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An Indian soldier wearing a turban and lying on a stretcher being loaded onto the back of an ambulance, a nurse in attendance.

A row of three Red Cross ambulances. Four soldiers are posing and holding a stretcher as if ready to load the stretcher into the ambulance. Three other soldiers, one with a rifle, look on.

View of a heavy artillery piece under a camouflage net, soldiers looking at the camera.

View looking over the Seine towards the Cathedral and Pont Boieldieu.

Papers, 1914-[?1930s], relating to the sons of John Rees, comprising fourteen photographs, mostly [1916]-[1918], including portraits of Joseph Watkin Rees and Cpl Benjamin Rees, and group photographs of UCW Aberystwyth students and soldiers of 306th Siege Battery R.G.A., several of which include Benjamin Rees; four letters to Benjamin Rees, 1918, one from J. W. Rees, 18 January 1918 (envelope only), and another from Willie Rees, St Deiniol's Library, Hawarden, 21 March 1918; and printed material relating to J. W. Rees, comprising an UCW Aberystwyth Old Students' Association 'Reunion Song Book for Easter 1914', 'Memoirs of the 331st Brigade R.F.A. 1914-1919', [?early 1920s], and 331 Brigade R.F.A. Old Members' Association booklet, [?1930s].

A volume containing a journal, 12 June-4 October 1847, of John Rees, recording his voyage, in the company of his brother Daniel, from Liverpool to New York and their journey via the Erie Canal, New York State, and the Great Lakes to Milwaukie [sic], Wisconsin, followed by their exploration of parts of Wisconsin, in search of land to settle (ff. 1-26 verso).
Also included loose with the volume are two letters, 1897, from the Rev. David (or Dafydd) Probert, Youngstown, Ohio, to John Rees, by that time returned home to St Dogmaels; and a photograph, probably of John Rees.

Envelope containing routine correspondence and papers of Clifford Dyment relating to pensions, National Insurance and Social Security, 1948-1971; together with his school report at Loughborough, Spring Term, 1929; and papers, 1978, of Dyment's mother, concerning a 'British Poetry Today' reading including one of his poems.

A copy of Clifford Dyment, Experiences and Places: New Poems (London, 1955) containing pencil annotations by the author.
These include notes headed 'Capricorn / middleclass / heart in middle' (front endpaper); notes relating to the poems 'Derbyshire born, Monmouth is my home' (p. 7) and 'The Corner Shop' (p. 19); and an early version of 'Bahnhofstrasse' (p. 36).

A copy of Clifford Dyment, Selected Poems (London, [1945]), containing the dedication 'To mother From Clifford' (f. i).

A copy of Clifford Dyment, The Axe in the Wood (London, 1944). Many of the poems contain pencil emendations in the hand of the author; most are also accompanied by autograph printing histories.

A proof copy of Clifford Dyment, The Axe in the Wood (London, 1944) containing numerous autograph emendations in ink in the hand of the author, all of which are incorporated in the published version (see iv).
Among the most substantial alterations are the following: line 8 of the title poem (p. 12), 'For glory seems to crowd upon the axe', is replaced with 'A swaying axe has always drawn a crowd'; lines 12-13 of 'Absolute Power absolutely Corrupts' (p. 32) are replaced by the version as published, as are the final three lines of the poem 'Carrion' (p. 34); and the poem 'The Marriage in Cana' (p. 27) is directed to be omitted altogether and replaced by 'Green Love' (from p. 38). The title page has the title as published, however the front cover gives the title as 'A Song to Saint Francis'.

A copy of Poems of Twenty Years: An Anthology, ed. by Maurice Wollman (London, 1938), containing three poems by Dyment (pp. 41, 49-50, 215). The volume also contains corrected pencil drafts of poems entitled '[?Verses] Jazz Song' (front endpaper) and 'Escape' (p. 258), both in the hand of Clifford Dyment.

A copy of Clifford Dyment, First Day (London, 1935), inscribed by the author 'To Mummy wishing you a very happy birthday. March 1956' (front endpaper). This was the author's first book.

Order of service, in Welsh, for the funeral of John Parry in Llansannan, Denbighshire, on 15 October 1965.

A Form of Record kept, 1936-1958, by Llewelyn Jones, and later Mrs Jane Jones, Ty Newydd Voel, Llannefydd, Denbigh, recording the movements of their livestock in accordance with the Movement of Animals (Records) Order of 1925.

An envelope, (postmark Llansannan 18 March 1933), addressed to 'Mr John Parry, Derwen, Corwen'.

Programme for the unveiling and dedication, on 25 November 1922, of a memorial to the men of the Borough of Denbigh killed in the War.

Folder containing papers concerning Driver John Parry's War service, including a transcript of his diaries, printouts of original documents, manuscript maps and a DVD+R containing photographs of a 2008 trip to France and Belgium by his daughter and grand-daughter.

Certificate awarded to John Parry by Derwen C.M. Chapel, Denbighshire, on his return from service.

Envelope to be used as 'Cover for Certificates and Other Documents of a Soldier on Demobilization, Transfer to the Reserve or Discharge'.