cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8lxy.2
title: Crickley Hill

description: Manuscript in pencil in Ivor Gurney's hand. Marked by Gurney 'Warrington, July 1918'. Mentioned in a letter of August 1918 to Marion Scott. One of just a few poems from this time not selected for 'War's Embers' (1919), published in Collected Poems (1982/2004). Written while Gurney was a patient at Lord Derby's War Hospital being treated for shell shock. From a navy blue notebook used by Gurney at Warrington in July 1918.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8ubk.2
title: Rumours of Wars

description: Tells Marion Scott to sign regarding 'Severn and Somme' on his behalf / glad of her new 'exalted company' in dealing with Sidgwick and Jackson / discusses possible omissions from the volume / thanks her for work / Chopin / the news in 'Le Matin' / listening to the guns / includes 'Rumours of Wars', dating the poem to 'July 1917'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8uu7.2
title: Forester of the Women's Forestry Corps, part of the Women's Land Army
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianbnu.2
title: Poem by William George Dugdall (2)

description: Handwritten poem beginning "When you're far far away / From the friends you hold dear", asking for news from home. The poem is attributed to "Wm Geo Dugdall", in a different hand. Part of a collection relating to William Dugdall.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiancdn.2
title: Buire au Bois [On Rest]

description: Manuscript draft in pencil in Ivor Gurney's hand of a poem identified on the right hand page as 'Buire au Bois', but which is drafted elsewhere and was published in War's Embers (1919) as 'On Rest'. From a navy blue notebook used by Gurney at Warrington in July 1918.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand6bm.2
title: A woman war worker fixes nose clips on to gas masks at a factory in Bermondsey, London
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandfqe.2
title: Letter: To Vera Brittain (1)

description: Describes being affected by surroundings and a beautiful day / the artistic vs. the military side of life / having missed the post / sending his men off to do unnecessary tasks.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandgpq.2
title: Forewoman and a private of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC)
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandm4g.2
title: Details of rations

description: Handwritten details of food rations. Headings include "Standard ration", "Supper ration", "Substitutes for", and "Extra issues" (for men on heavy labour). Part of a collection relating to William Dugdall of the Royal Navy, Victualling Officer on board HMS Hannibal.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandn3n.2
title: Photograph of William George Dugdall and others (2)

description: Photograph of William George Dugdall of the Royal Navy, Victualling Officer on board HMS Hannibal, shown with several other men. Inscribed on the back: "1st World War on board HMS Hannibal. My father Wm Geo Dugdall (Vitalling [sic] Officer) second row centre. In Mediterranean." Part of a collection relating to William Dugdall.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandoxc.2
title: Letter: To Mrs Voynich.

description: Thanks Mrs Voynich for a recent letter / discusses Bach and Milton / Shakespeare / Thomas Hardy / George Meredith / rediscovering Walt Whitman and his verse / nouns for use in poems / going for a commission / F.W. Harvey's 'In Flanders' / situation in Poland / possibly going to India / more on trying for a commission / improving health / D.H. Lawrence / Chekov's plays / expecting a zeppelin attack at Chelmsford / a spy being caught in Epping.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandxoq.2
title: Letter To Susan Owen (1)

description: Discusses censoring letters and the area of the line his Regiment will shortly occupy. Describes his servant, and his Company Commanders. Describes inspecting soldiers' feet for trench-foot, the Victoria Cross, and his own appearance in waders. He concludes by listing some items he would like his mother to send him. This letter includes a code to tell his mother his location (hence the closing comment 'You need not ask where I am. I have told you as far as I can'. The trigger is the word 'mistletoe'. The reader must then record the second letter of the first words on the following lines. This is letter no. 479 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandzt8.2
title: Down Commercial Road [Gloucester]

description: Manuscript in pencil and pen in Ivor Gurney's hand. Continuation of the draft of 'Down Commercial Road'. From a navy blue notebook used by Gurney at Warrington in July 1918.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianhkr.2
title: Three office workers employed for the duration of the war
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj5ic.2
title: Letter: To Vera Brittain (2)

description: Describes being affected by surroundings and a beautiful day / the artistic vs. the military side of life / having missed the post / sending his men off to do unnecessary tasks.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj6h9.2
title: Photographs of Private Frank Kelty (1)

description: Photographs of my great uncle 1714 Private Frank Kelty 
who joined the 2nd / 10th Manchester Regiment in 1916. He died on the 5th of September 1916, at which time he was attached to the King's Liverpool Regiment, and is buried in Euston Road Cemetery in France. 

I was told he had joined under age and his elder brother informed the authorities and he left the army and went to work in munitions.

He then rejoined the army when he was old enough, but it is apparent from his diary entries (submitted separately) that he had done so very reluctantly.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjdrg.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Envelope containing letter.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjgsw.2
title: Down Commercial Road [Gloucester]

description: Manuscript in pencil in Ivor Gurney's hand. Continuation of the draft of 'Down Commercial Road'.  From a navy blue notebook used by Gurney at Warrington in July 1918.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjhb5.2
title: A female worker lies inside the barrel of a naval gun to clean the rifling at the Ordnance Works, Coventry
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjiox.2
title: Letter To Susan Owen (7)

description: Joins the 2nd Manchester Regiment at Halloy, nr Beaumont Hamel, on the Somme. Describes the journey from Folkestone, to Calais, and then to camp. Talks about the wet conditions, the destruction of Halloy, censoring letters, and problems of getting equipment. This is letter no. 476 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjsc3.2
title: Letter: To Marion Scott.

description: Tells Marion Scott to sign regarding 'Severn and Somme' on his behalf / glad of her new 'exalted company' in dealing with Sidgwick and Jackson / discusses possible omissions from the volume / thanks her for work / Chopin / the news in 'Le Matin' / listening to the guns / includes 'Rumours of Wars', dating the poem to 'July 1917'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjspx.2
title: Women drivers of the Royal Flying Corps
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiansia.2
title: Letter To Susan Owen (2)

description: Discusses censoring letters and the area of the line his Regiment will shortly occupy. Describes his servant, and his Company Commanders. Describes inspecting soldiers' feet for trench-foot, the Victoria Cross, and his own appearance in waders. He concludes by listing some items he would like his mother to send him. This letter includes a code to tell his mother his location (hence the closing comment 'You need not ask where I am. I have told you as far as I can'. The trigger is the word 'mistletoe'. The reader must then record the second letter of the first words on the following lines. This is letter no. 479 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianwea.2
title: A member of the Women's Land Army ploughing
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianwrt.2
title: Rumours of Wars

description: Tells Marion Scott to sign regarding 'Severn and Somme' on his behalf / glad of her new 'exalted company' in dealing with Sidgwick and Jackson / discusses possible omissions from the volume / thanks her for work / Chopin / the news in 'Le Matin' / listening to the guns / includes 'Rumours of Wars', dating the poem to 'July 1917'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian22t.2
title: Effects form for Private John H. Wardell

description: Army effects form 118A for deceased soldier Private John H. Wardell of the Durham Light Infantry, requesting that any personal property belonging to him and any medals awarded to him should be sent to his father, Walter Wardell, in Hull. Part of a collection relating to John H. Wardell.

Unfortunately, due to a technical error we are unable to say who this contribution was made by. If you contributed this item, please contact us, and we will amend the details attached to this submission.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian24zq.2
title: Navy Blue Notebook

description: Reverse cover of a navy blue notebook used by Gurney at Warrington in July 1918.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian262g.2
title: Statement of relatives of Private John H. Wardell (2)

description: Army form W. 5080, sent by the Officer in Charge of Records, Durham Light Infantry, York, requesting details of the living relatives of a deceased soldier, Private John H. Wardell. The form had to be certified by a minister or magistrate, and returned before the plaque and scroll commemorating the soldier could be issued. Part of a collection relating to John H. Wardell.

Unfortunately, due to a technical error we are unable to say who this contribution was made by. If you contributed this item, please contact us, and we will amend the details attached to this submission.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2cnb.2
title: Letter: To Mrs Voynich.

description: Thanks Mrs Voynich for a recent letter / discusses Bach and Milton / Shakespeare / Thomas Hardy / George Meredith / rediscovering Walt Whitman and his verse / nouns for use in poems / going for a commission / F.W. Harvey's 'In Flanders' / situation in Poland / possibly going to India / more on trying for a commission / improving health / D.H. Lawrence / Chekov's plays / expecting a zeppelin attack at Chelmsford / a spy being caught in Epping.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2e2r.2
title: Account of a Zeppelin air raid in Hull

description: Handwritten account of a Zeppelin air raid that took place in Hull on the night of 6th June 1915. The account mentions specific places where bombs fell, describes some of the damage done, and says that 25-30 men, women, and children were killed. Part of a collection relating to William Dugdall.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2kx6.2
title: Letter To Susan Owen (3)

description: Describes conditions in a billet behind the lines, notably the cold. Talks about being involved in a tear-gas attack. Lists a series of wants. Describes no man's land in detail, and ridicules pictures in the paper that pretend to convey conditions at the front. This is letter no. 481 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2qqh.2
title: Two female bag fillers use two short poles to assist a female coke heaver
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2r2m.2
title: Letter: To Mrs Voynich.

description: Thanks Mrs Voynich for a recent letter / discusses Bach and Milton / Shakespeare / Thomas Hardy / George Meredith / rediscovering Walt Whitman and his verse / nouns for use in poems / going for a commission / F.W. Harvey's 'In Flanders' / situation in Poland / possibly going to India / more on trying for a commission / improving health / D.H. Lawrence / Chekov's plays / expecting a zeppelin attack at Chelmsford / a spy being caught in Epping.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2txp.2
title: Ploegsteert
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2vn3.2
title: Wallet and pencil carried by John Barnard during his service in France (1)

description: Later he kept his medals, dog-tags, and other War related papers in this wallet. It contains the original pencil that he used to write his letters home and to fill in his notebook. His son Mike used that same pencil to draw some of his pictures relating to the First World War.

Part of a collection relating to Lance Corporal John Barnard (52258 Worcestershire regiment), market gardener of Badsey near Evesham; and his son Mike's drawings and newspaper articles relating to the First World War.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian4qy.2
title: Two women foresters grind an axe
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian638y.2
title: Letter: To Mrs Voynich.

description: Thanks Mrs Voynich for a recent letter / discusses Bach and Milton / Shakespeare / Thomas Hardy / George Meredith / rediscovering Walt Whitman and his verse / nouns for use in poems / going for a commission / F.W. Harvey's 'In Flanders' / situation in Poland / possibly going to India / more on trying for a commission / improving health / D.H. Lawrence / Chekov's plays / expecting a zeppelin attack at Chelmsford / a spy being caught in Epping.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian67cf.2
title: Interval

description: A draft of the poem 'Interval', from a small green notebook used by Gurney during July-August 1918.  The right hand page also includes a musical sketch.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6glf.2
title: Vilanelle

description: Here entitled 'Violets'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6jr2.2
title: Miscellaneous

description: Two pages of notes, including some listings of musical keys, perhaps working through a formal harmonic progression. From a small green notebook used by Gurney during July-August 1918.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6pmv.2
title: Letter To Susan Owen (1)

description: Describes conditions in a billet behind the lines, notably the cold. Talks about being involved in a tear-gas attack. Lists a series of wants. Describes no man's land in detail, and ridicules pictures in the paper that pretend to convey conditions at the front. This is letter no. 481 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6rjz.2
title: A group of college girl flax workers refresh themselves with a drink on their way back to camp
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6uxh.2
title: Crickley Hill

description: Manuscript in pencil in Ivor Gurney's hand. Marked by Gurney 'Warrington, July 1918'. Mentioned in a letter of August 1918 to Marion Scott. One of only a few poems from this period not selected for 'War's Embers' (1919).  Published in Collected Poems (1982/2004). Written while Gurney was a patient at Lord Derby's War Hospital being treated for shell shock. From a navy blue notebook used by Gurney at Warrington in July 1918.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6xus.2
title: Forester of the Women's Forestry Corps, part of the Women's Land Army
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian7ns.2
title: Camps

description: Includes 'Camps' / 'Winter Beauty' / resending of 'Camps' / possible dedication for 'Severn and Somme' / discusses changes to various poems / possibly having Marion Scott send work to newspapers and periodicals / the guns and proximity of battle / the American poet Alan Seeger / aeroplanes.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian877w.2
title: A woman tram driver, London Corporation Transport
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian88rr.2
title: Toussaints

description: An early draft of 'Toussaints' found in a small green notebook in use by Gurney during July-August 1918.  The poem was later published in 'War's Embers'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8bmw.2
title: Letter To Susan Owen (6)

description: Describes horrendous conditions of holding a dug-out in no man's land at Serre. An incident involving a blinded sentry is mentioned, which probably forms the basis for his poem 'The Sentry'. This is letter no. 480 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8jjp.2
title: Three women tar spreaders working on a road
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8tca.2
title: Interval

description: A draft of the poem 'Interval', from a small green notebook used by Gurney during July-August 1918.  The right hand page also includes a musical sketch.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8v85.2
title: Letter: To Mrs Voynich.

description: Thanks Mrs Voynich for a recent letter / discusses Bach and Milton / Shakespeare / Thomas Hardy / George Meredith / rediscovering Walt Whitman and his verse / nouns for use in poems / going for a commission / F.W. Harvey's 'In Flanders' / situation in Poland / possibly going to India / more on trying for a commission / improving health / D.H. Lawrence / Chekov's plays / expecting a zeppelin attack at Chelmsford / a spy being caught in Epping.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8zla.2
title: Letter: To Vera Brittain (1)

description: Poem by Kathleen M. Coates included with a letter of 17 December 1914 to Vera Brittain.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian9zg.2
title: Navy Blue Notebook

description: Front cover of a navy blue notebook used by Gurney at Warrington in July 1918.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiana1y.2
title: Letter To Susan Owen (6)

description: Discusses censoring letters and the area of the line his Regiment will shortly occupy. Describes his servant, and his Company Commanders. Describes inspecting soldiers' feet for trench-foot, the Victoria Cross, and his own appearance in waders. He concludes by listing some items he would like his mother to send him. This letter includes a code to tell his mother his location (hence the closing comment 'You need not ask where I am. I have told you as far as I can'. The trigger is the word 'mistletoe'. The reader must then record the second letter of the first words on the following lines. This is letter no. 479 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand6w9.2
title: Letter To Susan Owen (4)

description: Describes horrendous conditions of holding a dug-out in no man's land at Serre. An incident involving a blinded sentry is mentioned, which probably forms the basis for his poem 'The Sentry'. This is letter no. 480 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandcgp.2
title: Letter To Susan Owen (2)

description: Describes horrendous conditions of holding a dug-out in no man's land at Serre. An incident involving a blinded sentry is mentioned, which probably forms the basis for his poem 'The Sentry'. This is letter no. 480 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandiik.2
title: Sympathy note sent by the Secretary of State for War

description: Printed sympathy note sent by the Secretary of State for War on behalf of the King and Queen after the death of a soldier. Part of a collection relating to John H. Wardell.

Unfortunately, due to a technical error we are unable to say who this contribution was made by. If you contributed this item, please contact us, and we will amend the details attached to this submission.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandjc3.2
title: Letter: To Vera Brittain (2)

description: Poem by Kathleen M. Coates included with a letter of 17 December 1914 to Vera Brittain.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiando59.2
title: Woman Miller
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandqie.2
title: Letter: To Mrs Voynich.

description: Thanks Mrs Voynich for a recent letter / discusses Bach and Milton / Shakespeare / Thomas Hardy / George Meredith / rediscovering Walt Whitman and his verse / nouns for use in poems / going for a commission / F.W. Harvey's 'In Flanders' / situation in Poland / possibly going to India / more on trying for a commission / improving health / D.H. Lawrence / Chekov's plays / expecting a zeppelin attack at Chelmsford / a spy being caught in Epping.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandvbr.2
title: Letter: To Vera Brittain (7)

description: Describes being affected by surroundings and a beautiful day / the artistic vs. the military side of life / having missed the post / sending his men off to do unnecessary tasks.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandya3.2
title: 'The blackest hour of an unlucky day'

description: Manuscript in pencil in Ivor Gurney's hand. Unidentified melody line and a draft fragment of verse. From a small green notebook used by Gurney during July-August 1918.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj2x.2
title: Letter: To Mrs Voynich.

description: Thanks Mrs Voynich for a recent letter / discusses Bach and Milton / Shakespeare / Thomas Hardy / George Meredith / rediscovering Walt Whitman and his verse / nouns for use in poems / going for a commission / F.W. Harvey's 'In Flanders' / situation in Poland / possibly going to India / more on trying for a commission / improving health / D.H. Lawrence / Chekov's plays / expecting a zeppelin attack at Chelmsford / a spy being caught in Epping.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj3b2.2
title: Letter: To Vera Brittain (4)

description: Describes being affected by surroundings and a beautiful day / the artistic vs. the military side of life / having missed the post / sending his men off to do unnecessary tasks.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj94q.2
title: Royal Navy barracks general mess menu

description: Handwritten menu for a Royal Navy barracks general mess, for the week ending 15th August 1915. Breakfast, dinner, tea, and supper are listed for each day. Part of a collection relating to William Dugdall of the Royal Navy, Victualling Officer on board HMS Hannibal.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianja5l.2
title: Woman trolley driver at Liverpool Street Station, London
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjaxn.2
title: Letter: To Mrs Voynich.

description: Thanks Mrs Voynich for a recent letter / discusses Bach and Milton / Shakespeare / Thomas Hardy / George Meredith / rediscovering Walt Whitman and his verse / nouns for use in poems / going for a commission / F.W. Harvey's 'In Flanders' / situation in Poland / possibly going to India / more on trying for a commission / improving health / D.H. Lawrence / Chekov's plays / expecting a zeppelin attack at Chelmsford / a spy being caught in Epping.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjb4c.2
title: Letter: To Mrs Voynich.

description: Thanks Mrs Voynich for a recent letter / discusses Bach and Milton / Shakespeare / Thomas Hardy / George Meredith / rediscovering Walt Whitman and his verse / nouns for use in poems / going for a commission / F.W. Harvey's 'In Flanders' / situation in Poland / possibly going to India / more on trying for a commission / improving health / D.H. Lawrence / Chekov's plays / expecting a zeppelin attack at Chelmsford / a spy being caught in Epping.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjdef.2
title: Three members of the Women's Land Army raise their hoes in salute
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjhwl.2
title: Letter To Susan Owen (5)

description: Describes horrendous conditions of holding a dug-out in no man's land at Serre. An incident involving a blinded sentry is mentioned, which probably forms the basis for his poem 'The Sentry'. This is letter no. 480 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjoa7.2
title: Draft of an unpublished poem

description: Draft of an unpublished poem found in a small green notebook used by Gurney during July-August 1918.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjrc7.2
title: For R. L. and his poem of July 11th 1914

description: Poem written in memory of Roland Leighton.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjwgz.2
title: Letter To Susan Owen (3)

description: Describes horrendous conditions of holding a dug-out in no man's land at Serre. An incident involving a blinded sentry is mentioned, which probably forms the basis for his poem 'The Sentry'. This is letter no. 480 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjzir.2
title: Letter from the War Office about Private John H. Wardell

description: Official letter sent by the War Office to the mother of Private John H. Wardle (sic) of the Durham Light Infantry, in response to her enquiry addressed to the British Red Cross Society, saying that her son's name has not appeared in any casualty list that has so far been received, but that further enquiries will be made. Part of a collection relating to John H. Wardell.

Unfortunately, due to a technical error we are unable to say who this contribution was made by. If you contributed this item, please contact us, and we will amend the details attached to this submission.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiann7d.2
title: Commemorative scroll for Private John H. Wardell

description: Commemorative scroll for Private John H. Wardell of the Durham Light Infantry. Part of a collection relating to John H. Wardell.

Unfortunately, due to a technical error we are unable to say who this contribution was made by. If you contributed this item, please contact us, and we will amend the details attached to this submission.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianpxn.2
title: For R. L. and his poem of July 11th 1914

description: Poem written in memory of Roland Leighton.