The Sisters Buried at Lemnos
Item
Title
The Sisters Buried at Lemnos
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Identifier
2848.jpg
VBMMP_Typescript-The sisters buried at Lemnos.jpg
Creator
Brittain, Vera (1893-1970)
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Abstract
Typescript published in 'Verses of a V.A.D.' (1918) and 'Poems of the War and After' (1934)" Versions also published in 'St Monica's School Notes', 1915-1916 in October 1916 and 'Oxford Magazine', 11 May 1917. Brittain was stationed on the hospital ship the HMHS Britannic, at Mudros Bay, Lemnos in 1916 when she saw the graves of three Canadian sisters who died nursing in the camp hospital there.
Date
1934
Date Created
1934-01-01
Temporal Coverage
1934-12-31
Spatial Coverage
Unknown
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Source
Folio
Medium
Paper
Format
Published
Type
Poem
Contributor
Alisa Miller
Publisher
The First World War Poetry Digital Archive