cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6vli.2
title: Turkish Artillery Instrument, in box made for Lt. Froud (4)

description: The attached photographs are of a Turkish Rangefinder which belonged to a Lieutenant Robert Froud. The box was carved by his bat man whilst in the trenches during the war.

Bob Froud was from Seaham Harbour in Co.Durham and after the war he returned and lived with my grandparents.
He gave this and his baton (which I also still have) to my father when he was a child. My father always called it a Turkish rangefinder but I am not sure if the writing is Arabic.
My father was born in 1924 and his favourite stories were of Christopher Robin which Bob Froud read to him. In the Christopher Robin birthday book the entry on his birthday was "A soldier's life is terrible hard". 

Editor's Comment:
Turkish Artillery Director, used to measure angle of direction and elevation (parts missing). Engraved with Turkish numbers etc. written in Arabic script.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6yqn.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Informs that the battalion will be back 'at work' in the trenches again soon / discusses 'Firelight' / does not require a copy of 'The Fire Kindled' / describes how he sees his collected volume / suggests changes for 'Hail and Farewell' / possible inclusions and omissions for the volume / expresses sorrow of the death of one of Marion Scott's friends / wonders after F W Harvey in a prisoner of war camp / suggests corrections for 'To the Poet Before Battle' / will try to rediscover the origins of 'Firelight' / wonders what Scott finds interesting in his letters / the 'pluck' of Ivor Gurney's fellow soldiers / includes 'Afterglow', dedicated to F W Harvey / 'Praise'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian81qc.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Envelope containing letter.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian85m6.1
title: Letter from Herbert Beerbohm Tree to Harold Begbie

description: I thought that this letter from Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree to Harold Begbie was very poignant.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian88hx.2
title: New Testament Bible

description: The attached photographs are of a pocket New Testament Bible carried by my grandfather Arthur White throughout his time in France during the 1914-18 war. The photographs show that the Bible had two Temperance Hymns, Coloured Pictures with the text and that Grandfather had signed the pledge of allegiance to the Temperance movement. This was because at the outset of war he was a very religious man with a father who was a lay preacher at Salem Congregational Church, Leeds, Yorkshire. The final photograph shows grandfather in his uniform in 1914 with his father, wife and children. The family history says that he was most proud to volunteer and thought it his duty to do so, ably supported by his wife and father. The sad post script to this story is that grandfather was badly gassed in 1917 and sent home where it was said he was unable to work again and became depressed and turned to drinking. This naturally caused great heartache to Great Grandfather and hardship to his children.
My grandfather Arthur White died aged 45 in 1925. I never knew my grandfather as I was not born 'till 1942, however the more you read of the terrible hardship endured by our soldiers the more proud I am of my grandfather.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8e2d.1
title: Photograph of an unidentified Lieutenant of the American Expeditionary Force, France 1917

description: Transcribed: 'The man D. tonight. I loved - The man who loved and adored me--and then. I really loved him--until - 17'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8hl7.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) final manuscript draft

description: The final 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/bodleian8l4z.2
title: German occupation paper for Lille 1916 (2)

description: The 'Liller Kriegszeitung' was produced in Lille during the occupation. It was mostly intended for the use of the German troops stationed there.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8nlb.2
title: Turkish Artillery Instrument, in box made for Lt. Froud (3)

description: The attached photographs are of a Turkish Rangefinder which belonged to a Lieutenant Robert Froud. The box was carved by his bat man whilst in the trenches during the war.

Bob Froud was from Seaham Harbour in Co.Durham and after the war he returned and lived with my grandparents.
He gave this and his baton (which I also still have) to my father when he was a child. My father always called it a Turkish rangefinder but I am not sure if the writing is Arabic.
My father was born in 1924 and his favourite stories were of Christopher Robin which Bob Froud read to him. In the Christopher Robin birthday book the entry on his birthday was "A soldier's life is terrible hard". 

Editor's Comment:
Turkish Artillery Director, used to measure angle of direction and elevation (parts missing). Engraved with Turkish numbers etc. written in Arabic script.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8qdd.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Describes a 'bang' nearby / will return soon to the trenches / hopes that Marion Scott is well / discusses the book 'Friends' / recent poems and soldiers' slang in verse / intends to write another sonnet and describes it / discusses Scott's opinions of 'Flanders', 'Poor Folk' and 'To Certain Comrades' / includes 'After-Glow', dedicated to F.W. Harvey / 'Beauty', which Ivor Gurney notes, 'Bully beef at fault'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8wh2.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) final manuscript draft

description: The final 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/bodleian8yv2.2
title: Letters to daughter (2)

description: Sgt Augustus Maud, Suffolk Regiment.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian9g2.2
title: German occupation paper for Lille 1916 (4)

description: The 'Liller Kriegszeitung' was produced in Lille during the occupation. It was mostly intended for the use of the German troops stationed there.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandjkr.2
title: Photograph, 'The Horror of War' - A German Ambulance Takes an Artillery Hit

description: This photograph shows a WWI horse-drawn German ambulance that apparently sustained an artillery hit.  As the burned-out ambulance smolders, German soldiers try to pick up the pieces while two medics stand by.  The horse is lying on the ground, and a soldier bends over it's head, perhaps to administer a bullet of mercy.

This same scene was played out again and again on all sides during the mud-and-blood bath of WWI.  A most heart-wrenching account of a draft animal's plight was recorded by British Lieutenant R.G. Dixon, 14th Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery:

"Heaving about in the filthy mud of the road was an unfortunate mule with both of his forelegs shot away.  The poor brute, suffering God knows what untold agonies and terrors, was trying desperately to get to its feet which weren't there.  Writhing and heaving, tossing its head about in its wild attempts, not knowing that it no longer had any front legs.

"I had my revolver with me, but couldn't get near the animal, which lashed out at us with its hind legs and tossed its head unceasingly.  Jerry's shells were arriving pretty fast - we made some desperate attempts to get the mule so that I could put a bullet behind its ear into the brain, but to no avail.

"By lingering there, trying to put the creature out of its pain I was risking not only my life but also my companions'.  The shelling got more intense - perhaps one would hit the poor thing and put it out of its misery."

British Signaller Jim Crow of the 110th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, summed it up:  "We knew what we were there for; them poor devils didn't, did they?"
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandlbq.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) final manuscript draft

description: The final manuscript draft of Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' (about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916). This is the cover to the draft. Title page entitled ['Invenimus eam in Campis silvae' DELETED] 'The five unmistakable marks'. The manuscripts are numbered 234-7, 240-6, 250-9, 261-3, 265-7, 270-280, 280 a-d, 281 by David Jones.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandmvb.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Informs that the battalion will be back 'at work' in the trenches again soon / discusses 'Firelight' / does not require a copy of 'The Fire Kindled' / describes how he sees his collected volume / suggests changes for 'Hail and Farewell' / possible inclusions and omissions for the volume / expresses sorrow of the death of one of Marion Scott's friends / wonders after F W Harvey in a prisoner of war camp / suggests corrections for 'To the Poet Before Battle' / will try to rediscover the origins of 'Firelight' / wonders what Scott finds interesting in his letters / the 'pluck' of Ivor Gurney's fellow soldiers / includes 'Afterglow', dedicated to F W Harvey / 'Praise'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandvea.2
title: Turkish Artillery Instrument, in box made for Lt. Froud (7)

description: The attached photographs are of a Turkish Rangefinder which belonged to a Lieutenant Robert Froud. The box was carved by his bat man whilst in the trenches during the war.

Bob Froud was from Seaham Harbour in Co.Durham and after the war he returned and lived with my grandparents.
He gave this and his baton (which I also still have) to my father when he was a child. My father always called it a Turkish rangefinder but I am not sure if the writing is Arabic.
My father was born in 1924 and his favourite stories were of Christopher Robin which Bob Froud read to him. In the Christopher Robin birthday book the entry on his birthday was "A soldier's life is terrible hard". 

Editor's Comment:
Turkish Artillery Director, used to measure angle of direction and elevation (parts missing). Engraved with Turkish numbers etc. written in Arabic script.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandxj7.2
title: Senior Officers, No. 10 Mountain Battery (2)

description: Group photograph of senior N.C.Os (and dog 'Timber') of the No. 10 Mountain Battery, Nazareth, Israel.

Part of a collection relating to Esther Dowdeswell. Her first husband, Frederick Branch is in the photograph (unknown which officer).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandymf.2
title: Programme for a concert (2)

description: Programme for a concert to be held by the Holm Concert Party (Holm Battery) in the Drill Hall, Holm
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiang6m.2
title: After-Glow

description: Describes a 'bang' nearby / will return soon to the trenches / hopes that Marion Scott is well / discusses the book 'Friends' / recent poems and soldiers' slang in verse / intends to write another sonnet and describes it / discusses Scott's opinions of 'Flanders', 'Poor Folk' and 'To Certain Comrades' / includes 'After-Glow', dedicated to F.W. Harvey / 'Beauty', which Ivor Gurney notes, 'Bully beef at fault'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj3ef.2
title: Turkish Artillery Instrument, in box made for Lt. Froud (8)

description: The attached photographs are of a Turkish Rangefinder which belonged to a Lieutenant Robert Froud. The box was carved by his bat man whilst in the trenches during the war.

Bob Froud was from Seaham Harbour in Co.Durham and after the war he returned and lived with my grandparents.
He gave this and his baton (which I also still have) to my father when he was a child. My father always called it a Turkish rangefinder but I am not sure if the writing is Arabic.
My father was born in 1924 and his favourite stories were of Christopher Robin which Bob Froud read to him. In the Christopher Robin birthday book the entry on his birthday was "A soldier's life is terrible hard". 

Editor's Comment:
Turkish Artillery Director, used to measure angle of direction and elevation (parts missing). Engraved with Turkish numbers etc. written in Arabic script.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj9vi.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Informs that the battalion will be back 'at work' in the trenches again soon / discusses 'Firelight' / does not require a copy of 'The Fire Kindled' / describes how he sees his collected volume / suggests changes for 'Hail and Farewell' / possible inclusions and omissions for the volume / expresses sorrow of the death of one of Marion Scott's friends / wonders after F W Harvey in a prisoner of war camp / suggests corrections for 'To the Poet Before Battle' / will try to rediscover the origins of 'Firelight' / wonders what Scott finds interesting in his letters / the 'pluck' of Ivor Gurney's fellow soldiers / includes 'Afterglow', dedicated to F W Harvey / 'Praise'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjijs.2
title: Ministry of Pensions forms (1)

description: Refusal of a disability pension.  Sgt Augustus Maud, Suffolk Regiment.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjo36.2
title: Turkish Artillery Instrument, in box made for Lt. Froud (2)

description: The attached photographs are of a Turkish Rangefinder which belonged to a Lieutenant Robert Froud. The box was carved by his bat man whilst in the trenches during the war.

Bob Froud was from Seaham Harbour in Co.Durham and after the war he returned and lived with my grandparents.
He gave this and his baton (which I also still have) to my father when he was a child. My father always called it a Turkish rangefinder but I am not sure if the writing is Arabic.
My father was born in 1924 and his favourite stories were of Christopher Robin which Bob Froud read to him. In the Christopher Robin birthday book the entry on his birthday was "A soldier's life is terrible hard". 

Editor's Comment:
Turkish Artillery Director, used to measure angle of direction and elevation (parts missing). Engraved with Turkish numbers etc. written in Arabic script.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjom1.2
title: Orkney Constabulary Local Pass for Mary Robertson Sinclair (1)

description: Orkney Archives Reference number D30/2/5. Blue folded card with photograph and personal information certifying that Miss Sinclair has been resident in the County of Orkney since August 4th 1914.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjrk2.2
title: Photograph of Mounted Austro-Hungarian Medic

description: There appears to be one star on the collar of this mounted Austro-Hungarian soldier, which would indicate that he holds the rank of private first class.  However, since it is impossible to tell the color of the facing on his collar, his outfit (cavalry, infantry, artillery) cannot be determined, at least by me.  Perhaps someone can tell from his sword.

The white armband with the cross on it, would seem to indicate that he is a medic, or perhaps with the Red Cross.  I don't know if the Austrians worked with the Red Cross during WWI or not.

He is wearing the pike grey field service Kappe (cap), as prescribed by Austrian military regulations of the time.

His medical bag is affixed to the front of his saddle. If you look closely, you will see that a long leather strap is hooked onto the bag at one end and then onto a ring suspended from the noseband underneath the horse's bridle.  That way, should the bag fall off, it would still be connected to the horse and (hopefully) not lost in the heat of battle.

There are no leaves on the trees, and the soldier wears a heavy overcoat, so it is obvious that it is winter.  There is a well in the background and some rustic-looking buildings, so perhaps the soldier's unit has stopped to water their mounts at a farmstead or village.  There is a wheeled vehicle of some sort in the in the background, but  I can't see enough of it to determine if it is military or civilian.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjubx.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) final manuscript draft

description: The final 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/bodleianm44.1
title: Letters from three Goodchild brothers to their mother in Suffolk

description: In total about 300 letters from enlistment to death (December 1915) or the end of active service (July 1916, two surviving brothers).  The letters are discussed in "The Goodchilds of Grundisburgh: Four Brothers in the First World War" (privately printed 2008).  

Editor's Comment:
Transcript of letters sent by Pte. 15103 Arthur Goodchild, 9th Bn. Suffolk Regt (date of birth 25 November 1896) to his mother from September 1914 (enlisted) to July 1916 (discharged?).

Transcript of letters sent by Pte. 15176 Edmund Leonard (Ned) Goodchild, "C" Coy. 9th Bn. Suffolk Regt (date of birth 8th September 1893) to his mother from September 1914 (enlisted) to December 1915. Pte. Edmund Goodchild was killed in action 19th December 1915, and is buried in White House Cemetery, St. Jean-Les-Ypres. 

Transcript of letters sent by Pte. 12279 George Goodchild, Suffolk Regt (date of birth 25 March 1895) to his mother from August 1914 (enlisted) to July 1916 (transferred to home duty?).  Pte. Goodchild was wounded near Loos in November 1915, and was hospitalized in England until February 1916. He later joined the Royal Scots (service no. 52998).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiann3b.1
title: Letter from Oliver Lodge to Harold Begbie

description: Sir Oliver Lodge (1851-1940), the noted physicist, was a good friend of my grandfather Harold Begbie. This letter expresses admiration for Begbie's patriotic verse, including the now notorious 'Fall In'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianou3.2
title: Turkish Artillery Instrument, in box made for Lt. Froud (5)

description: The attached photographs are of a Turkish Rangefinder which belonged to a Lieutenant Robert Froud. The box was carved by his bat man whilst in the trenches during the war.

Bob Froud was from Seaham Harbour in Co.Durham and after the war he returned and lived with my grandparents.
He gave this and his baton (which I also still have) to my father when he was a child. My father always called it a Turkish rangefinder but I am not sure if the writing is Arabic.
My father was born in 1924 and his favourite stories were of Christopher Robin which Bob Froud read to him. In the Christopher Robin birthday book the entry on his birthday was "A soldier's life is terrible hard". 

Editor's Comment:
Turkish Artillery Director, used to measure angle of direction and elevation (parts missing). Engraved with Turkish numbers etc. written in Arabic script.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianqa.2
title: Military Service (Civil Liabilities) Department award

description: Sgt Augustus Maud, Suffolk Regiment
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianr25o.2
title: Photograph of  Sgt Augustus Maud

description: Sgt Augustus Maud, Suffolk Regiment
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianrdhe.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) final manuscript draft

description: The final 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/bodleians5q.2
title: Ministry of Pensions forms (2)

description: Refusal of a disability pension.  Sgt Augustus Maud, Suffolk Regiment.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianz3a.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/bodleian2737.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) final manuscript draft

description: The final manuscript draft of Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' entitled 'The five unmistakable marks'. (Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' is about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian28vc.2
title: Praise

description: Informs that the battalion will be back 'at work' in the trenches again soon / discusses 'Firelight' / does not require a copy of 'The Fire Kindled' / describes how he sees his collected volume / suggests changes for 'Hail and Farewell' / possible inclusions and omissions for the volume / expresses sorrow of the death of one of Marion Scott's friends / wonders after F W Harvey in a prisoner of war camp / suggests corrections for 'To the Poet Before Battle' / will try to rediscover the origins of 'Firelight' / wonders what Scott finds interesting in his letters / the 'pluck' of Ivor Gurney's fellow soldiers / includes 'Afterglow', dedicated to F.W. Harvey / 'Praise'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2ae3.2
title: Photographs, etc. related to Robert Irvine Hulley (2)

description: R I Hulley 13/12/1889 - 03/07/1995.  My father (on the right by the FK8 in "Lloyd Hulley FK8") lied about his age - like many others - to join the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), probably in 1916.  Within six weeks of joining his first squadron, he was it's longest surviving member. The attached photographs were taken late in the war when he was with No. 82 (Army Co-operation) Squadron.  He was the observer, in the rear cockpit, and operated the Lewis gun for rear defence.  The pilot was Kenneth Lloyd, on the left.  My father told me that the observers all used to cut the finger tips off their gloves, regardless of the cold, "because you could not change the magazine on your gun with full gloves on".  See photo "Gloves 01" - these are his own silk under gloves which he wore during the war.  More information on No. 82 Squadron may be found in "Cross and Cockade" Vol 32 Issues 1 and 2, 2001.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2djp.2
title: Photograph: 'Looking for lice', belonging to Joseph Thompson

description: De-lousing or having a haircut, possibly Zeitoun in Egypt, probably late 1915 or early 1916.This photograph was most probably taken, or perhaps collected, by 494 Sergeant Joseph Cecil Thompson of the 9th Battalion 1st AIF during his service at Galliopli and in Egypt.

Editor's Comment:
The 9th Bn., as part of 3rd Brg. Australian Imperial Force, were the first to land at the ANZAC beachead on Gallipoli, 25th April 1915.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2jhq.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) final manuscript draft

description: The final manuscript draft of Part VII of 'In Parenthesis'. This page includes a sketch by David Jones of a woman. (Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' is about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2mel.2
title: Letters to daughter (5)

description: Sgt Augustus Maud, Suffolk Regiment.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2nz6.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Thinking of 'what's in store' / reserve better than front lines / describes how the army has forced Ivor Gurney to get along better with people / thinks about possible death, and expresses some contentment / takes comfort in his 'English Preludes' and verses / working on the sonnet 'England' for the 'Sonnets 1914' sequence / John Masefield's 'Good Friday'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2s7w.2
title: Photograph including Sergeant Joseph Cecil Thompson

description: 494 Sergeant Joseph Cecil Thompson [standing right] with unidentified officers probably of the 9th Battalion 1st AIF. French postcard portrait 1916 or later.

Editor's Comment:
The colour and shape of patches on the upper sleeve indicate the men's Battalion. The crown above chevrons shows that Joseph Thompson held the appointment of Company Quater-Master Serjeant., while the man stood to the left of the photograph is a Warrant Officer Class II. Note the mixture of Australian (standing) and British (seated) jackets, and that the Australian Imperial Force only wore appointment badges on the right sleeve.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian656i.2
title: Letter: to Marion Scott.

description: Envelope containing letter.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6amf.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) final manuscript draft

description: The final manuscript draft of Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' (about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).