Notes and letters regarding the death of Hedd Wyn,
- BMSS/4903.
- File
- 1917.
Notes and letters regarding the death of Hedd Wyn,
Diary written by the Rev. R. Peris Williams whilst serving as Chaplain in the First World War,
Four Reconnaissance Photographs (Northern France / Belgium),
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
(i.) June 1917, Pilckem area - indicates key features including trenches; (ii.) 21 July 1917, Unknown area (N. France / Belgium?) - shows network of trenches; (iii.) 24 April 1917, Unknown area (N. France / Belgium?) - shows network of trenches, river with makeshift bridges; (iv.) 17 June 1917, Pilckem area - displays key features, including trenches.
Map of Englefontaine, Northern France,
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
Displays enemy dispositions. Scale – 1:20000.
Map of Engelfontaine, France (on fragile tracing paper),
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
Indicates objectives, hazards, inter-battalion boundaries and battalion assembly areas.
Map of Louvignies-Quesnoy, Northern France (near the Belgian border),
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
Indicates: British Front Line, points of likely resistance, lines of rifle pits or organised shell holes.
'Situation Map. 6pm. 26th October 1917’,
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
Passchendaele and surrounding area, Belgium. Indicates the allied lines and trenches. Scale - 1:40000.
Map of Pilkem / Boezinge area of Belgium,
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
Indicates locations of trenches, inter-divisional boundaries, and inter-brigade boundaries.
Map of Northern France, Hazebrouck (near to the Belgian border),
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
Scale – 1:100000.
Map of South East of Cambrai, Northern France (Bohain area),
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
Indicates enemy trenches and organisation. Scale – 1:20000.
Map of Le Quesnoy, Northern France (near to the Belgian border),
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
From the Field Survey Battalion. Scale – 1:40000.
Map of South East of Cambrai, Northern France,
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
‘Enemy Organisation 21.9.18.’ With references.
“14th (Service) Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers Memorial Fund”,
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
Brief history of the Battalion; organisation of a permanent Memorial to the “Old Battalion”; provision of bursaries or grants to enable the children of men who had served in the Battalion to pursue higher courses of education.
War Diary of the 14th (Service) Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers,
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
Letters and Messages of Congratulations,
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
Letters and Messages of Congratulations from various correspondents to Major W.P. Wheldon on the receipt of his D.S.O. (Distinguished Service Order): (i.) Blackader, C.G., Major General; (ii.) Hugh Jones, Sergeant, 14th Battn.; (iii.) H. (?) Davies; (iv.) S. Tucker, 14th Battn. RWF; (v.) Huw Pryce-Jones, G.H.Q.; (vi.) E.S. Anton, C.S.M., B. Coy.; (vii.) G. Banks; (viii.) E. Uniacke; (ix.) H. Egerton, J. Rausing, J. Ivor Williams; (x.) J.E. Lloyd, Secretary & Registrar, UCNW; (xi.) Harry Reichel, Principal, UCNW.
‘Pass’ (Aûsweis) for a German Soldier serving with the 1st Battn. K.S. Reserve Infantry, Regt. 242,
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
Name of ‘Emil Müller’ written on the document.
German Prisoner of War Letter,
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
From [unknown] to ‘Josef Werner’, München, Bayern, Germany. The German Soldier speaks of how his camp was taken over by another regiment, and that he was left behind as he was not the best in the section. The enemy attacked, he was injured and was left in a ditch where the crew of an English tank found him. He was then taken through German artillery fire to an English Red Cross Aid post and then on to an English hospital in France where he states he was treated perfectly by the English.
German Prisoner of War Letter,
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,
From ‘[unknown] Kanze’, from the 42nd Stationary Hospital [France?] to his mother in Dürrenberg, Liepzig. Speaks of his injury, praises the care he is receiving in the English hospital and states the German patients are treated just the same as the English - the English patients treat the Germans as equals.
Form (slip) indicating the injuries sustained by Wheldon, 14th RWF,
Part of Papers of Major W.P. Wheldon,