Letter: To Colin Hughes (July 1971).
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| Author | Jones, David (1895-1974) |
|---|---|
| Subject | Hughes, Colin |
| Title | Letter: To Colin Hughes (July 1971). |
| Notes | David Jones thanks Colin Hughes for a letter of 3rd July 1971 / describes attempting a response but beginning it again after it had begun to 'meander' / discusses how Hughes has cleared up a point about the merging of battalions in the Royal Welch Fusiliers in February 1918, which Jones thought had taken place later on in the year / mentions having contracted trench fever / the weather on 6th and 7th February 1918 / being posted 'elsewhere' after the breakup of the 15th Battalion / describes recovering from trench fever back in England / discussing how impressive was the 'Jerry advance' / missing the 21st March [1918] 'putsch', and being unsure of whether the 38th Division was involved on that day / explains a photograph of himself [Jones] taken at Battalion HQ Company where he was working for a Battalion Intelligence Officer / mentions the BBC dramatic adaptation of 'In Parenthesis' / discusses David Blamires's upcoming book ['David Jones: artist and writer', Manchester University Press, 1971], and having requested an advance copy after having not decided to read a manuscript draft. |
| Item Date | 26th July 1971 |
| Creation place | Harrow, England (Google Maps) |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Leaf |
| Item medium | Paper |
| Writing medium | Pen |
| Content | Letter |
| Page | 3 of 3 |
| Collection ID | David Jones Papers MS 21830Ef.10v |
| Repository name | National Library of Wales |
| Repository address | Aberystwyth Ceredigion Wales SY23 3BU UK |
| Repository URL | http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=3239 |
| Cataloguer | Alisa Miller and Alun Edwards |
| Filename | DJNLW_MS_21830Ef10_v.jpg |
| Copyright | The National Library of Wales / The David Jones Literary Estate |
| Digital repository | The First World War Poetry Digital Archive |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/6186/6117 |
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| Author | Jones, David (1895-1974) |
|---|---|
| Subject | Hughes, Colin |
| Title | Letter: To Colin Hughes (July 1971). |
| Item Date | 26th July 1971 |
| Creation place | Harrow, England (Google Maps) |
| File type | Compound Object |
| Item source | Leaf |
| Item medium | Paper |
| Writing medium | Pen |
| Content | Letter |
| Repository name | National Library of Wales |
| Repository address | Aberystwyth Ceredigion Wales SY23 3BU UK |
| Repository URL | http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=3239 |
| Cataloguer | Alisa Miller and Alun Edwards |
| Copyright | The National Library of Wales / The David Jones Literary Estate |
| Digital repository | The First World War Poetry Digital Archive |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/6186 |
