This volume is bound in morrocan leather and has gold lettering and lines on the boards and spine. The volume is made up of parchment pages sewn on 5 raised cords. The first page contains the Welsh text "ER CÔF" and the signature, "Edward P", of Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII), and is dated "12 June 1928". The preface contains the following information in gold lettering: "HEREIN ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF WELSH BIRTH AND PARENTAGE AND OF ALL THE MEN BELONGING TO THE REGIMENT OF WALES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR OF 1914-1918 A:D: THEY ARE COMMEMORATED BY THEIR FELLOW COUNTRY MEN IN THE MEMORIAL ERECTED NEAR BY." The following is noted at the end of the volume: "The work of Graily Hewitt, B.A., LL.B., of Lincoln's Inn, and his assistants Helen Hinkley, Ida D. Henstock, Florence Capey, and Helen Luker. Finished Mar. 1928. Treyford, Midhurst."
An autograph book owned formerly by Eira D. Richards, containing the autographs of hospitalised soldiers and also noting their regiments rind dates and locations of wounding.
An album, 1912-1930, 1965, which belonged to Bell Crossfield, the donor's aunt, who was a nurse during the First World War at the Morfa Camp, Conwy, including poems and pen sketches by soldiers from the Third Border Regiment recovering from their battle injuries.
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.
A notebook containing accounts relating to concerts held at Cwmystwyth Council School in aid of the soldiers' fund, and a list of persons contributing to the war memorial at Cwmystwyth.
A letter book, 1914-1917, of E. O. Davies as Honorary Secretary of the Soldiers' Recreation Committee, Llandudno. At the end are similar copies of a few letters, 1921-1923, largely of a personal nature.
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.
The Hendregadredd manuscript, containing poems by the Gogynfeirdd bards, etc. The contents of the manuscript were published by the University of Wales Press Board in 1933 under the title of Llawysgrif Hendregadredd.
A ring binder containing records, 1916-1917, of visits to hospital patients on behalf of the Committee for the Care of Wounded Welsh Soldiers in London Hospitals, listed by names of participating churches.
Committee for the Care of Wounded Welsh Soldiers in London Hospitals.
Notebook of the Committee for the Care of Wounded Welsh Soldiers in London Hospitals, containing lists, [?1915]-[?1918], of patients visited by representatives of various participating churches.
Committee for the Care of Wounded Welsh Soldiers in London Hospitals.
Minute book, 1915-1920, of the Committee for the Care of Wounded Welsh Soldiers in London Hospitals, organised by the London Welsh Churches. The majority of the minutes are signed by the Committee's President, the Rev. H. Elvet Lewis. Items found loose within the volume have been either tipped in (ff. 15-16, 24, 28-29, 48) or inserted in an archival envelope (ff. 76-84).
Committee for the Care of Wounded Welsh Soldiers in London Hospitals.
One of three volumes containing minutes and correspondence, 1915-1916, of the Comforts Committee of the 11th Service (the so-called Cardiff Pals) Battalion of the Welch Regiment.
One of three volumes containing minutes and correspondence, 1915-1916, of the Comforts Committee of the 11th Service (the so-called Cardiff Pals) Battalion of the Welch Regiment.
