Edward Thomas: War Diary
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| Author | Thomas, Edward (1878-1917) |
|---|---|
| Title | War Diary: Front Cover |
| Notes | Walkers back-loop pocket book, bound in pig skin and priced at 2 shillings. The cover pages are creases, suggesting that he was carrying the pocket book either when he was knocked over by a shell blast from a 5.9 shell on the 8th of April, or when he was killed at an observation post while directing the fire of 244 Battery during the opening barrage of the Battle of Arras. |
| Item Date | Unknown |
| Creation place | Unknown |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Notebook |
| Item medium | Leather |
| Content | Miscellaneous |
| Item height | 132 |
| Item width | 76 |
| Page | 1 of 34 |
| Collection ID | Edward Thomas War Diary |
| Repository name | Thomas Family Private Collection |
| Cataloguer | Kate Lindsay and Everett Sharp |
| Filename | ETFAMDIA-18.jpg |
| Digital repository | The First World War Poetry Digital Archive |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/1693/1367 |
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| Author | Thomas, Edward (1878-1917) |
|---|---|
| Title | Edward Thomas: War Diary |
| Notes | This is the private diary kept by Edward Thomas the last three months as a soldier. It is written in a small Walker's Back-Loop pocket-book, bound in pigskin and priced at two shillings. The cover and the pages are concaved and creased suggesting that he was carrying the diary when he was killed at an observation post on the 9th April 1917 by a shell blast during the opening barrage of the Battle of Arras. The diary was given to his son Merfyn and rediscovered by his son Edward in 1970 amongst various papers and documents belonging to his father. |
| Item Date | 1st January 1917 - 8th April 1917 |
| Creation place | England and France |
| File type | Compound Object |
| Item source | Notebook |
| Item medium | Paper |
| Writing medium | Pen |
| Content | Diary |
| Item height | 132 |
| Item width | 76 |
| Repository name | Thomas Family Private Collection |
| Cataloguer | Kate Lindsay and Everett Sharp |
| Copyright | The Edward Thomas Literary Estate |
| Digital repository | The First World War Poetry Digital Archive |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/1693 |
