World War, 1914-1918

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Wounded soldiers in the First World War,

  • NLW ex 653-654.
  • File
  • 1914-1948 (with gaps).

Notebooks containing details of wounded soldiers, 1914-15, listing their regiment; home address; date of admission and discharge; and injury and destination; together with notes, etc.

Welsh Horse (Lancers) Yeomanry Research Papers

  • GB 0210 WELHORSE
  • Fonds
  • 1894-1959

Papers accumulated during the course of Julian Franklyn's research into the recruitment, training, equipment and campaigns of the Welsh Horse (Lancers) Yeomanry, with particular reference to Lord Kensington's role in them, including many records that were originally created by the Welsh Horse itself and first accumulated by Kensington as its commanding officer.

Franklyn, Julian, 1899-1970.

War experiences of Corporal Benjamin Evans,

  • NLW ex 999.
  • File
  • 1916.

A letter, 1916, written by Corporal Benjamin Evans, 11th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, from a military hospital in Malta, to [John Davies, Blaenwaun, Glynarthen, co. Card.], relating his experiences in the war.

Evans, Benjamin.

Titus and Elizabeth Evans papers

  • GB 0210 TIEANS
  • Fonds
  • 1590-1964 (accumulated 1890-1964)

Papers of and acquired by John Thomas Evans and his brother A. W. Wade-Evans 1590-1964, largely antiquarian in interest, comprising transcripts, mostly by J. T. Evans, of church records, 1902-1932, including parish registers for Haverfordwest, St Nicholas, Grandston, Llanwnda, Llanychlwydog and Llanllawer, Newport, Llanstinan, Fishguard, Nevern, Meline, and Dinas (St Brynach's), all of Pembrokeshire, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire and Rockingham, Northamptonshire; monumental inscriptions from Llanwnda and Newport churchyard, Manorowen and Fishguard, Pembrokeshire and Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire; and notebooks of some eminent Welshmen; printed articles and cuttings, [1901]-[1964]; drawings, [1898x1909]; rubbings of armorials from Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire altar vessels; correspondence, 1891-1940, addressed to J. T. Evans, A. W. Wade-Evans and various members of the Evans family, including a group of letters sent from Thomas Henry Evans when he was in South Africa; documents, articles and letters, 1766-1939, relating to various aspects of the interests and life of J. T. Evans in Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire; historical and antiquarian material and notes, 1904-1938; miscellaneous collected printed material, manuscripts and deeds, 1579-[1928]; personal documents of J. T. Evans and A. W. Wade-Evans, such as licences and certificates, 1895-1964; together with some papers of their brother Thomas Henry Evans, including A copy of Y Llyfr Grôt a book written by T. H. Evans, of his experiences as a mining engineer in the Yukon district, Alaska, 1914; essays by and copied by T. H. Evans, [1859x1920]; and letters, [1859x1920].

Evans, J. T. (John Thomas), 1869-1940

Their inevitable hour

File contains a typescript "Their inevitable hour" and a copy of an appeal by the Lord Mayor of London for men to join the army during the First World War.

The Welsh Book of Remembrance

  • [The Welsh Book of Remembrance]
  • File
  • 1928.

This volume is bound in morrocan leather and has gold lettering and lines on the boards and spine. The volume is made up of parchment pages sewn on 5 raised cords. The first page contains the Welsh text "ER CÔF" and the signature, "Edward P", of Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII), and is dated "12 June 1928". The preface contains the following information in gold lettering: "HEREIN ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF WELSH BIRTH AND PARENTAGE AND OF ALL THE MEN BELONGING TO THE REGIMENT OF WALES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR OF 1914-1918 A:D: THEY ARE COMMEMORATED BY THEIR FELLOW COUNTRY MEN IN THE MEMORIAL ERECTED NEAR BY." The following is noted at the end of the volume: "The work of Graily Hewitt, B.A., LL.B., of Lincoln's Inn, and his assistants Helen Hinkley, Ida D. Henstock, Florence Capey, and Helen Luker. Finished Mar. 1928. Treyford, Midhurst."

The War of 1914-1918,

  • NLW MS 4945C.
  • File
  • 1917-1918.

Souvenirs of the war of 1914-18, including Christmas and other cards from troops on active service, programmes of concerts given to the troops, particularly to Welsh units, a copy of a farewell address given on November 19, 1918, by Brigadier-General H. E. ap Rhys Pryce on relinquishing the command of the 113th Infantry Brigade, and cognate material collected by J. W. P. Parry, Aberystwyth.

Pryce, H. E. ap Rhys (Henry Edward ap Rhys), 1874-1950

Sgt George Phillips (1880-1924),

  • NLW ex 2884.
  • File
  • [2013].

A biographical note on Sergeant George Phillips of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, who was on active service in Gallipoli during the First World War, and died from his wounds in 1924.

Scars

File contains drafts of the commentary for the film "Scars".

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

Reminiscences relating to Hedd Wyn,

  • NLW MS 7997D.
  • File
  • [1917x1950]

Some reminiscences of Ellis Humphrey Evans ('Hedd Wyn') under training at the military camp at Litherland, Lancashire, by a friend and fellow-soldier, J. B. Thomas, Seven Sisters.

Thomas, J. B. (John Buckland), 1887-1975

Personal papers

The file comprises family and personal papers, including letters of recommendation on behalf of Duncan Campbell Lloyd Fitzwilliams, a medical student and the fifth son of Charles H. L. Fitzwilliams, desirous of serving as a field surgeon in South Africa, 1900; a letter to Captain E. C. Fitzwilliams at Johannesburg relating to a kaross [a South African mantle or sleeveless jacket made of the skins of animals with the hair on], 1901; an ode (Welsh) written by G. Jones to Captain E. C. Lloyd Fitzwilliams of Cilgwyn on his return 'from the seat of war', 1902; typescript copies of two letters in the form of diaries from Duncan C. L. Fitzwilliams, a Red Cross surgeon in Romania, to his wife, 19 Nov.-6 Dec. 1916; and genealogical papers.

Fitzwilliams, Duncan C. L. (Duncan Campbell Lloyd), 1878-1954

Papers relating to the First World War,

  • NLW MS 2143D.
  • File
  • 1914-1918.

A collection of letters, circulars and memoranda from government departments and local authorities received during the European war of 1914-1918 by Evan Evans, clerk of the Cardiganshire County Council.

Nurse's First World War album,

  • NLW ex 2755.
  • File
  • 1912-1930, 1965.

An album, 1912-1930, 1965, which belonged to Bell Crossfield, the donor's aunt, who was a nurse during the First World War at the Morfa Camp, Conwy, including poems and pen sketches by soldiers from the Third Border Regiment recovering from their battle injuries.

Notebooks

Three memoranda books, [c. 1912]-[c. 1916], of David Lloyd George, containing notes on land reform, housing, and the First World War, with particular reference to the Gallipoli campaign.

David Lloyd George.

Nodion cyffredinol I,

A volume entitled 'Cyfrol 1. Nodion Cyffredinol' containing journal entries, personal reminiscences, and autobiographical notes by T. Eurwedd Williams for the periods 4 November 1906-6 March 1908, 25 January-24 April 1914, 13 March 1917-22 October 1919, and 8 February-29 December 1923. There are copious references to the writer's business as bookseller and stationer in Market Street, Llanelly, religious meetings at Zion Baptist Church, Llanelly, the progress of World War I, and the writer's employment in an ordnance factory at Penbre. Inset are press cuttings relating to political affairs, poetry by T. Eurwedd Williams, a post card from John Jenkins (Gwili), 1917, and aerial photographs of Llanelly. The volume used by the writer is a dummy of The Harmsworth Encyclopaedia, Vol. I, A-Boë.

T. Eurwedd Williams and others.

Miscellaneous wartime letters: file 2

The file consists of miscellaneous letters, addressed mainly to members of the Edwards family, during the later stages of the First World War. Some of the letters were written by Ifan ab Owen Edwards whilst on active service in France. Others relate to various aspects of the war effort.

Edwards, Ifan ab Owen, 1895-1970

Miscellaneous family letters,

A group of stray letters penned by various members of the Stevenson family or sent to them. The most significant items are three letters, 1915, from Frances to Paul Stevenson giving him news when he was on active service in France.

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