Letter To Susan Owen

Item

Title

Letter To Susan Owen

Identifier

5381.cpd

Creator

Owen, Wilfred (1893-1918)

Abstract

Joins the 2nd Manchester Regiment at Halloy, nr Beaumont Hamel, on the Somme. Describes the journey from Folkestone, to Calais, and then to camp. Talks about the wet conditions, the destruction of Halloy, censoring letters, and problems of getting equipment. This is letter no. 476 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.

Date

4th January 1917

Date Created

1917-01-04

Spatial Coverage

Halloy, nr Beaumont Hamel, France

Source

Folio

Medium

Paper

Format

Pencil

Type

Letter

number of pages

7

Contributor

Jennifer Dunn

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive