‘Operation Order (Secret) no. 65’,
- BMSS/39625.
- Ffeil
- 1918, Nov. 3.
Objectives of Infantry Brigades; assembly; method of attack; equipment, transport.
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‘Operation Order (Secret) no. 65’,
Objectives of Infantry Brigades; assembly; method of attack; equipment, transport.
Map : ‘Reproduction of captured German Map with British grid superimposed.’ Northern France,
Indicates locations of trenches, dugout shafts, centres of machine gun resistance, wire, organised shell holes and rifle pits, damaged areas. Scale - 1:20000.
Operation Order (author and recipient in code names),
Order of the 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th Battalions, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Operation Order (Secret) between 4 battalions on the battlefield (Belgium, around Pilckem),
Locations; command to clean up trenches and dugouts; command to complete burials.
Requests position details and current situation.
‘Recommendation for immediate award’,
Letter written by Major W. P. Wheldon recommending ‘W. Way’ [?] of the 15th Battn. for an award for his gallantry on the battlefield. Note on the reverse: “Many thanks, Way will not be forgotten - JPD.”
‘Secret Assembly Orders’ given to the 14th (Service) Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers,
In the hand of Major W.P. Wheldon.
‘113th Infantry Brigade Operation Order No. 143’,
‘Secret’ order given to several Battalions and Units informing of the order: “‘Z’ Day will be 31st July, 1917.”
Typed, with a map of the area on the reverse. Map includes much detail with notes on the terrain and enemy locations.
Observations from the battlefield,
Handwritten Notes - Unknown hand [Wheldon?].
Observer’s flying log book of Lt. John R. Williams, 2nd Batt. R.W.F., B.E.F., France,
Contains descriptions of aerial patrols and ground warfare (around ‘Cambrai’). Includes his ‘Record of Flying Clothing Issued’.
Newsletter entitled 'Oddi wrth y Pwyllgor Seneddol i godi milwyr',
Newsletter (copy); ‘Oddi Wrth y Pwyllgor Seneddol i Godi Milwyr.’
Recruiting poster entitled 'Y darn papur',
Recruiting poster entitled ‘Y Darn Papur’ is a Welsh version of the famous ‘The Scrap of Paper.’ History of the poster included on wrapping, which reads as follows: Gift of R. H. D. who initiated it and had it produced as Clerk to the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee (R. Humphrey Davies, Museum of Welsh Antiquities, UCNW).
Army pay book of Private David John Rogers, Bangor,
‘Army Pay Book’ (A.B.64 Pt.I) of David John Rogers, Private, Royal Army Medical Corps, of Bangor. Posting and pay entries show active service locations (many at sea) at Malta, Salonika and Murmansk.
Photograph of "A" Company 11th (Service) Battalion South Lancashire Regt.,
Black and white photograph (mounted) taken outside the PJ Hall of the University, Bangor.
A draft of the Eisteddfod Chair winning awdl, in the poet's own hand.
Hedd Wyn, 1887-1917
'Rhiwle yn Ffrainc' written by Hedd Wyn,
The letter provides a poet's view of the life 'behind the line' and yet heroically does not reveal the actual horrors of the trenches, but focuses on the few small moments of beauty that the poet finds to contemplate and share with the reader.
Hedd Wyn, 1887-1917
Letter from A. E. Jones (Cynan) with the army in Salonika to his cousin, Megan in Anglesey,
Rhan oPapers of Cynan,
The letter contains the first draft of Cynan’s famous poem, ‘Anfon y Nico y Landwr’.
Rhan oR. Silyn Roberts Papers,
Correspondence between R. Silyn Roberts and various recipients, including Sir E. Vincent Evans, London; J.R. Jones, Trawsfynydd; Captain Harri Williams, London and L.S. Merrifield, London regarding memorial to Hedd Wyn. Includes 2 postcards and a letter from Kelt Edwards to R. Silyn Roberts.
Correspondence and printed material relating to Dr David Thomas,
Correspondence and printed material relating to Dr David Thomas' trials as a conscientious objector and his efforts on behalf of others.