- NLW MS 22152A.
- Ffeil
- 1915-1916
Diary, 1915-1916, of Ethel Dora Heins (1886-1933) of Brecon, recording her service as a Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse in Alexandria.
A photograph of Heins is on f. 26.
Heins, Ethel Dora, 1886-1933
Diary, 1915-1916, of Ethel Dora Heins (1886-1933) of Brecon, recording her service as a Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse in Alexandria.
A photograph of Heins is on f. 26.
Heins, Ethel Dora, 1886-1933
First line: If I should ever by chance grow rich. Written 'at Little Warley and Hare Hall'. Manuscript draft in pencil.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
February afternoon [sonnet 2],
First line: Men heard this roar of parleying starlings, saw. Manuscript draft in ink.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas, addressed Lydd, Kent, dated 'Sunday'. Formerly in envelope dated 14 Jan 1917, Lydd.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas. Formerly in envelope postmarked 25 Jan 1917, Codford, Wiltshire.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
First line: Gone, gone again. Written at Royal Artillery School, Handel Street, London W.C. Typescript.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
First line: It stands alone. Written 'travelling back from Gordon Bottomley's (Silverdale)'. Manuscript draft in pencil.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
First line: Today I want the sky. Written in Steep. Typescript. Lacks beginning, lines 25-34 only.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
First line: The sorrow of true love is a great sorrow. Written at Lydd. Manuscript copy in ink in Helen Thomas' hand.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
First line: Harry, you know at night. Written in Steep. Typescript.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
Edward Thomas' pocket watch, on his person when he died at Arras, early 20th century.
Edward Thomas' button from the Artist's Rifles uniform, given to Myfanwy Thomas by Joyce Herbert. With a note by Myfanwy Thomas attached [1914-1917].
Souvenirs of the war of 1914-18, including Christmas and other cards from troops on active service, programmes of concerts given to the troops, particularly to Welsh units, a copy of a farewell address given on November 19, 1918, by Brigadier-General H. E. ap Rhys Pryce on relinquishing the command of the 113th Infantry Brigade, and cognate material collected by J. W. P. Parry, Aberystwyth.
Pryce, H. E. ap Rhys (Henry Edward ap Rhys), 1874-1950
Letters and other papers, 1915-1916, relating to the Aberystwyth Weekly Comforts for Fighters Fund.
Aberystwyth Comforts Fund
A transcript of the diary, 26 July 1914-22 April 1916, of a soldier from Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, serving with the Royal Engineers in the First World War, including a record of his experiences on active service in the Dardanelles.
On the basis of information supplied by Mr Gwyn Jenkins, Talybont, January 2012, the writer of the diary has been identified as Hubert Cole, a Sapper with the 1st Welsh Field Company Royal Engineers. He married Kate Eveline Webb at St Luke's Bayswater on 1 November 1914.
Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas, sent from Field Post Office - envelope only, postmarked 7 Apr 1917.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
First line: November's days are thirty. Written in Steep. Typescript.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
Reminiscences relating to Hedd Wyn,
Some reminiscences of Ellis Humphrey Evans ('Hedd Wyn') under training at the military camp at Litherland, Lancashire, by a friend and fellow-soldier, J. B. Thomas, Seven Sisters.
Thomas, J. B. (John Buckland), 1887-1975
Diary of Thomas Davenport Twist,
The diary of soldier Thomas Davenport Twist (Tommy Twist), 1915, who served with the Welsh Regiment during the First World War until he was wounded, and documents relating to his military career and other papers. He was born and brought up in Lancashire, England, and moved to Ammanford. A brief typescript biography and transcriptions of his diary and documents have been included with the items.
Twist, Thomas.
A letter, 1917, in Welsh written by H. Iorwerth Hughes to his parents from Salonika, whilst serving in the First World War.
Hughes, H. Iorwerth, Liverpool.