Edward Thomas: War Diary

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Author	Thomas, Edward (1878-1917)
Title	War Diary: Page 20
Notes	Thomas wonders why the Germans do not retaliate on the Arras guns. Describes the ruins of the surrounding landscape but notes how the wildlife still flourishes. Notes his evening meal as dull.
Item Date	23rd February 1917 - 25th February 1917
Creation place	Dainville, France (Google Maps)
File type	Image
Item source	Notebook
Item medium	Paper
Writing medium	Pen
Content	Diary
Item height	132
Item width	76
Page	19 of 34
Collection ID	Edward Thomas War Diary
Repository name	Thomas Family Private Collection
Cataloguer	Kate Lindsay and Everett Sharp
Filename	ETFAMDIA-27.jpg
Digital repository	The First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Reference URL	http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/1693/1376

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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