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Seventeen cards (ff. 1-5) and letters (ff. 6-17), 1944-1945, being mainly love letters, from the novelist Richard Llewellyn to Sarah Steinman (later Mrs Sarah Steinman Harms). They were written while he was serving in Italy as a captain in the Welsh Guards and she with the American Red Cross in Rome.
Some of the letters are typescript (ff. 9-13, 15, 17) and several contain ink sketches (ff. 2 verso, 4 verso, 9, 11, 12 recto-verso). There are two letters of introduction of friends of his to Steinman (ff. 14, 16). One letter, postmark 6 May 1945 (f. 13), contains news, including an account of a V2 bomb attack near his home in London.

Letters from Sapper Roy Rees (14531473), of the 238 Field Coy RE (Field Company of the Royal Engineers), mostly addressed to his mother, Mrs Gertrude B. Rees of Tegryn, Llanfyrnach, Pembrokeshire. Postings in Italy and Palestine are mentioned, along with training the Egyptian army on mine disposal. Also included is Thanksgiving service pamphlet (May 1945) following the victory of the Allied forces, a group photograph, and a small selection of propaganda leaflets dropped by Axis forces.