Some two hundred and forty letters, airgraphs and cards, 1939-45, from Vera K[athleen] Jones (b. 1916) to her family in Heybridge, co. Essex. Written mostly from Palestine and India, they describe her experiences while serving as a nursing sister with the Army during the Second World War.
Letters from an army nurse,
This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
- Reference
- GB 210 NLW MS 23540C.
- Alternative Id.(alternative) vtls004657248
- Dates of Creation
- 1939-1945 /
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 603 ff. Guarded and filed in two volumes.
- Location
- ARCH/MSS (GB0210)
Scope and Content
Access Information
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their Readers' Tickets.
Acquisition Information
Miss Vera K. Jones; Llandrindod; Purchase; 1996
Note
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23540C.
Other Finding Aids
The contents of NLW MSS 22853-23691 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 9 (Aberystwyth, 2003).
Archivist's Note
May 2009.
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IX (Aberystwyth, 2003);
Conditions Governing Use
Usual copyright laws apply.
Location of Originals
For typescript transcripts of selected letters, see NLW Facs. 763-4.
Bibliography
See Jones, Vera Kathleen: A time to remember ... (London, 2005), which records her nursing experiences in the East during the Second World War.
Additional Information
Published
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