File NLW MS 23060C. - First World War papers,

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NLW MS 23060C.

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First World War papers,

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  • 1916-1918, 1937 / (Creation)

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i, 47 ff. Guarded and filed.

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The Rev. and Mrs James H. Walters; Aberystwyth; Donation (with NLW MS 23059A); 1992 and 1995

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Papers, 1916-1918, 1937, of Edmund Davies of Dyffryn Ardudwy, Merionethshire, relating to his service with the 17th Royal Welch Fusiliers during the First World War.
They include a notebook containing maps of places in France and Belgium connected with the fighting; correspondence with Edmund Davies's parents, informing them of the injuries sustained at the Ypres Salient in Belgium in February 1917 and including permits to allow them to visit him in hospital at Fermoy, Ireland; and a letter from the American Consul in Liverpool, 1937, advising Edmund Davies on possible American citizenship as he was born in Kansas City.

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Action: digitized. Action identifier: cymruww1. Date: 2013. Authorization: The Welsh experience of World War One, 1914-1918.

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English.

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Digital version available https://viewer.library.wales/3437118 (January 2024)

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Edmund Davies' diary, 1916-1917, is NLW MS 23059A; a scrap-book of press cuttings kept by Davies is NLW ex 1614.

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Preferred citation: NLW MS 23060C.

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vtls004957224

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cymruww1

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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH

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  • English

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