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An exercise book containing poems apparently written by a soldier from Anglesey [J. Thomas, Llangwyllog] during the Great War 1914-1918. Among the titles are 'Deigryn ar fedd cyfaill a laddwyd ar y Somme yn 1916', 'Fechgyn Hen Eglwys a gwympodd yn y Drin', 'Memorial Hall Bodwrog', 'General Owen Thomas A. S. Môn', and 'Arwyr Rhosgolyn'.
Thomas, J., Llangwyllog
Letters from the Boer War, &c.,
Some sixty letters, 1901-1902, from Lieutenant Thomas Lewis Prichard, first Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers, South Africa Field Force, to his parents, the Rev. and Mrs Thomas Prichard, Llanbadrig Vicarage, Anglesey. Written mostly from South Africa, they describe his experiences on active service during the South African War, 1901-1902, including accounts of skirmishes with the Boers and the progress towards peace (ff. 1-121). Also included are four letters, 1914, relating to his service in France, where he died on 11 November 1914 (ff. 122-129).
Prichard, Thomas Lewis, 1880-1914
Photocopies of a typewritten transcript by the writer Elaine Morgan of her father William Mansel Floyd’s diary which was written by him whilst on active service in France, August-December 1914. The original diary was donated to the Imperial War Museum in 1987.