XM/2323/2/2
BUNDLE of letters: Godfrey Drage to his wife Dorothy, from Caernarfon Station; Parciau, Criccieth; Harrogate; Camp Conway; Kintyre, [Scotland]; Edinburgh; Newcastle; Lincoln. Personal and social. Medical treatment received by Godfrey (25-28 Feb. 1908, Harrogate). Dorothy’s ill-health (21-29 Apr. 1908, Criccieth). Getting rid of a servant, Poppy (30 Apr. 1908, Criccieth). Events at the camp of the 3rd Voluntary Battalion (26 July-7 Aug. 1908, Camp Conway). Indiscipline in the camp (1-2 Aug. 1908, Royal Welsh Yacht Club). Supplying slates to the Diocesan Architect [at York], visiting merchants in Hull, (1908/1909, Lincoln). 38 items. XM/2323/2/31909 Jan.-DecBUNDLE of letters/postcards: Godfrey Drage to his wife Dorothy, from Parciau, Criccieth; London; Selby; Camp Abergavenny; Kintyre, [Scotland]; Royal Welsh Yacht Club, Caernarfon; Bodlondeb, Conway; Glasgow; Lochfyne, [Scotland]; Corran Narrows, [Scotland]; Duart Bay, [Scotland]; Oban, [Scotland]; [Le] Havre, France; Trouville, France; Ostend [Belgium]; Hatfield, [Herts.]. Personal and social. Godfrey’s health (23,28 Mar. 1909, Stanhope Gardens, London; 28 Sep. 1909, Charring Cross Hotel, London). Genealogical research by Godfrey (26 Mar.-1 Apr. 1909, Stanhope Gardens, London; 2,5 Apr. 1909, Burlington Hotel, London). Events at the camp of the 6th Battalion (25 July, 28 July- 6 Aug. 1909, Camp Abergavenny). Godfrey’s attempts to buy a suitable yacht (7-8 Aug. 1909, Kintyre; 12 Aug. 1909, Glangwna, Caernarfon; 28-29 Aug. 1909, Bodlondeb, Conway; 30-31 Aug. 1909, Glasgow; 2-9 Sep. 1909, Kintyre; 15 Sep. 1909, Duart Bay; 16 Aug. 1909, Oban; 1-5 Oct. 1909, Trouville sur Mer). The activities and sights during Godfrey’s tour and cruise in Western Scotland (2-17 Sep. 1909, Kintyre; Lochfyne; Corran Narrows; Duart Bay; Oban). A boat launch at Holyhead attended by important local figures, including Sir Richard and Lady Bulkely, Dorothy’s father [J.E. Greaves], and Sir Owen and Lady Roberts (19 Sep. 1909, Caernarfon). Troubles suffered by Godfrey whilst bringing his yacht, The Madge, from France to Southampton, including the vessel’s illegal detention by the skipper of a belgian steam tanker who deceived him (16-17 Oct. 1909, Ostend). The legal situation regarding the claims of £120 for salvage by the tanker’s owner (18 Oct. 1909, Ostend). 66 items.
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