cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandsy4.2
title: On a Dream

description: Probably drafted earlier, but revised in October-November 1917 at Craiglockhart or in November 1917-January 1918 at Scarborough. This is no. 115 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiani3m.1
title: Hand grenade lecture notes by Lance Corporal Robert Rafton

description: A handwritten notebook containing notes written by Lance Corporal Robert Rafton (Service Number 2090) of the East Riding Yeomanry about a lecture on hand grenades. The book includes information about topics including explosives, trench catapults, the West Spring Gun, and the Stokes Gun, and is illustrated with diagrams. Part of a collection relating to Robert Rafton, deposited by his great-niece.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj5g4.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Mentions Marion Scott's sister / discusses a recent parcel / one page of the letter has been crossed out / mentions a letter that he forgot to answer / asks after a verse sent to Mrs Voynich entitled 'Steel and Flame' / arguing over when the war will end / 'No Man's Land' / includes a 'Trench Dialogue' / requests cake and anchovy paste / includes an unidentified poem beginning 'Summer is over...'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj8fu.1
title: Notebook of Private Arthur Snape of the 1/8th Lancs Fusiliers, including notes on training, poems, and diary

description: A notebook kept by Private Arthur Snape of the 1/8th Lancashire Fusiliers, A Company, 42nd East Lancashire Division, believed to have been a sniper. The notebook contains a variety of material, including accounts of Snape's own movements and the operations he was involved in. He took part in the Dardanelles campaign in 1915, was in Malta later in 1915, then Egypt 1916-17, and finally France in 1917. The notebook also includes references to Gallipoli, Suvla Bay, and Anzac.

Snape's account is in multiple sections throughout the notebook, but each is a continuous narrative, suggesting it may have been written as a retrospective memoir rather than a diary kept day by day. The longest section occupies most of the second half of the book: it begins with Snape's enlistment on 27th May 1915, and ends with his division leaving Egypt for France on 3rd March[?] 1917. There are also notes on training courses (subjects covered include sniping, orders for a camp guard, and bombing), details of the Dardanelles losses up to December 11th 1915, a list of payments, and two poems, one beginning "Here is a story of which a soldier tells / Who was in that famous landing / on the shores of the Dardanelles", and the other entitled "Empire".
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj8xk.2
title: Apologia Pro Poemate Meo

description: This is no. 123 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjeom.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Losing a proof / does not know how to answer Marion Scott's questions about his health / glad that she is feeling better / William Blake / Aeschylus / inquires about his setting of John Masefield's 'For the Fallen' / going back into the ranks after serving as a signaller / requests Lawrence Binyon's 'To the Fallen' / Neuve Chapelle and the autumn sunsets.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjjmc.1
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Written from Bangour War Hospital. Includes autobiographical materials about Ivor Gurney.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjjp8.2
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/bodleianjk1f.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/bodleianjmbt.2
title: Group photograph including Syd Fensome, West Yorks.

description: Group Photograph of men in training, Wareham, Dorset.

Pte. 10958 Sydney Fensome, 10th (Service) Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment, later served in the Labour Corps (with service no. 475714).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjnyu.2
title: Apologia Pro Poemate Meo

description: Rough working. This is no. 123 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjv16.1
title: Passionate Earth

description: Manuscript draft in pen in Ivor Gurney's hand.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjvuy.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/bodleianr19.2
title: Photograph of Capt. James Hamilton Reid Bowman

description: Part of a collection relating to the service of Captain James Hamilton Reid Bowman.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianrehk.2
title: Group photograph including Syd Fensome, West Yorks.

description: Group Photograph of men in training, Wareham, Dorset.

Pte. 10958 Sydney Fensome, 10th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment, later served in the Labour Corps (with service no. 475714).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianxwl.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Envelope containing letter.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianygs.1
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Thanks Marion Scott for a recent letter and parcel / more suggestions for books to send.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianywc.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/bodleian23wm.1
title: Postcard sent by Cecil Littlewood

description: Postcard, bearing an image of a landscape with several roses superimposed on it, sent by Cecil Littlewood to his daughter Mary. Part of a collection relating to Cecil Littlewood from Bingley in West Yorkshire.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2br6.2
title: Apologia Pro Poemate Meo

description: This is no. 123 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2h11.1
title: Postcard from Private Frederick Guy

description: Postcard from Private Frederick Guy of the Sherwood Foresters to his mother in Hull, postmarked 1917. The picture side of the card bears an image of a woman sitting in a chair, with a small photograph of a soldier in the top right-hand corner, and the printed words "I am thinking of you". The word "all" has been added by hand after this. The message on the back reads: "9pm Monday night. Dear Mother, We have just got back. I have not been in camp yet as I came down to the YM in order to let you have a card. I will let you have a letter at my first opportunity. I am quite well and in the best of spirits. Fred". Part of a collection relating to Frederick Guy.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2iix.2
title: A Cameron Captured (1)

description: 1,2,3 Attestation papers
4,5,6 Two group photographs: new recruits
7 Card: To father
8 Letter: Wounded
9 First page of New Testiment
10 Letter: Reported missing
11 Card:  Captured and wounded
12 Card:  Captured
13 Letter:  Parcel
14 Letter;  Quedlinburg POW camp
15 Letter:  Food parcel
16 Card:  Recovered from wound
17 Card:  Parcel
18 Letter; To mother
19 POW money
20 Card:  Started work as POW
21,22,23 Card:  Parcels
24 Card: To mother
25 Letter: To mother
26 Letter: To mother
27,28 Cards:  Parcels
29 POW concert programme
30,31 POW Group photo.
32 Letter:  To mother
33 Card:  From Holland (on his way home)
34 Letter:  King George letter to POWs'
35 Certificate:  Ensuring funds while seeking employment
36 Certificate:  Transfer to Z reserve
37 Summary of POW mail
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2j5j.1
title: Letter: To H.N. Howells.

description: Describes how cold the weather is / discusses the current surrounding landscape / Howells' music / asks Howells for his opinion of how Germany is holding up / discusses a poem he has just written and sent to Marion Scott entitled 'Beauty' or 'Winter Beauty' [published under the latter title in 'Severn and Somme' (1917)] that Gurney thinks that Howells might like.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2jqk.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/bodleian2lyy.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Mentions drafts of 'To Certain Comrades' and 'Strange Service' / intending to write 15 to 20 more / requests for a package / has decided not to send letter of 10th October 1916 / pleased that Marion Scott's sister is well / mentions John Masefield's 'Gallipoli' and Ivor Gurney's setting of Masefield's 'For the Fallen' / promises an account of 'a day in the life of a private' / desires to see friends again / describes the quality of the men / mentions a book 'Mr Pepys in the Great War'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2p2t.1
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Includes 'For England' / 'February Day'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2wwz.2
title: Pre-war details for William Fear (1)
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian5y5.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Envelope containing letter.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian61f.1
title: Postcard from Private Frederick Guy

description: Postcard from Private Frederick Guy of the Sherwood Foresters to his parents in Hull, postmarked 7th January 1917. The picture side of the postcard bears two images of a street, labelled "Sinn Fein Rebellion. Sackville Street, Dublin. Before and after". The message on the back reads: "Sunday morning. Dear Mother and Father, Just a card to let you know we arrived at Liverpool this morning. We had a decent passage. I will let you have a letter as soon as we get to our destination. I am on the advance guard. Give my love to all at home [?] Your loving son Fred". Part of a collection relating to Frederick Guy.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian66je.2
title: A Cameron Captured (3)

description: 1,2,3 Attestation papers
4,5,6 Two group photographs: new recruits
7 Card: To father
8 Letter: Wounded
9 First page of New Testiment
10 Letter: Reported missing
11 Card:  Captured and wounded
12 Card:  Captured
13 Letter:  Parcel
14 Letter;  Quedlinburg POW camp
15 Letter:  Food parcel
16 Card:  Recovered from wound
17 Card:  Parcel
18 Letter; To mother
19 POW money
20 Card:  Started work as POW
21,22,23 Card:  Parcels
24 Card: To mother
25 Letter: To mother
26 Letter: To mother
27,28 Cards:  Parcels
29 POW concert programme
30,31 POW Group photo.
32 Letter:  To mother
33 Card:  From Holland (on his way home)
34 Letter:  King George letter to POWs'
35 Certificate:  Ensuring funds while seeking employment
36 Certificate:  Transfer to Z reserve
37 Summary of POW mail
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian69uj.2
title: Letter from William Fear
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6c1d.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Mentions Marion Scott's sister / discusses a recent parcel / one page of the letter has been crossed out / mentions a letter that he forgot to answer / asks after a verse sent to Mrs Voynich entitled 'Steel and Flame' / arguing over when the war will end / 'No Man's Land' / includes a 'Trench Dialogue' / requests cake and anchovy paste / includes an unidentified poem beginning 'Summer is over...'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6g9w.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Discusses life in reserve / the troilet form / Lawrence Binyon's 'To the Fallen' / F W Harvey's book / life in the trenches / the weather / news from Romania, Verdun and the Somme / 'Wild Wales' / Greek plays / British soldiers and food.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6hzi.2
title: Apologia Pro Poemate Meo

description: This is no. 123 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6idg.2
title: Apologia Pro Poemate Meo

description: This is no. 123 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6k7a.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/bodleian6kik.1
title: I Saw French Once

description: Manuscript in ink in Ivor Gurney's hand. This poem was found in notebook GA 45457 labelled 'Best Poems'. Published in 'The London Mercury' in 1933. Included in the Edmund Blunden edition of Ivor Gurney's poems published in 1954 and Leonard Clark's edition published in 1973. Also included in the Appendix of P.J. Kavanagh's 'Ivor Gurney: Collected Poems' (2004).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6ubb.2
title: Mourn for the nights not yet begun

description: Probably drafted at Scarborough. This is no. 127 in ed. The Complete Poems and Fragments.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6wh8.1
title: Postcard from Private Frederick Guy

description: Postcard from Private Frederick Guy of the Sherwood Foresters to his mother in Hull. The picture side of the card bears a photograph labelled "Gate Bridge, York" (the edge of the image is missing, so 'Gate' may be the end of a longer word or phrase). The message on the back reads: "Fulford Road, York. Dear Mother, Arrived safe. We are having a look round at present. It is thundering and lightning and raining cats and dogs. Have seen Tom. He is Orderly Corporal for to day. Fred" Part of a collection relating to Frederick Guy.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian85h.1
title: Laventie

description: Manuscript in pen in Ivor Gurney's hand. Various versions of the poem exist, including a manuscript draft in the green manuscript exercise book 64.3, are longer. The version show here ends at line 44. From a pink mottled hard-cover exercise book. The inside front cover is inscribed 'Music to Miss C. Rogers...Poetry to Professor Saintsbury / Bath'. The inside back cover is inscribed 'Instead of a home / I require death'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian86zb.2
title: Golden Hair

description: This is no. 125 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8ch6.1
title: Letters to Win (Esther Dowdeswell) from her brother Bob Dowdeswell

description: Letters from Bob Dowdeswell (serving with the A.S.C. in England) to his sister 'Win' (Esther Lavinia Mary Dowdeswell, known as 'Win' or 'Toby' or 'E.L.M.'). The letter mentions their brother Frank Dowdeswell, and a friend called Bill Kitchin.

Part of a collection relating to the service of Frank (7th Buffs) and Bob (Army Service Corps) Dowdeswell, of Shaw Green, Prestbury, nr Cheltenham. Bob died in April 1917 after a lorry accident.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8h7u.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/bodleian8hio.1
title: I Saw French Once

description: Typescript of poem prepared by Marion Scott. Published in 'The London Mercury' in 1933. Included in the Edmund Blunden edition of Ivor Gurney's poems published in 1954 and Leonard Clark's edition published in 1973. Also included in the Appendix of P.J. Kavanagh's 'Ivor Gurney: Collected Poems' (2004).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8lue.1
title: Postcard sent by Cecil Littlewood

description: Re-used postcard bearing a hand-coloured photograph of a man in German uniform and a woman dressed as Marianne, the emblem of the French republic. Above the image is a poem in French by Paul Chagnoux, entitled "L'Impossible Amour". On the back are two messages: one in French in black ink, and a second in blue, sent by Cecil Littlewood to one of his children (possibly Vincent). Part of a collection relating to Cecil Littlewood from Bingley in West Yorkshire.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8muh.2
title: Pre-war details for William Fear (2)
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8qo.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/bodleian8wig.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/bodleian8wo4.1
title: First Time In ['The Captain addressed us...']

description: Manuscript in pen in Ivor Gurney's hand, with numerous corrections. Various versions of the poem exist.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8xdt.2
title: Apologia Pro Poemate Meo

description: Rough working, titled 'The Unsaid'. This is no. 123 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8zx8.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Apologises for the state of a recent proof / discusses possible titles for 'Strange Service' / thanks Marion Scott for a letter and parcel.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian9nh.2
title: Hospital Barge

description: This is no. 129 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianb2v.1
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Describes being back in the trenches / discusses possibly substituting 'Firelight' for 'Music' / Marion Scott's book / asks Scott to please write letters / is unsure of when there will be time to write long letters again / comments on the strangeness of writing about 'pleasant things' in the current landscape, which he compares to something out of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiancwp.2
title: Details and a letter from a barn written by William Fear (2)
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand5bb.1
title: Photograph of the grave of Private Frederick Guy

description: Photograph of the grave of Private Frederick Guy of the Sherwood Foresters, in the La Chapellette British Cemetery, near Peronne, France. The photograph is attached to a card from the War Office's Director of Graves Registration and Enquiries, giving information about where the grave is to be found. Part of a collection relating to Frederick Guy.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand5cm.2
title: Le Christianisme

description: Probably written at Scarborough. This is no. 124 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand6di.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Mentions drafts of 'To Certain Comrades' and 'Strange Service' / intending to write 15 to 20 more / requests for a package / has decided not to send letter of 10th October 1916 / pleased that Marion Scott's sister is well / mentions John Masefield's 'Gallipoli' and Ivor Gurney's setting of Masefield's 'For the Fallen' / promises an account of 'a day in the life of a private' / desires to see friends again / describes the quality of the men / mentions a book 'Mr Pepys in the Great War'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandbgw.2
title: Details and a letter from a barn written by William Fear (1)
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandijt.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/bodleiandl7j.1
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Written whilst Ivor Gurney was a patient at the Middlesex War Hospital, St. Albans. Thanks Scott for 'the Carnegie article' / is anxious to know her opinion of the poems 'Toussaints', 'The Stonebreaker', 'Farm' and 'On Rest' / has just written a poem titled 'O Tree of Pride' / wants to return to Gloucester to write / looking forward to a possible visit / describes the current beauty of the weather.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandmjk.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/bodleiandvsn.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Mentions drafts of 'To Certain Comrades' and 'Strange Service' / intending to write 15 to 20 more / requests for a package / has decided not to send letter of 10th October 1916 / pleased that Marion Scott's sister is well / mentions John Masefield's 'Gallipoli' and Ivor Gurney's setting of Masefield's 'For the Fallen' / promises an account of 'a day in the life of a private' / desires to see friends again / describes the quality of the men / mentions a book 'Mr Pepys in the Great War'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj3sp.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Mentions drafts of 'To Certain Comrades' and 'Strange Service' / intending to write 15 to 20 more / requests for a package / has decided not to send letter of 10th October 1916 / pleased that Marion Scott's sister is well / mentions John Masefield's 'Gallipoli' and Ivor Gurney's setting of Masefield's 'For the Fallen' / promises an account of 'a day in the life of a private' / desires to see friends again / describes the quality of the men / mentions a book 'Mr Pepys in the Great War'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj9jr.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/bodleianjggb.1
title: Spurs and riding crop of Frank Dowdeswell
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjhd9.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Envelope containing letter.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjlbi.1
title: Letter from Private Frederick Guy

description: A letter from Private Frederick Guy of the Sherwood Foresters to his grandparents, thanking them for a parcel he recently received. The letter is dated 5 April 1917, with a brief postscript added three days later. Part of a collection relating to Frederick Guy.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjpgv.2
title: Details and a letter from a barn written by William Fear (3)
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianju7d.1
title: The Old City (Gloucester)

description: Manuscript in pen in Marion Scott's hand, after various drafts from letters of 15th July and 22 July 1917. Included in 'War's Embers' (1919).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianqr1.2
title: Apologia Pro Poemate Meo

description: This is no. 123 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianrdiq.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/bodleianrdou.1
title: Tobacco

description: Manuscript in pen in Ivor Gurney's hand. Numerous versions of the poem exist, and a shorter version from the green manuscript exercise book 64.3 was published in 'The London Mercury' in 1924. The draft shown here was included in P.J. Kavanagh's 'Ivor Gurney: Collected Poems' (2004). From a pink mottled hard-cover exercise book. The inside front cover is inscribed 'Music to Miss C. Rogers...Poetry to Professor Saintsbury / Bath'. The inside back cover is inscribed 'Instead of a home / I require death'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianvwx.1
title: Christmas postcard sent by Cecil Littlewood

description: Christmas postcard, bearing a hand-coloured photograph representing the holy family with two children dressed as angels, and the printed message "Vroolijk Kerstfeest", sent from Belgium by Cecil Littlewood to his daughter Florence in Bingley. Part of a collection relating to Cecil Littlewood from Bingley in West Yorkshire.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianxiq.2
title: Letter
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian24io.1
title: Photos of Walter Powell, A.S.C. driver, in his 'poshed-up' uniform soon after acting as footman during a visit of the King and Queen

description: Studio portraits taken by P.B. Abery photographer of Builth Wells.

In this collection is a transcription of Walter Powell's memories of the day he was a footman in the convoy of the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to North Wales, May 1917.

Part of a collection relating to Walter H. Powell, Llandrindod Wells, (private / driver M2-267205 Mechanised Transport Army Service Corps). Born 1898, Walter tried to join up under-age on a number of occasions, finally succeeding in 1916. He served many months - (more than 2 years?) - in different army units in Britain, before going over to France. He served as a despatch rider for an anti-aircraft battery in 1918-1919. Walter was gassed "suffering the effects all his life". He was a founder member of Toc-H in Llandrindod, and a keen footballer - he died in 1994 aged 96. However Walter's older brothers (Cliff and Percy Powell) and his uncle (Humphrey Powell) died of wounds sustained during the war.