Letter: To Edward Marsh / The Fusilier

Item

Title

Letter: To Edward Marsh / The Fusilier

Identifier

5890.cpd

Creator

Graves, Robert (1895-1985)

Abstract

Describes move to Le Havre and new duties as an instructor of soldiers arriving in France / fellow instructors / the reputation of the Royal Welch Fusiliers / drinking with roommate / impressions of Le Havre / impressions of Siegfried Sassoon's poem 'Crimson of War' published in The Times / description of a training ground accident with a grenade / difficulties of writing and then sharing poetry with one's family / includes poem 'The Fusilier' / desire to get away from training ground / images of the training ground / discusses some poems sent to Edward Marsh via Robert Graves' father / hope that Marsh will continue to write when he has the time.

Date

9th February 1916

Date Created

1916-02-09

Spatial Coverage

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pencil

Type

Letter

number of pages

6

Contributor

Alisa Miller

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive