Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon

Item

Title

Letter: To Siegfried Sassoon

Identifier

5529.cpd

Creator

Graves, Robert (1895-1985)

Abstract

With sketches of death masks, graves, obelisks, etc.. Discusses Siegfried Sassoon's recent wound and his presence in England / potential for Robert Graves to be released in a fortnight to recover at Harlech / invitation for Sassoon to join him there / continued jokes about his 'death' / his growing appreciation for Charles Sorley / his own potential for a Military Cross or a Victoria Cross, like Sassoon / the fates of the first and second battalions of the Royal Welch Fusiliers.

Date

7th August 1916

Date Created

1916-08-07

Temporal Coverage

1916-08-31

Spatial Coverage

Highgate, London, England

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pencil

Type

Letter

Contributor

Alisa Miller

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive