The Sisters Buried at Lemnos
Item
Title
The Sisters Buried at Lemnos
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Identifier
3092.cpd
Creator
Brittain, Vera (1893-1970)
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Abstract
Entitled here as 'Sisters' Graves at Lemnos'. This poems was 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
1916-1918
Date Created
1916-01-01
Temporal Coverage
1918-12-31
Spatial Coverage
Unknown
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Source
Leaf
Medium
Paper
Format
Pen
Type
Poem
Contributor
Alisa Miller
Publisher
The First World War Poetry Digital Archive