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DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2vu6.1
title: Letter: To Gordon Bottomley / The Jew

description: Continues from a previous letter discussing Gordon Bottomley's poems / discusses the qualities of various examples of Bottomley's verse / discusses these in relation to Isaac Rosenberg's own poems and how he creates them / describes forgetfulness and how this effects not only his verse but potentially his potential for leave / discusses his reading of Hebrew and writing something about Moses / will send versions if he has the opportunity to alter typed versions arriving from home / discusses the poem 'Wedded' and possible improvements / mentions Lascelles Abercrombie's new job as a shell inspector. Pencil draft of 'The Jew' included with the letter.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2wxj.2
title: Letter: To Edward Marsh

description: Discusses improvements to 'The Amazon' / intention to forward on ideas for 'The Unicorn' / Lascelles Abercrombie's current work as a shell inspector.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2y7s.2
title: Sanitary conditions in trenches; the cnstruction of latrines.

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/bodleian3kt.1
title: Perhaps --

description: Holograph of poem published in 'Poems of the War and After' (1934)" Versions also published in  'Verses of a V.A.D.' (1918), and 'St. Monica's School Notes', 1915-1916.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian528.2
title: Letter: To Colin Hughes (February 1972).

description: David Jones expresses his concern that his failure to respond to a recent letter might imply a lack of appreciation for Colin Hughes' interest in 'In Parenthesis' / notes that he (Jones) has recently been overwhelmed with correspondence and has not been feeling up to answering much / wants to know how Hughes is and to alert him to and discuss an upcoming exhibition of Jones' work organised by Douglas Cleverdon for the National Book League in London / expresses annoyance about the lack of time given to prepare for the exhibition and his inability to do much from Harrow / provides details of private viewing of the exhibition / responds to Hughes' questions stemming from his reading of David Blamires' book ['David Jones: artist and writer', Manchester University Press, 1971] / Jones offers general praise and some comment on possible errors / explains his involvement with the project / notes that he has not re-read this letter before sending it to Hughes.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian622i.2
title: The Hydra: June 1918

description: Concludes note on the 'Engineering Class' / late results of golf / billiards / catalogue of the contents of the library.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian69d4.2
title: Letter: To Edward Marsh

description: Discusses improvements to 'The Amazon' / intention to forward on ideas for 'The Unicorn' / Lascelles Abercrombie's current work as a shell inspector.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian69sr.1
title: Letter: To Edward Marsh / Through the Periscope / Limbo / I hate the moon / The Adventurer / The First Funeral
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6awi.1
title: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon

description: With sketches of death masks, graves, obelisks, etc.. Discusses Siegfried Sassoon's recent wound and his presence in England / potential for Robert Graves to be released in a fortnight to recover at Harlech / invitation for Sassoon to join him there / continued jokes about his 'death' / his growing appreciation for Charles Sorley / his own potential for a Military Cross or a Victoria Cross, like Sassoon / the fates of the first and second battalions of the Royal Welch Fusiliers.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6ceg.2
title: Letter: To Colin Hughes (November 1969).

description: David Jones thanks Colin Hughes for sending a photograph of the Bois de Mametz / discusses the Battle of the Somme 1916 and the changing hands of the Mametz sector in 1918 / the role of the 38th Welsh Division in August 1918 / Mametz Wood as a 'wasteland' in 1919 but clearly revitalised after the war / memories invoked by the photograph / the relationship between Mametz Wood in the summer of 1916 and 'In Parenthesis', Part VII / discusses maps from Part VII in relation to trenches / explains about trying to use his experiences of war as a framework for the book / describes an advance at Mametz Wood / wonders what the French authorities have done with the wood since the war / remarks on the fact that the landscape looks flatter then he (David Jones) remembers it.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6nnn.2
title: The Hydra: May 1918

description: Continues 'Valete' saying goodbye to various previous editors and contributors.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6st9.2
title: Size of rats and the  methods used to eliminate them.

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/bodleian6sw.2
title: Letter: To Edward Marsh

description: Asks Edward Marsh to wait to read his new poem 'The Amulet' / new ideas for 'The Amulet' / news of air raids in London and concerns for his family / the consolations of poetry / Gordon Bottomley's work / busy at night going 'up the line' to unload barbed wire / unlikely to obtain leave soon.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6wpg.2
title: Letter: To Edward Marsh

description: Describes having receied a letter from Annie Rosenberg after she has passed on the poem 'Moses' to Edward Marsh / pleasure that Marsh is showing the poem to people / colder weather / problems with feet / Gordon Bottomley's letters and prose.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian82a6.1
title: Letter: To Edward Marsh

description: Describes becoming reaccumulated to trench life after three months teaching in Le Havre / thanks Edward Marsh for sending a copy of Rupert Brooke's volume of prose 'Letters from America' / discusses his opinion of the book / appreciation of Samuel Butler and quotes from his poems / discusses Siegfried Sassoon's verse / friendship with Sassoon / situation at Verdun / quotes Shakespeare.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian82k4.2
title: Letter: To Colin Hughes (November 1969).

description: David Jones thanks Colin Hughes for sending a photograph of the Bois de Mametz / discusses the Battle of the Somme 1916 and the changing hands of the Mametz sector in 1918 / the role of the 38th Welsh Division in August 1918 / Mametz Wood as a 'wasteland' in 1919 but clearly revitalised after the war / memories invoked by the photograph / the relationship between Mametz Wood in the summer of 1916 and 'In Parenthesis', Part VII / discusses maps from Part VII in relation to trenches / explains about trying to use his experiences of war as a framework for the book / describes an advance at Mametz Wood / wonders what the French authorities have done with the wood since the war / remarks on the fact that the landscape looks flatter then he (David Jones) remembers it.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian87et.2
title: Letter: To Colin Hughes (February 1972).

description: David Jones expresses his concern that his failure to respond to a recent letter might imply a lack of appreciation for Colin Hughes' interest in 'In Parenthesis' / notes that he (Jones) has recently been overwhelmed with correspondence and has not been feeling up to answering much / wants to know how Hughes is and to alert him to and discuss an upcoming exhibition of Jones' work organised by Douglas Cleverdon for the National Book League in London / expresses annoyance about the lack of time given to prepare for the exhibition and his inability to do much from Harrow / provides details of private viewing of the exhibition / responds to Hughes' questions stemming from his reading of David Blamires' book ['David Jones: artist and writer', Manchester University Press, 1971] / Jones offers general praise and some comment on a few possible errors / explains his involvement with the project / notes that he has not re-read this letter before sending it to Hughes.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8d2b.2
title: The Hydra: June 1918

description: Concludes report on the Field Club / report on Golf.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8gti.2
title: Problems of journey to front line, Le Transloy on the Somme, 1917.

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/bodleian8mdz.2
title: Letter: To Edward Marsh

description: Congratulates Edward Marsh on being appointed Winston Churchill's private secretary again, now at the Ministry of Munitions / hopes that it will not interfere with his literary projects and 'Georgian Poetry', which Isaac Rosenberg has agreed to contribute to / explains that he has asked his sister Annie Rosenberg to withhold the poem 'The Amulet', which he has retitled 'The Unicorn', as he is reworking it / apologises for her persistence in asking Marsh to intercede and obtain a transfer away from the front lines for him / discusses his poem 'The Amazon' and why it is his 'best' poem / wishes to discuss poetry with Marsh face to face.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8msk.1
title: Postcard: To Edward Marsh.

description: Service postcard with all but 'I am quite well' and 'Letter follows at first opportunity' crossed off.  Signed by Robert Graves.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8owb.1
title: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon

description: Discusses reports of his death / concern that he will not be able to get the word to his parents / potential for practical jokes / desires Sassoon to inform friends at the front that he is alive / condition of hospital / 'death' on his 21st birthday.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8snc.2
title: The Hydra: June 1918

description: Advertisement for Edinburgh purveyors of military clothing and goods.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiancxh.2
title: Letter: To Edward Marsh

description: Congratulates Edward Marsh on being appointed Winston Churchill's private secretary again, now at the Ministry of Munitions / hopes that it will not interfere with his literary projects and 'Georgian Poetry', which Isaac Rosenberg has agreed to contribute to / explains that he has asked his sister Annie Rosenberg to withhold the poem 'The Amulet', which he has retitled 'The Unicorn', as he is reworking it / apologises for her persistence in asking Marsh to intercede and obtain a transfer away from the front lines for him / discusses his poem 'The Amazon' and why it is his 'best' poem / wishes to discuss poetry with Marsh face to face.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandbyl.2
title: Letter: To Edward Marsh

description: Congratulates Edward Marsh on being appointed Winston Churchill's private secretary again, now at the Ministry of Munitions / hopes that it will not interfere with his literary projects and 'Georgian Poetry', which Isaac Rosenberg has agreed to contribute to / explains that he has asked his sister Annie Rosenberg to withhold the poem 'The Amulet', which he has retitled 'The Unicorn', as he is reworking it / apologises for her persistence in asking Marsh to intercede and obtain a transfer away from the front lines for him / discusses his poem 'The Amazon' and why it is his 'best' poem / wishes to discuss poetry with Marsh face to face.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandeq2.2
title: Problems of journey to front line, Le Transloy on the Somme, 1917. Moving through communications trenches. Use of (waterproof and thigh high) jackboots.

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/bodleiandf9o.2
title: Letter: To Colin Hughes (July 1971).

description: David Jones thanks Colin Hughes for a letter of 3rd July 1971 / describes attempting a response but beginning it again after it had begun to 'meander' / discusses how Hughes has cleared up a point about the merging of battalions in the Royal Welch Fusiliers in February 1918, which Jones thought had taken place later on in the year / mentions having contracted trench fever / the weather on 6th and 7th February 1918 / being posted 'elsewhere' after the breakup of the 15th Battalion / describes recovering from trench fever back in England / discussing how impressive was the 'Jerry advance' / missing the 21st March [1918] 'putsch', and being unsure of whether the 38th Division was involved on that day / explains a photograph of himself [Jones] taken at Battalion HQ Company where he was working for a Battalion Intelligence Officer / mentions the BBC dramatic adaptation of 'In Parenthesis' / discusses David Blamires's upcoming book ['David Jones: artist and writer', Manchester University Press, 1971], and having requested an advance copy after having not decided to read a manuscript draft.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandgdd.1
title: The Sisters Buried at Lemnos

description: Entitled here as 'Nursing Sisters' Graves at Lemnos'. Published in 'St. Monica's School Notes', 1915-1916. Versions also published in 'Oxford Magazine' on 11 May 1917, 'Verses of a V.A.D.' (1918), and in 'Poems of the War and After' (1934). Brittain was stationed on the hospital ship the HMHS Britannic, at Mudros Bay, Lemnos in 1916 when she saw the graves of three Canadian sisters who died nursing in the camp hospital there."
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandhf6.2
title: Discomforts of trench life: mud and lice.

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/bodleiandi1m.2
title: The interior of an Australian advanced dressing station on the Menin Road during the Third Battle of Ypres

description: Taken by an Australian official photographer
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandkom.2
title: The Hydra: June 1918

description: Concludes notes on the golf / reports on badminton / billiards / begins note on the 'Engineering Class'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandnaq.2
title: The Hydra: May 1918

description: Continues editorial by welcoming new editors / section entitled 'Valete' saying goodbye to various previous contributors.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiands5f.2
title: Devastation of Ypres, Passchendaele, and Hellfire corner.

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/bodleiandv49.2
title: Letter: To Colin Hughes (November 1969).

description: David Jones thanks Colin Hughes for sending a photograph of the Bois de Mametz / discusses the Battle of the Somme 1916 and the changing hands of the Mametz sector in 1918 / the role of the 38th Welsh Division in August 1918 / Mametz Wood as a 'wasteland' in 1919 but clearly revitalised after the war / memories invoked by the photograph / the relationship between Mametz Wood in the summer of 1916 and 'In Parenthesis', Part VII / discusses maps from Part VII in relation to trenches / explains about trying to use his experiences of war as a framework for the book / describes an advance at Mametz Wood / wonders what the French authorities have done with the wood since the war / remarks on the fact that the landscape looks flatter then he (David Jones) remembers it.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandwi4.1
title: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon

description: Consoles Siegfried Sassoon on death of a hunting friend / describes being busy with army duties /participation in a court martial trial / new acquaintances / travels and enlistments of friends / putting together 'Fairies and Fusilliers' (1917) / thanks for returning a volume of Charles Sorley / death of the Irish poet Francis Ledwidge.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj34l.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/bodleianj59k.2
title: Letter: To Colin Hughes (July 1971).

description: David Jones thanks Colin Hughes for a letter of 3rd July 1971 / describes attempting a response but beginning it again after it had begun to 'meander' / discusses how Hughes has cleared up a point about the merging of battalions in the Royal Welch Fusiliers in February 1918, which Jones thought had taken place later on in the year / mentions having contracted trench fever / the weather on 6th and 7th February 1918 / being posted 'elsewhere' after the breakup of the 15th Battalion / describes recovering from trench fever back in England / discussing how impressive was the 'Jerry advance' / missing the 21st March [1918] 'putsch', and being unsure of whether the 38th Division was involved on that day / explains a photograph of himself [Jones] taken at Battalion HQ Company where he was working for a Battalion Intelligence Officer / mentions the BBC dramatic adaptation of 'In Parenthesis' / discusses David Blamires's upcoming book ['David Jones: artist and writer', Manchester University Press, 1971], and having requested an advance copy after having not decided to read a manuscript draft.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjekg.1
title: Letter: To Edward Marsh

description: Explains gap in correspondence / describes receiving many letters wishing him a quick recovery from wounds received in France / letter from Siegfried Sassoon / inquiry about Sassoon's health / plans to bring him to Harlech / describes injuries and lack of pain / the journey in the ambulance from Rouen / fictional account of his death in terms of Greek mythology, crossing the River Styx, etc. and quotes Charles Sorley's poem 'When I See Millions of the Mouthless Dead' / his actual experience of being wounded and presumed dying / a letter from his headmaster at Charterhouse regarding his attitude towards being wounded / anticipation of a visit from Edward Marsh and a request for him to bring along Ivor Novello / thanks Marsh for having sent a volume of Jane Austen but continues to prefer Charles Sorley / reading of the death of a German cousin in the Daily Mail and memories of him as a child / concerns over George Mallory / looking forward to Marsh's visit.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjfo5.2
title: The Hydra: May 1918

description: Editorial urging more liberal contributions, highlighting contributors and articles.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjkf8.2
title: A gas attack on the Somme, Grange Trench near Newfoundland Park, 1917.

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/bodleianjn51.2
title: Problems of frostbite. Causes of trench foot.

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/bodleianjpyo.2
title: Letter: To Edward Marsh

description: Congratulates Edward Marsh on being appointed Winston Churchill's private secretary again, now at the Ministry of Munitions / hopes that it will not interfere with his literary projects and 'Georgian Poetry', which Isaac Rosenberg has agreed to contribute to / explains that he has asked his sister Annie Rosenberg to withhold the poem 'The Amulet', which he has retitled 'The Unicorn', as he is reworking it / apologises for her persistence in asking Marsh to intercede and obtain a transfer away from the front lines for him / discusses his poem 'The Amazon' and why it is his 'best' poem / wishes to discuss poetry with Marsh face to face.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjse3.1
title: The German Ward

description: Versions also appear in 'St. Monica's School Notes' 1916-1917 in September 1917 and published in  'Verses of a V.A.D.' (1918), and 'Poems of the War and After' (1934)" Composed in Etaples, France.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjz15.1
title: Golden Hair

description: This is no. 125 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianmjj.1
title: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon

description: State of Company / a game of squash / discusses the ramifications, political and poetic, of Siegfried Sassoon's declaration against the war, which had just been read out in Parliament.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiannu1.1
title: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon

description: Thanks for a letter / will send two of Rupert Brooke's volumes and a unknown poet's works, as well as his own 'Over the Brazier' / jokes about the Siegfried Sassoon's likelihood of receiving a military cross / discusses Robert Graves' uncle C. L. Graves' review of various poets for 'The Spectator', including Charles Sorley, possible changes to his poems entitled 'When I see millions of the mouthless dead' and 'Odyssey' / Charles Sorley's sexuality / other poems influencing the younger generation of poets, including the Georgians / potential for going up to Oxford after the war with friends, and desire for Sassoon to come as well / a poem of Sassoon's in the 'Westminster Gazette' / possible post-war cliques based on military service at Oxford following the war / potential for reunions / weekend visitor.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianxvb.1
title: Letter: To Edward Marsh

description: Disappointment over a lost letter containing first impressions of 'Georgian Poetry, 1913-1915' / discussion Robert Graves' opinion of poems and contributors / writes of his great admiration for the poet Charles Sorley's volume 'Malborough and Other Poems' / quotes from Sorley / duties as an instructor in Le Havre / discussing possible titles for a volume to be published by Harold Munro / verse style / potential for leave and coming to visit Marsh / introducing Marsh to friend Peter from Chaterhouse / desire to see a memoir by Marsh and the wish that Marsh' project of a 'Georgian Picture Book' will come off / the cold weather in France.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianycr.2
title: The Hydra: May 1918

description: Continues from previous issues 'Evolving Edinburgh' by 'A. J. B.'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2b1v.2
title: Making tea in front lines. Constructing a small cooker.

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/bodleian2faw.2
title: The Hydra: December 1917

description: Begins poem entitled 'Break of Day' by Siegfried Sassoon.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2ire.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/bodleian2lhx.1
title: Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon.

description: Apologises to Siegfried Sassoon for being so happy / admits fears regarding return to the line and active duty / announces upcoming book of poems entitled 'The Patchwork Quilt', a draft of which Robert Graves also includes with the letter, and a poem about the book / thanks Sassoon for a financial gift and details its uses / wishes Sassoon to be godfather to expected child / discusses bad soldier poets / wonders what friends are up to.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2pyh.2
title: The Hydra: May 1918

description: Concludes 'Germany Before the War' by 'Cantab' / note explaining that the traditional cover for 'The Hydra' has had to be let go for reasons of economy.