Strafe / To think that Belgium

Item

Title

Strafe / To think that Belgium

Creator

Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)

Abstract


Drafts in pencil in Ivor Gurney's hand of a Rondel titled Strafe - a poem titled 'Strafe 2' when sent to Marion Scott on 11 June 1917, and on the right hand page a draft of an unpublished poem. From a red notebook inscribed 'Pte Gurney / 2/5 Gloucesters', used by Gurney, principally at Rouen, during May-June 1917 and containing various notes and drafts of poems.

Date

May - June 1917

Contributor

Alisa Miller