Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon.
Item
Title
Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon.
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Identifier
3126.cpd
Creator
Graves, Robert (1895-1985)
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Abstract
Discusses being removed from the register for Gibraltar duty, but likelihood of being posted to Egypt / rumors about the 1st Battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers having been selected to quell a mutiny amongst Dominion soldiers near Etaples / Siegfried Sassoon's mental health and his opinion on the war / discusses Sassoon's concerns over how Robert Graves has characterised Sassoon's objections to the war / desire for a statement of definite war aims / the state of the battalion in France / recent death of fellow officers and men / Edmund Gosse's article mentioning Graves and Sassoon in the 'Edinburgh Review' / the dedication to 'Georgian Poetry' / visit to Rhyl in Wales.
Date
27th October 1917
Date Created
1917-10-27
Spatial Coverage
Rhyl, Wales
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Source
Leaf
Medium
Paper
Format
Pen
Type
Letter
number of pages
6
Contributor
Alisa Miller
Publisher
The First World War Poetry Digital Archive