment when the staff of another H. Q. were relieving the 13th. The officers were in the little sideroom. One was blinded with a splinter. There was not much noise. The men in the large apartment were almost all killed, more by concussion than wounds'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8zdb.2
title: War Diary: Tuesday August 4th.

description: Discusses German and French declarations of war / implications of total war / Sir Edward Grey's speech in Parliament / possible enlistment of untrained volunteers / Germany's declaration of war on Belgium / enlistment of acquaintances in the reserves and implications for their families.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianaq.2
title: Edmund Blunden Visiting Battlefields

description: Photograph of Edmund Blunden consulting a diary at a battlefield near Grootebeek. Photograph taken by Edmund's daughter Margi Blunden on a visit. They stayed at Skindles Hotel in Poperinghe. Blunden spent time there during a relatively quiet period in the sector in the first half of 1917 leading up to the battle of Passchendaele, and again in August of the same year.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand1og.2
title: The Hydra: 1st September 1917

description: 'Notes and News' discussing the Model Yacht Club's first Regatta / classes in French / the Field Club.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand9c2.2
title: Trench Number Board

description: This photograph shows the number board taken from a dugout in Canal Bank, Ypres. Edmund Blunden spent time there during a relatively quiet period in the sector in the first half of 1917 leading up to the battle of Passchendaele, and again in August of the same year.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandapg.2
title: Extract from Owen's Birth Certificate

description: Extract from Owen's birth certificate produced as evidence of date of birth when enlisting.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianduco.2
title: War Diary: Friday December 18th.

description: Discusses bombardment of Scarborough and Hartlepool / an outing with Maurice Ellinger and his health and prospects.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandurp.2
title: Die Wochenschau: 2nd January 1915 (11)

description: Issue 1 of German Kriegsnummer. Page 11, prose and poem.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandziz.1
title: Died of Wounds

description: Manuscript of poem
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiangl9.2
title: The Watch on the Rhine: 3rd July 1919 (6)

description: Final Issue of the 2nd Corps Newspaper. Page 6, various news articles.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj4ce.2
title: 'Undertones of War', Annotated 1st Edition

description: Page 214 of 'XXI: The Crash of Pillars' section from a first edition of 'Undertones of War' (1928). This section describes Ypres and the battle at Passchendaele where Edmund Blunden was stationed with the 11th Royal Sussex between December 1916 and December 1917. The volume was written, apart from the help of a few maps, entirely from memory while Blunden was teaching in Tokyo between 1924 and 1927. Annotations in Blunden's hand added later at an unknown date. Underlining 'our party', he writes 'Two were killed; but the fact did not impinge upon me'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjgi4.1
title: Dead Musicians

description: Page proof of poem with corrections in ink in Siegfried Sassoon's and Edward Marsh's hands. Published in 'Counter-Attack and Other Poems' (1918).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjmpq.2
title: Owen's Territorial Force Attestation

description: Owen's completed attestation including Oath to the King.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjxck.2
title: War Diary: Friday December 25th.

description: Discusses Christmas day services and presents.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjxrz.2
title: Die Wochenschau: 2nd January 1915 (12)

description: Issue 1 of German Kriegsnummer. Page 12.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjxzj.2
title: Mary Daines and Edmund Blunden

description: Photograph of Edmund Blunden with his first wife Mary Daines. Incribed in unknown hand 'Mary Daines and Edmund Blunden / Stowlangtoft 1918 / They married in Newmarket on June 1st 1918'. Mary's brothers Jack and Bert in particular inspired some of his poetry, including 'Winter, East Anglia', 'Mole Catcher' and 'Autolycus Again'. Their marriage caused him to lose his scholarship to Oxford and to accept demobilisation from the army in mid-February 1918. The couple divorced in February 1931.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianmiu.2
title: The Hydra: 1st September 1917

description: Editorial discussing recovery of officers / poem and cures for cynicism / potential ideas for future contributions.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianprj.2
title: War Diary: Friday August 7th.

description: Discusses reactions to sinking of the H. M. S. 'Amphion' / the siege of Liege / the family response to Edward Brittain's enlistment.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianr264.2
title: Edmund Blunden and Canon Evans

description: Photograph of Edmund Blunden and Canon Evans on a pathway by a field in Belgium. Photograph taken by Edmund's daughter Margi Blunden on a visit to Belgium. They stayed at Skindles Hotel in Poperinghe. Blunden spent time there during a relatively quiet period in the sector in the first half of 1917 leading up to the battle of Passchendaele, and again in August of the same year.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianr2ag.2
title: War Diary: December 23rd.

description: Discusses reaction to year's anniversary of Roland Leighton's death.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianrek2.2
title: War Diary: 2nd Manchesters

description: War diary covering 1-4 October 1918.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleians67.2
title: Insert to 'Undertones of War'

description: Note in Edmund Blunden's hand inserted into a first edition of 'Undertones of War' (1928). The volume was written, apart from the help of a few maps, entirely from memory while Blunden was teaching in Tokyo between 1924 and 1927. The note is dated November 1964, when Edmund was discussing preparing a new expanded edition. He laments the fact that there is 'very little about some of the districts known to the 11th Royal Sussex', and wonders how so few people appear in the narrative.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianv7l.1
title: The Redeemer

description: Manuscript of poem in pencil in Siegfried Sassoon's hand with corrections. Published in 'The Old Huntsman' (1917). This is Siegfried Sassoon's first front-line poem, describing working parties at and near Festubert.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianzeu.2
title: Elegy in April and September

description: Begun in April-May 1918 at Ripon, continued in France in September 1918. This is no. 173 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian21yk.2
title: War Diary: 2nd Manchesters

description: War diary covering 16-18 September 1918.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian22rw.2
title: Die Wochenschau: 2nd January 1915 (17)

description: Issue 1 of German Kriegsnummer. Page 16a, prose in French and German.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian24u1.1
title: The Last Meeting

description: Typescript of poem in blue ink. Manuscript of poem in ink in Siegfried Sassoon's hand. This is a clean draft without corrections. Published in 'The Old Huntsman' (1917).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian25tr.2
title: A dialogue between P and T and Jehovah whom they visit

description: Dialogue between P and T and Jehovah whom they visit
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian28zb.2
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/bodleian2fco.2
title: The Hydra: 1st September 1917

description: Continues Chapter XVI of 'Chronicles of a V. O. S. (Very Old Subaltern)' by 'Jack Point'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2iz5.2
title: Extract from Letter of Administration re: Owen's Death

description: Describes estate of Wilfred Owen and his grantees.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2lsz.2
title: The Guard's Mistake

description: Page 270 from a first edition of 'Undertones of War' (1928) showing the poem 'The Guard's Mistake'. The prose section of the volume was written, apart from the help of a few maps, entirely from memory while Blunden was teaching in Tokyo between 1924 and 1927. Annotations in Blunden's hand added later at an unknown date. He notes that the poem was written at '[Vichebourg St. Vaast.]'
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2n3h.2
title: Die Wochenschau: 2nd January 1915 (20)

description: Issue 1 of German Kriegsnummer. Page 16d, 'Feldpost'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2nac.2
title: War Diary: Thursday February 17th.

description: Describes Edward Brittain's embarkation / a dream about Roland Leighton.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian3d4.2
title: War Diary: 2nd Manchesters

description: War diary covering 7-10 November 1918. Describes Owen receiving the Military Cross (posthumously) on 8 November.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian5sp.2
title: Two Voices

description: Page 271 from a first edition of 'Undertones of War' (1928) showing the poem 'Two Voices'. The prose section of the volume was written, apart from the help of a few maps, entirely from memory while Blunden was teaching in Tokyo between 1924 and 1927. Annotations in Blunden's hand added later at an unknown date. He notes that the poem was written '[{at Hinges. near Lacouture.]'
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian62wb.1
title: The Cambridge Magazine: 'Four Poems'

description: Reprint of Siegfried Sassoon's poems published in 'The Cambridge Magazine', reissued here in pamphlet No 7, January 1918. The poems included here are 'Dreamers', 'Does It Matter?', 'Base Details' and 'Glory of Women'. Also includes a list of the work of other poets available through the series. This image shows the title page of the pamphlet.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian65lz.2
title: Die Wochenschau: 2nd January 1915 (23)

description: Issue 1 of German Kriegsnummer. Page 19.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian67gc.1
title: Counter Attack and other poems

description: Poems written between 1917 - 1919. A note reads "R.T. from S.S. April 1919".
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6993.2
title: Owen's Field Service Report

description: Owen's Field Service Report issued on the Death of an Officer. States date of death as 4th November 1918, killed in action.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6oc5.2
title: War Diary: Tuesday February 29th.

description: Catalogues deaths of Lort Carey and many of Edward Brittain's friends from Oxford / Mrs. Leighton showing her a plan based on a letter from his captain of exactly how Roland Leighton was fatally wounded
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6oz1.2
title: A House in Festubert

description: Page 269 from a first edition of 'Undertones of War' (1928) showing the poem 'A House at Festubert'. The prose section of the volume was written, apart from the help of a few maps, entirely from memory while Edmund Blunden was teaching in Tokyo between 1924 and 1927. Annotations in Blunden's hand added later at an unknown date. Underlining 'Maha', he writes, '[The Prince of Darkness is a Gentleman, / Maha he's called, and Modo. / Edgar in King Lear.]'
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6pdo.2
title: Concert Party: Busseboom

description: Page 280 from a first edition of 'Undertones of War' (1928) showing the poem 'Concert Party: Busseboom'. The prose section of the volume was written, apart from the help of a few maps, entirely from memory while Blunden was teaching in Tokyo between 1924 and 1927. Annotations in Blunden's hand added later at an unknown date. Next to the title he writes '[47th Division Revue]'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6t72.2
title: The Hydra: 1st September 1917

description: Continues from previous issue Chapter XV of 'Chronicles of a V. O. S. (Very Old Subaltern)' by 'Jack Point'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian84rj.2
title: The Hydra: 1st September 1917

description: Advertisements for Edinburgh purveyors of musical instruments and insurance.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8bdl.2
title: At Senlis Once

description: Page 276 from a first edition of 'Undertones of War' (1928) showing the poem 'At Senlis Once'. The prose section of the volume was written, apart from the help of a few maps, entirely from memory while Blunden was teaching in Tokyo between 1924 and 1927. Annotations in Blunden's hand added later at an unknown date. He has written 'irony' at the end of the poem.