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Great Britain. Army. Royal Welch Fusiliers. File
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Robert Graves letters,

  • NLW MS 23931D.
  • File
  • [1966]-1973

Eleven letters, [1966]-1973, from the poet and novelist Robert Graves, to Owen M. Roberts, Bickley, Kent, his comrade in the Royal Welch Fusiliers, whom Graves credited with saving his life at High Wood in July 1916, during the Somme offensive (ff. 1-3, 5-12).
Also included is a carbon copy typescript letter from Roberts to Graves, 1 January 1968 (f. 4). The letters contain references to the battle at High Wood (ff. 1, 10), the Royal Welch Fusiliers (ff. 6, 8, 11), Siegfried Sassoon (ff. 1 verso, 2, 12 verso) and Harold Macmillan (f. 10 verso). Graves mentions Roberts in his autobiography, Goodbye to All That (London, 1929); Roberts's copy of the 1966 revised edition (see NLW ex 2334) contains an autograph dedication from Graves and a marginal gloss on p. 198.

Graves, Robert, 1895-1985

First World War diary

  • NLW MS 23059A.
  • File
  • 1916-1917

The diary, 1916-1917, of Edmund Davies, Dyffryn Ardudwy, Merionethshire, containing an account of his service with the 17th Royal Welch Fusiliers during the First World War.
The diary, which begins in April 1916, records postings in France including action in the trenches and ends in February 1917 when the diarist was injured at the Ypres Salient in Belgium. Papers connected with the diary have been filed separately (NLW MS 23060C).

Davies, Edmund, 1891-1979

First World War: Memoranda and Reports,

Includes a memorandum on the German peace proposals, 1917-18; a memorandum by David Davies on conscription in Ireland, November 1916; general correspondence on the war effort, 1916; a memorandum on the condition of Spain, December 1916; a memorandum on the recruitment of discharged soldiers, [?1917]; a memorandum on the Royal Army Medical Corps by David Davies, July 1917; a memorandum on War Aims, [?1916-17]; papers relating to the Air Board, 1917; papers concerning gas warfare, 1916-17; letters and memoranda relating to the control of petrol, 1917; a copy of a 'secret' report on tanks, 1917; a file concerning the publicity campaign in the United States, 1916; a report on army clothing, 1916-17, including a letter from David Davies to Lloyd George, 4 November 1916; a memorandum by David Davies on the Inter-Allied Council, [?1917]; papers relating to army contracts, 1917; papers concerning army casualties, 1917; material concerning the formation of the Royal Welch Fusiliers training reserve; papers concerning 'Wales and the Development of Mesopotamia', 1918; confidential notes on 'allied strategy', [?1917]; and papers relating to a 'surprise attack', 1916-18.

Great Britain. Air Board.

First World War papers,

  • NLW MS 23060C.
  • File
  • 1916-1918, 1937 /

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.

Davies, Edmund, 1891-1979