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Letter: To Vera Brittain

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AuthorLeighton, Roland (1895-1915)
SubjectBrittain, Vera (1893 - 1970)
TitleLetter: To Vera Brittain
NotesDescribes sitting in a dug-out / a German sniper / recent activities of British artillery / the experience of shelling / the set-up of his dugout / the shelling later on / the danger of stray bullets / the dangers of getting in and out of the trenches / having a bullet come past close to his head / officers' duties / the mud / amusing names for the various trenches / much love to Vera.
Item Date12th April 1916
Creation placeFrance or Belgium
File typeCompound Object
Item sourceLeaf
Item mediumPaper
ContentLetter
Repository nameMcMaster University, Mills Memorial Library, The William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections
Repository address
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton
L8S 4L6
Canada
CataloguerAlisa Miller
Digital repositoryThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/5630