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Original bundle of mainly carbon copies of letters from Geoffrey Woolley to family, friends and booksellers , mainly 1941-1942, 1947-1950. Also an account of his correspondence, Aug. 1942-April 1943.

Letters, numbered 168-174, from Captain Geoffrey Woolley RA, from Headquarters, 11th Support Group, Home Forces, based somewhere near York.

Original file of letters, numbered 1-136, from 151385 Lieut, later Captain, Geoffrey Woolley, RA, 118 Battery, 75th Anti-Tank Reg. (June 1944-May 1945), later 151385 Captain Geoffrey Woolley, RA, Q Branch, HQ 8 Corps, BLA (May-Oct. 1945; gap 27 Aug.-26 Oct. inclusive), mainly from France, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. Includes descriptions of the welcome in liberated areas of France and 'A-' [Antwerp?] (July-Sept. 1944); mention of Maurice Turnbull's death (22 Aug.); in the Netherlands, including billets in Dutch farmhouses and houses (Sept. 1944-Jan. 1945), and "an excellent house ... The owner, who is now in prison, was chief local collaborator with the Germans" (2 Feb.); implied invasion of Germany, "no nice baths or friendly people at the moment" (25 Feb.), "all the civilians I have seen are certainly better nourished than people we've seen in several other countries" (27 Feb.); meeting the Friends' Ambulance Unit (6 March); Rhine crossing (7 April); "Yesterday my battery found close on 600 British prisoners in a small village, & gathered them in ... the Arnheim boys full of life, but some of the 1940 prisoners almost skeletons. All said the Red Cross parcels kept them alive" (19 April); Hitler's death, "Yes, Donitz is a surprise successor - probably chosen to raise morale in Hamburg, Keil, Lubech etc" (2 May); VE Day (8 May); transfer to staff job as PA to the Administrative & Quartering Brigadier in the Schleswig-Holstein District (17 May); and "Well, another war over, - in fact, no wars at all at the moment" (16 Aug.). Also several field service post cards; copies of printed messages from Dwight Eisenhower, SHAEF, and Montgomery, commander-in-chief of 21 Army Group, and a five-franc "occupation franc" note, sent home 23 June 1944.

Letters, numbered 192-193, 193a, 196a, 204, 213-229, 231-232, plus two unnumbered letters and five unnumbered postcards, from Geoffrey Woolley, usually from Washington DC on Times correspondent paper, but including a holiday to Paget, Bermuda (letters no's 214-217 and two postcards, May-June).

Four letters from Geoffrey Woolley to his parents, from the British Press Club, Berlin.

Letters from his father, usually from Rhyd Hall, Tredegar, usually written weekly, and usually with postscripts from his mother. Includes descriptions of VE and VJ celebrations in Tredegar, also the 1945 general election, including the death of Leslie Ruthven Pym, MP for Monmouth. Also a loose letter dated 11 March 1951 (no. 159), and an undated picture of W. D. Woolley, 'president of the society', torn out of a Tredegar publication. Gap Sept. 1945-Feb. 1951 inclusive.

Journal for the year 31 Dec. 1931-1 Jan. 1933, at home and at Clifton School.

Journal for the months Jan.-July 1933, at home and at Clifton School, with only occasional entries Aug.-Dec. Includes a list of books read during the year (66).

Volume containing diary entries, copies of letters, extracts, 1938 Christmas card list, and a list books (35) and plays (3) read.

Papers of the journalist Geoffrey Woolley, including a group of letters, 1906-1915, from the poet Edward Thomas to W. H. Hudson.

Letters, 3 Dec. 1922 (postmark)-27 July 1927 (school report), usually from Brean House School during term time. The more juvenile letters are almost invariably undated, although a few have been kept with their envelopes. Also includes a number of fortnightly school reports and a few letters from Geoffrey's brother Keith.

Letters from Dakyn's House, Clifton School, during term time.

Letters, usually from Dakyn's House, Clifton School, during term time (gap 2 April-23 Sept. inclusive). Also a letter from the World Scout Jamboree, Hungary (15 Aug.).

Letters, usually from Dakyn's House, Clifton School, during term time, 2 Jan.-29 July (gap 2 April-3 May inclusive). Also two telegrams, 1 May and 13 Oct.

Letters and cards from Geoffrey Woolley to his parents, from a [school?] trip to France and Germany, April 1934, with letters from Lille, visiting Vimy Ridge and Arras, then Freiburg, Titisee, Feldberg and Konstanz. Also a card from Suffolk (7 Aug.), and letters from a skiing trip to Ober-gurgl in the Austrian Tirol, 24 Dec. 1934-6 Jan. 1935. A page of an account of the journey from Lille to Freiburg, the remains of a letter or a diary, has been added.

Original file of letters from Woolley, serving with the 125th O.C.T.U. RA, D Troop, at Ilkley, co. York, (July-Sept. 1940), with the 75th A.T. Regiment, RA, at Huyton, co. Lancs (Nov.-Dec.), Llanberis, co. Caern (Jan.-Feb. 1941), Guiseley, co. York., (March-June), and with Headquarters, 11th Support Group, Home Forces (June-Sept.), plus letters sent from short postings and courses. A notebook recording correspondence received and sent, 30 Nov. 1940-31 July 1941, has been added.

Letters, unnumbered and with a gap Sept.-Nov., from Geoffrey Woolley, initially of H.Q.R.A., 11th Armoured Division, Home Forces (Jan.-May), later of 118 Battery, 75th Anti-Tank Regiment RA, stationed in the Patrington / Withernsea area, co. York. (June-Dec.).

Letters, unnumbered, from Major Geoffrey Woolley RA of Q Branch, HQ, 8 Corps District, B.A.O.R., all with army or field post office postmarks, Jan. 1946, mainly relating to a visit on leave to Copenhagen, and en route to demobilization at Tournai, "Came the Ruhr way, - Hamm, Duisburg, Essen, Munchen-Gladbach, - an appalling mess, though I think Hamburg is the worst of the bigger cities". Also a letter from Bayeux, Normandy, visiting his old battlefields, July 1947.
1 bundle (7 items).

Letters, numbered 40-43 (2-23 Jan.), from Geoffrey Woolley, from Washington DC on Times correspondent paper, and five postcards (3-19 June). The letters include the Queen Mary running aground at Cherbourg, President Truman's inauguration, and UK sterling devaluation.