London
Found in 1975 Collections and/or Records:
From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, 2 May 1916
He leaves tonight, would like The Cambridge Magazine forwarded
From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw to E.J. Dent and Theo [Bartholomew], Wimbledon Common, 16 Sep. 1915
Has contracted a bad cold; may miss their rendezvous; alternative plans
From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, Wimbledon Common, 11 Sep. 1915
Has been sent home for six weeks, 'as something has gone rather unpleasantly wrong with my stomach'; plans to come to Cambridge, thence to Cornwall with his family
From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, Wimbledon Common, 20 Sep. 1915 (Circa)
Has been ordered back to bed; a projected demonstration in Cambridge of the ?Clutsam cradle
From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, Wimbledon Common, 29 Oct. 1915
Appointments to meet friends; 'The board offered me an extension of two months. In a moment of moral cowardice, I bargained for one only'; has to have daily injections
From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, Wimbledon Common, 5 Nov. 1915 (Circa)
Hopes the party [to celebrate Charles Harman's 21st birthday] will come off
From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, Wimbledon Common, 11 Nov. 1915 (Circa)
Regrets Mr Hext will not be able to attend the party; further arrangements
From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, Wimbledon Common, 22 Nov. 1915
Arrangements for a meeting
From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, Wimbledon Common, Jan. 1916 ('Wednesday')
Has had a relapse; hopes to convalesce in Cambridge; will have to miss Pan, but sends his best wishes to [Cyril] Rootham
From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, Wimbledon Common, 24 Jan. 1916
Is still confined to bed; plans to visit Cambridge; hopes Dent will escape conscription
From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, Wimbledon Common, 27 Jan. 1916
Has to postpone his plans as he is to appear before a medical board
From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, Wimbledon Common, 6 Feb. 1916
Has been given a month's leave for a complete rest, and wishes to visit Cambridge; has met Raymond's mother, and Geoffrey Garrett
From Raffaello Piccoli, Pro Italia Committee, Regent St, 15 Sep. 1915 (Possibly 18 Sep.?)
Acknowledges receipt of Dent's paper; musical contributions from leading composers
From Ralph Vaughn Williams [Composer], Cheyne Walk, 1914 (Circa, undated (late 1914?))
Is grateful to Dent for his offer [apparently to copy parts for VW's London or Pastoral symphony] and will, in some measure, take him up on the offer
From Ralph Vaughn Williams [Composer], Cheyne Walk, 1914 (Circa, undated)
Encloses promised short score and music paper; saw Denis Browne yesterday, and will be happy to help with Dent's book where possible
From Ralph Vaughn Williams [Composer], Cheyne Walk, 26 Feb. 1918 (Circa, year taken from postmark)
His brother-in-law H.A.L. Fisher is optimistic of obtaining backing to start 'English Opera'; has proposed that Fisher talk to Dent as representative of 'the younger generation'
From S. Sweet, Parsons Green, 24 Nov. 1839-24 Nov. 1843 (circa, no year given)
From Siegfried Sassoon, 4th London General Hospital, Denmark Hill, 24 Apr. 1917 (Circa, 'Monday', date taken from postmark)
Has been wounded in the shoulder; would like to see Dent, and copies of The Cambridge Magazine
From Siegfried Sassoon, [American Red Cross Hospital], Lancaster Gate, Aug. 1918 (Circa, 'Saturday')
Has had a large number of visitors; would like Dent to come on Monday
From Siegfried Sassoon, [American Red Cross Hospital, Lancaster Gate], Aug. 1918 ('Sunday')
Is not allowed visitors until Tuesday; asks Dent to 'phone before visiting; A Room With A View is 'just what I wanted'; Counter-Attack reviewed in The Observer
From Siegfried Sassoon, Kensington
Trying to arrange a lunch meeting
From Siegfried Sassoon, Kensington, Feb. 1916 (Circa, 'Sunday')
Hopes to see Dent in London, while on leave
From Siegfried Sassoon, Mayfair, 8 June 1917 (Circa, 'Friday', date taken from postmark)
Has written to 'the CB' asking to see him in Cambridge; will call on Dent
From Siegfried Sassoon, Mayfair, June 1917 (Circa, 'Wednesday')
Arrangements for visit to Cambridge, to be 'inspected by this Military Don'; has not been declared unfit for foreign service
From Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry [Composer and Author], Royal College of Music, 6 Oct. 1915
Did not return from America in time to send anything to Piccoli; welcomes Dent's work on 17th-century English opera; Clive Carey is 'well fitted with his job and must be a godsend to the soldiers with his singing'