| Description | Script for recording (letters hand transcribed, 2 copies*):
1. Introduction
2. Letter to Mother and Father from Andover [2 Dec 1916]
3. Letter to Mother, Father and Harry from Colchester [11 Mar 1917]
4. Letter to 'Miss Wise and everybody at the Studio' from France [1 Jul 1917]
5. Letter to Father, Mother and Harry, France, after going 'over the top' [13 Aug 1917]
6. Letter to Clare, France [16 Aug 1917]
7. Letter to Gull, France [n.d., Aug 1917]
8. Letter to Clare, France, regarding 'body shield' [n.d.]
9. Letter to Father and Mother, France [17 Sep 1917]*
10. Letter to Lizzie, France, having been once again 'over the top' [29 Sep 1917]
11. Letter to Lizzie, Italy [25 Nov 1917]
12. Letter to Miss Wise, Italy, requesting provisions [n.d.]
13. Letter to Miss Wise 'and Everyone at the Studio' [10 Jan 1918]
14. Letter to 'sister' [Lizzie] [4-8 Mar 1918]
15. Letter to Miss Wise [14 Mar 1918]
16. Letter to 'sister' [Lizzie] [19 Mar 1918]
17. Letter to Father and Mother [24 Mar 1918] [for original see CR4781/12]
18. Letter to Lizzie [6 Apr 1918] [see CR4781/11-12]
19. Letter to Miss Wise and Everyone [8 Apr 1918] [see CR4781/13]
Comment [by John Speight] on the end of the war.
20. Letter to 'Everyone at the Studio' [27 Apr 1918] [see CR4781/16]
21. Letter to 'sister' [Lizzie, 22 Apr 1918] [see CR4781/14]
*NB some divergence here with original letters and recordings, as well as dates given in Jarman's 'Gentleman Jim' [see series level for full reference details].
Also includes copy letter to Alan Bennett (BBC) from John Speight enclosing recording of letters [3 Jan 1987]; transcript of letter to Gull from Jim, 19 Aug 1917 [typescript]; and notes on history of 20th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry from 'The Durham Forces in the Field 1914-18' Vol.II, The Service Battalions of the Durham Light Infantry by Captain Wilfrid Miles (late 13th. Durham Light Infantry) Cassell and Company, 1920 [typescript]. |