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Letter To Susan Owen

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AuthorOwen, Wilfred (1893-1918)
TitleLetter To Susan Owen
NotesJoins 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'.
Item Date4th January 1917
Creation placeHalloy, nr Beaumont Hamel, France (Google Maps)
File typeCompound Object
Item sourceFolio
Item mediumPaper
Writing mediumPencil
ContentLetter
Repository nameHarry Ransom Center
Repository address
The University of Texas at Austin
21st and Guadalupe Streets
Austin
Texas
78712
USA
Repository URLhttp://www.hrc.utexas.edu
CataloguerJennifer Dunn
CopyrightThe Harry Ransom Center / The Wilfred Owen Literary Estate
Digital repositoryThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/5231