In a Ward

Item

Identifier

7150.jpg
IG-64-11-73.jpg

Creator

Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)

Abstract

Manuscript in pen in Marion Scott's hand. A pencil draft of the poem exists in the notebook 64.5.7. This draft shows revisions to the final two lines. Written while Ivor Gurney was a patient at Lord Derby's War Hospital being treated for shell shock. The poem was published in 'The Spectator' on 11th January 1919. Included in 'War's Embers' (1919).

Date

July 1918

Date Created

1918-07-01

Temporal Coverage

1918-07-31

Spatial Coverage

Warrington, England

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pen

Type

Poem

Contributor

Alisa Miller