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Brest, France

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

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From Sydney A. Wells, 340 PoW Coy, BEF, Brest, 1 Dec. 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/W/54
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Has been moved from Abbeville to Brest; a cosmopolitan place; is one of 8 English officers in the town; wishes that the Americans were not there; his Scots company major; his work, and his command of French

Dates: 1 Dec. 1918
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Edward Dent: Letters to him / From Sydney A. Wells ['John', Artist]
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From Sydney A. Wells, 340 PoW Coy, BEF, Brest, 14 Dec. 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/W/55
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Is distressed at news of Dent's illness; enjoys his work; arrival of President Wilson; has made their mess very pleasant; a 'very sane letter from "Gabriel", full of disillusionment'

Dates: 14 Dec. 1918
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Edward Dent: Letters to him / From Sydney A. Wells ['John', Artist]
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From Sydney A. Wells, 340 PoW Coy, BEF, Brest, 24 Dec. 1918 ('Xmas Eve')

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/W/58
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A German celebration of Christmas; the poor quality of his Escort troops

Dates: 24 Dec. 1918 ('Xmas Eve')
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Edward Dent: Letters to him / From Sydney A. Wells ['John', Artist]
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From Sydney A. Wells, 340 PoW Coy, BEF, Brest, 31 Dec. 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/W/59
Scope and Contents

Apprehensive over arrival of two new officers; is anxious about demobilisation; an American poem 'The Heart of the Dove'

Dates: 31 Dec. 1918
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Edward Dent: Letters to him / From Sydney A. Wells ['John', Artist]
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From Sydney A. Wells, 340 PoW Coy, BEF, Brest, 7 Jan. 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/W/60
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A letter from 'Gabriel'; is again worried about his future; the Breton costume - with a pen drawing; does not wish to paint his Major's portrait

Dates: 7 Jan. 1919
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Edward Dent: Letters to him / From Sydney A. Wells ['John', Artist]
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From Sydney A. Wells, Brest, 16 Dec. 1918 (Circa)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/W/56
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Concern at Dent's illness; finds humour in his surroundings; his job is all about managing people: English escort, French authorities and citizens, American base authorities, and German PoWs

Dates: 16 Dec. 1918 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Edward Dent: Letters to him / From Sydney A. Wells ['John', Artist]
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From Sydney A. Wells, Brest, 19 Dec. 1918 (Circa)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/W/57
Scope and Contents

Got drunk and missed morning parade; the state of his prisoners; a visit to the commander of a French battleship; continuing concern over 'Gabriel' [Atkin]

Dates: 19 Dec. 1918 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Edward Dent: Letters to him / From Sydney A. Wells ['John', Artist]
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From Sydney A. Wells, Brest, 26 Mar. 1919 (Circa)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/W/61
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'Vernon'; Theo [Bartholomew] is distressed; his only company the major and major's batman; a forthcoming fancy dress ball; is reading Oliver Twist again, it is a book he does not like; no news of 'Gabriel' [Atkin], Theo's letters apart

Dates: 26 Mar. 1919 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Edward Dent: Letters to him / From Sydney A. Wells ['John', Artist]

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